From the archives

2003

40 years ago

April 5, 1983

Cr Kevin Skehan is furious that council, last week, rejected his move to have an East Riding Ward councillor take part in a trip to inspect the Brisbane plant of a company planning to establish a new rendering plant at Laverton North.

30 years ago

April 7, 1993

Doubts have been cast over the new Werribee Hospital before its doors have even opened.

20 years ago

April 2, 2003

Defence force personnel from RAAF Williams have been deployed along with 2000 other Australians in the Middle East, as part of the nation’s war effort.

9 years ago

April 2, 2014

Rafael Moraes and his family have spent the past week sifting through thousands of birthday wishes from around the globe. A card-a-thon organised for the Point Cook cancer patient to mark his 10th birthday exceeded all expectations, with more than 7000 cards arriving from Canada, the US, England, Brazil, Germany and all over Australia