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Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Police News
A second person has died in hospital following a fatal collision in Dimboola on March 3. It is alleged a Toyota Hilux towing a hay bailer and a Mazda sedan collided on the Western Hwy about 5pm. The driver of the Mazda, an 80-year-old Nhill woman, died at the scene. Her passenger, an 85-year-old Nhill…
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Police News
Whitehorse Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following two alleged aggravated burglaries in Blackburn on Wednesday morning (Mar. 12). It is alleged a man forced entry into an apartment unit on John St, armed with a weapon, and confronted the occupant about 9.40am. He allegedly poured petrol onto the 31-year-old Blackburn man and…
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Police News
UPDATE: Werribee police have charged a man following an alleged police ramming in Tarneit. He has since been charged with: He was bailed to appear before Werribee Magistrates’ Court on September 1. EARLIER:A man has been arrested after allegedly ramming a police vehicle in Tarneit early on Wednesday morning (Mar. 12). Officers caught sight of…
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Police News
A Sudan-born man was expected to appear before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (Mar. 11) charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated curfew conditions. The AFP charged the man, 33, today (11 March, 2025) after locating him in Melbourne. It will be alleged he breached the conditions of his Commonwealth visa between…
Read More about MELBOURNE: 22 alleged visa breaches
Police News
Police have arrested a man allegedly found in possession of a stolen vehicle in Heidelberg Heights on Wednesday morning (Mar. 12). Officers caught sight of an allegedly stolen white Mazda in the vicinity of Braeswood Rd in Kings Park about 2.45am. It is alleged the Mazda reached speeds of up to 120-kmh on Kings Rd…
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Police News
Police are investigating a single vehicle crash with multiple injuries in Brooklyn late on Tuesday night (Mar. 11). Emergency services responded to reports of a white Volkswagen Polo crashing into a pole at the intersection of McDonald and Somerville Rds about 10.45pm. The driver and two passengers from the VW were taken to hospital with…
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Police News
UPDATE: A 53-year-old Seaford man was charged with possess handgun, traffick methylamphetamine, possess methylamphetamine, traffick cannabis, possess cannabis, handle stolen goods and two counts of possess prohibited weapon, allegedly pertaining to a taser and an extendable baton. The man was bailed to appear before Frankston Magistrates’ Court on April 14. EARLIER: Greater Dandenong Crime Investigation…
Read More about UPDATED. FRANKSTON: Stolen goods, worth millions, discovered at Seaford. Man charged.
Community News
The State Government is getting on with delivering Australia’s biggest urban renewal project – releasing plans to boost social housing at the Flemington and North Melbourne precinct redevelopments. Harriet Shing (pictured), Minister for Housing, announced that both projects will be delivered through the innovative Ground Lease Model – with social housing boosted by 39 per…
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Police News
Police have detected close to 5000 traffic offences during a major road safety blitz over the Labour Day long weekend in Victoria. Operation Arid saw police targeting high-risk driving behaviour across the state over four days, in an effort to drive down road trauma. Speeding offences made up almost half of all detections, with 75…
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Police News
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives arrested two men in Port Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon (Mar. 11) as part of an ongoing investigation into a series of offending in Melbourne’s southern and eastern suburbs between December last year and March. Officers intercepted an allegedly stolen Lexus on Salmon St about 12.35pm. Three police cars were used…
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