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11/02/2026

Star Weekly looks back at the pages of our predecessors.

40 years ago

19 February 1986

A Werribee councillor has appealed for people with knowledge of proposals for a toxic waste disposal site at Werribee to leak information to him.

30 years ago

21 February 1996

Wyndham ratepayers could vote in council elections from the privacy of their own homes under a proposal developed by the city’s commissioners.

20 years ago

15 February 2006

A Wyndham Vale man faced court last week and two other local men were arrested following a major drug investigation across Melbourne’s west.

10 years ago

17 February 2016

A war of words has erupted between a state Liberal MP and Wyndham council’s chief executive.

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