Letter to the Editor: Supermarket sanity
I confess to having questioned my sanity in the supermarket confectionery aisle – perhaps you have too.
It happens when I pick up a block...
Letter to the Editor: Motorsports park proponent disappointed at council rejection
I was surprised and a bit disappointed to read Council had decided last week to abruptly end consideration of the 2024 Melbourne Motorsport Park...
Opinion: Action for Beaconsfield needed
I was so happy to read your article regarding the condition of our railway station in Beaconsfield. Glad to hear also that some repairs...
Opinion – Truth be Told: Maybe Pauline’s not wrong – but she’s not quite...
On the surface, the recent March for Australia rallies claim to oppose “mass immigration.”
With support from figures like Pauline Hanson and echo chambers...
BRAG supports Bunyip battery in principal
The Bunyip Renewables Action Group (BRAG) is providing in principle support for a proposal by international renewable energy company RES to install a 400MW...
Opinion: Why marching against immigration is marching backwards
On 31 August 2025, waves of rallies under the banner March for Australia swept through major cities.
From Melbourne to Hobart, from Canberra to Adelaide.
While...
Opinion: If Meta was a miner we’d shut them down
I’m often asked why Meta (owners of Facebook) should be forced to pay compensation to news publishers.
It’s a fair question.
On the surface, Facebook can...
Unreasonable complainant status “dystopian”
Casey complaints register
What sort of dystopian world are we living in when our local Casey Council has an Unreasonable Complainant Conduct Register! (Star news...
Clyde Road graffiti
Thank you, thank you, thank you for putting 'Graffiti frustrations' on the front Page of the Berwick Star News (7 August). Well done.
It is...
By-election an early test for Battin
The upcoming Werribee by-election isn’t just another date on the Victorian political calendar, it’s the first major test of Brad Battin’s leadership of the...
Time to sit and listen
We stumble upon many difficulties, and we may be surrounded by people who are experiencing uncertainty, loss of work, and mental illness in this...
Honouring their service
‘Remember to Remember’. This is what the RSL would like us all to do on the 11th day of the 11th hour of the...
Good for the goose…good for the gander
**It’s a simple rule of parenting…what you do for one child you must do for another! The rule changed slightly for CASEY DEMONS Operations...
