Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Emergency Services
Fire Rescue Victoria crews responded at 11.21pm Monday (Mar. 3) to Nicholson St, Coburg after several calls of a house fire. Crews arrived on scene within four minutes to find smoke and flames issuing from the side of the house with fire quickly spreading to the roof of the weatherboard house and the response was…
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Police News
Water Police detectives are investigating after a male swimmer was hit by a jet ski at the St Kilda pier last week. It is understood the male jet ski rider, along with his female passenger, collided with the swimmer underneath the pier on Wednesday, February 26, about 4.30pm. The rider assisted the man out of…
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Police News
Bendigo Crime Investigation Unit detectives have arrested two people following an alleged assault in Bendigo on Monday (Mar. 3). It is alleged a man was approached by around nine unknown youths at a shopping centre on Mitchell St about 4pm. He was allegedly punched, kicked and dragged to the ground before members of the public…
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Police News
Police conducted 30 Firearm Prohibition Order searches in Melbourne’s north last week, with six people being arrested. Local police, including the Whittlesea, Darebin, Banyule-Nillumbik crime investigation units and the Divisional Response Unit were supported by the VIPER Taskforce throughout the week of action. Searches were conducted across multiple northern suburbs including Epping, Diamond Creek, Greensborough,…
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Latest Issues
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Emergency Services
Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) responded to a structure fire at 6.48am Sunday (Mar. 2) on Mt Alexander Road, Essendon after callers to Triple Zero (000) reported an office fire. Firefighters arrived on scene within five minutes to find fire involving a number of office spaces on the top floor of a three-storey building, and the…
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Emergency Services
Fire Rescue Victoria crews responded to a house on fire at Gertonia Avenue, Boronia on Monday afternoon (Mar. 3) following multiple calls to Triple Zero (000). Crews arrived on scene within three minutes to find a single weatherboard house well alight, so additional resources were called. FRV crews donned breathing apparatus and used multiple hoselines…
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Emergency Services
Fire Rescue Victoria responded to a structure fire at 2.26am Tuesday (Mar. 4) on David St, Richmond, after callers to Triple Zero (000) reported a warehouse fire. Firefighters arrived on scene within six minutes to find a two-storey brick warehouse, about 20m by 30m, fully involved and the response was escalated to a fourth alarm….
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Schools
The State Government is building a new secondary school in Cobblebank to meet increasing enrolment demand from the growing community. Deputy Premier and Education Minister Ben Carroll (pictured) joined Melton MLA Steve McGhie on Monday (Mar. 3) at the site and turned a sod at the school grounds that will cater for up to 865…
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Police News
Yarra Ranges Highway Patrol officers are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash in Seville on Monday morning (Mar. 3). It is understood a motorcycle left the roadway and crashed into a tree near the intersection of Parslows and Macclesfield Rds just after 11am. Emergency services worked on the rider, but he could not be…
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