On Monday 18 August, the Chief Health Officer directed that playgrounds be closed under tightened restrictions intended to limit the spread of Covid-19.
The move has proved controversial with many on social media saying it removes one of their last sources of respite.
Star News Group photographer STEWART CHAMBERS went for a drive to see the impact, and snapped these haunting pictures of our roped-off play equipment…
Sukhjiwan Grewal from Berwick has been an avid donator of plasma for years. He’s contributed more than 130 plasma donations over the past 10 years…
Major road and freeway closures will impact motorists travelling through Cranbourne and Berwick later this month, as crews push ahead with critical works on the Clyde Road Upgrade. The Princes…
Passers-by intervened as an alleged speeding car came to grief outside the Pakenham Gazette (also Star News)’s office just after 4pm on Friday 9 January. Witnesses said the dark green…
Three people were arrested in Dandenong South over the weekend following an alleged racially fuelled abuse. According to authorities, a man and a woman were travelling in their car along…
Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 492204 Blue armbands will be a familiar sight across courts in the South East after Basketball Victoria partnered with the Transport Accident Commission (TAC)…
Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 527661 The dawn of a new year has seen continued success for an in-form Noble Park (7/159) after a comfortable three-wicket victory over Yarraville…
A man has died following a collision on the Monash Freeway in the early hours of Sunday morning. It is believed by authorities that the man ran into the path…
Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 454323 Colourful cultural events, council meeting upheaval, forensics investigation… Star News photographers were there to capture all the key events of 2025. Here is…
A man has been arrested following an assault in a Beaconsfield carpark which left a man with a fractured eye socket in November last year. Police will allege a man…
Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 517139 DANDENONG CREEK The Dandenong community mourned the tragic loss of a loving mother and son who drowned in Dandenong Creek as history repeated…
Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 390909 Those in the Casey region may be impacted by smoke that is making its way from several bushfires across Victoria, local CFA authorities…
