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12/12/2025

Star Weekly looks back at the pages of our predecessors.

40 years ago

18 December 1985

A Werribee South woman said she would spend Christmas in jail rather than obey a possible court order evicting her from her home.

30 years ago

20 December 1995

A Hoppers Crossing family of four was killed in a horrific head-on smash on the Princes’ Highway at Laverton North on Saturday night.

20 years ago

7 December 2005

Eight weeks ago, Shane Bourke’s time was consumed by his family and business. That changed on October 4 when he decided to run for another term on Wyndham Council.

10 years ago

16 December 2015

Paid parking has been scrapped from a new $7.4 million Cherry Street carpark in Werribee’s CBD – for now.

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