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14/01/2026

Star Weekly looks back at the pages of our predecessors.

40 years ago

22 January, 1986

Werribee MLA Ken Coghill last week delivered a message to fellow drug testing centre worker, Councillor John Gibbons: “retract or resign.”

30 years ago

24 January, 1996

A union health and safety expert believes the Sims-metal plant in Laverton North is operating on luck.

20 years ago

18 January, 2006

Homicide squad detectives have identified the body of a 32-year-old father who was killed “execution style” in Middle Road, Truganina, on Monday morning.

10 years ago

20 January, 2016

Phones, wallets, satellite navigation systems and sunglasses were among items taken in a Wyndham crime spree, during which almost 100 cars were broken into in just the first two weeks of this year.

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