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Although hire E-scooters are banned within the City of Melbourne, new rules have come into effect in the Port Phillip and Yarra municipalities where they are still permitted.Fines are increasing for riding without a helmet to $395, riding on a footpath to $296 and carrying a passenger to $247.E-scooter passengers will also face a new
The State Government has released the final designs of the new Melton Station and four level crossing removals on the Melton Line – which will soon transform the way people travel in the west.Danny Pearson, Minister for Transport Infrastructure, announced a new rail bridge will be built to ensure traffic is no longer stuck at
Victoria’s state-of-the-art circus and physical theatre facility in Collingwood is entering a new era, opening up affordable access to the purpose-built training and rehearsal space .The State Government-owned creative space, co-located with the Collingwood Yards creative precinct, is Australia’s first purpose-built circus facility. Originally built in 2014, it occupies a transformed former factory and school
Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives charged three men and seized three stolen cars following a call to a fast-food carpark in Clayton South.Officers were first called to the Audsley St carpark following reports three people were seen acting suspiciously in a car about 2.30pm on Sunday, September 29.It is alleged the car was stolen along
Police are searching for the driver of a car involved in a two-car collision on Monash Freeway last Monday morning (Sep. 30).It is believed a dark green Jeep collided with a grey Mercedes outbound on the Monash Freeway near Toorak Rd about 8.20am.The driver of the Mercedes, a 24-year-old Keilor East woman, was treated at
Police will prepare a report for the coroner after the body of a woman was located in the water off Cape Schanck on Monday afternoon (Sep. 30). Emergency services were called to the bottom of the Cape Schanck boardwalk where the woman was located in the water about 12.15pm. Police winched the woman from the
Police have charged two men after they allegedly attempted to steal an ATM from a golf club in Kilsyth South last Monday (Sep. 30).It is alleged the two men forced entry to the Liverpool Rd club just after 4am before attempting to steal an ATM.Officers attending to the club alarm quickly arrived on scene, observing
A man is expected to be charged on summons for hooning after a baby gender reveal gathering in Carrum Downs attracted police attention for all the wrong reasons on Saturday afternoon, September 28.Police were called to reports of a gathering and hooning on Frankston Gardens Drive just after 2pm.Somerville Highway Patrol and Carrum Downs police
Greensborough Highway Patrol officers impounded a car being driven by a P-plater with a suspended licence in Reservoir last Tuesday morning (Oct. 1).Officers first spotted the grey Nissan Maxima travelling on Plenty Rd with no headlights, about 12.20am.The car was intercepted and the suspended p-plate driver, a 20-year-old Greensborough man, underwent a preliminary breath test.The
Transit Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance after a man performed a lewd act in Bulleen.Police have been told the man engaged in the lewd act in the presence of young woman on the route 905 bus about 5.30pm on September 14.The man departed the bus at the Bulleen terminus on the
