Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Observer
ShowsBeaumaris Theatre: Ladies in Black (Book by Carolyn Burns Music and Lyrics by Tim Finn Based on the novel “The Women in Black” by Madeline St John) Until March 22 at Beaumaris Theatre, 82 Wells Rd., Beaumaris. Director: Debbie Keyt. Musical Director: Rhonda Vaughan; Choreographer: Camilla Klesman. Bookings: beaumaristheatre.com.auCentreStage: Come from Away. Until March 22…
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Observer
Have you ever finished reading a book and thought “I could do that”?Major publisher Penguin Random House is offering an opportunity to would-be writers.PRH’s Write It Fellowship Program is open, offering writers from under-represented communities the opportunity to be mentored by PRH editors over 12 months, with the hope of publication.While Write It aims to…
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Observer
Bigfoot: In Plain Sight is being presented from April 8-20 at Malthouse.In 2012, renowned Canadian Bigfoot researcher Robert H. McKinley self-published an autobiographical book encompassing his lifelong journey, and bond, with Bigfoot.In 2024, local comedy team Handful of Bugs adapted that very book into a one person comedy show.Set in the freezing Canadian wilderness, the…
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Observer
Shoplifters(M). 121 minutes. Now available on DVD.Winner of the Palme D’or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, this exceptional human drama from world-renowned film-maker Hirokazu Kore’eda (After Life, Our Little Sister) is compelling and moving, asking the viewer what is the true meaning of family.Inspired by true events, the film follows the Shibata family, made…
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Observer
1901 to 2025 – Three Sisters has not lost its relevance in being a tale of hope, love, longing and ambition.Anton Chekhov, celebrated Russian playwright although ill, penned this his second last play.Its first performance being in 1901 just three years before his death from years of suffering from Tuberculous.The question was how can a…
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Police News
Detectives from the Criminal Proceeds Squad have charged two people as part of an investigation into the alleged destruction of evidence. A 38-year-old Maribyrnong woman and a 33-year-old Coburg man were arrested on Thursday morning (Mar. 13) and subsequently charged with pervert the course of justice and destruction of evidence. Both were bailed to appear…
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Politics
The Local Paper publishes the letter from City of Whittlesea CEO Craig Lloyd to Mayor Cr Aidan McLindon, in which the public servant places a number of bans against the elected representative. The letter covers matters of public interest. The Local Paper is committed to public interest journalism. 24 February 2025 Cr Aidan McLindonc/o 25…
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Politics
A Seven News report said that not a single City of Whittlesea Councillor would discuss the crisis currently facing the municipality, each recycling the Council administration-led instruction that the matter was subject to confidential correspondence. All Councillors, most of them elected for the first time last October, appear to have taken the advice of Mr…
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Council News
Craig Lloyd (pictured), $400,000-a-year Chief Executive Officer of Whittlesea City Council, has gone to war with the elected Mayor, Cr Aidan McLindon.In a bombshell ‘confidential’ letter, published to day by The Local Paper in the public interest, Mr Lloyd has accused Cr McLindon of: Lloyd’s multiple bans against Mayor Whittlesea Council CEO Craig Lloyd has:•…
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Police News
Detectives from the Bendigo Crime Investigation Unit have arrested two people following two alleged assaults in Bendigo’s CBD. The two teenagers were arrested yesterday after an investigation into an alleged affray involving a group of teenagers on Bull St on February 9, where three victims were injured in the early hours of the morning. In…
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