Leading from the front

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The community’s heroes and passions were splashed on the Star Journal’s front pages in 2024.

A year packed with council elections, a by-election, a dramatic backflip at Sandown, a belated fix at Stud Road blackspot and a fight to save a precious River Red Gum in Noble Park.

Perennial issues also resurfaced such as domestic violence, asylum-seeker justice and development pains at Little India.