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23/10/2022

Star Weekly looks back at the pages of our predecessors.

30 years ago

October 28, 1992

Melton council has deferred a decision on a rate rebate policy which would see land owners in Melton’s rural districts get credits for pest control and land enhancement projects.

20 years ago

October 29, 2002

Bungal Riding’s Cr John Cutler has accused his Bacchus Riding counterpart, Peter Russell, of being “grossly disrespectful to the Ballan community”.

15 years ago

November 6, 2007

A Melton Secondary College student involved in a two-minute striptease act claims that his school’s response to the stunt may have jeopardised the VCE exam results of the six students involved.

10 years ago

November 6, 2012

Unprecedented growth in local tourism has underpinned a falling unemployment rate in Moorabool, according to the council.

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