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SOUTH: Aggravated home invasions

Sunday, April 27, 2025

Southern Metro Region Crime Squad detectives are investigating a series of aggravated home invasions from overnight in Melbourne’s south-east and Bayside suburbs that are believed to be linked. Investigators believe the same offenders committed the home invasions in Brighton East, Malvern, Bentleigh East and Glen Iris during the early hours of Saturday (Apr. 26)./ During…

Sport

SPORT: Football Weekend Scoreboard

FIRST WITH COMMUNITY SPORTRELIABLE – WEEK IN, WEEK OUT AmateursVictorian Amateur Football Association. Premier Men’s. Collegians 13.11 (89) d Old Scotch 7.9 (51). University Blacks 9.8 (62) d University Blues 3.9 (27). Old Brighton 14.17 (101) d St Bernard’s 7.5 (47). Old Xaverians 11.16 (82) d Old Haileybury 11.9 (75). St Kevin’s 18.11 (119) d…

Politics

MITCHELL: $100,000 promise for Kilmore track

Saturday, April 26, 2025

An elected Coalition Government will provide $100,000 to build a BMX and mountain bike jumps track, giving young people in Kilmore.Nicholls MHR Sam Birrell (pictured) said this funding will address a long standing issue for the town.“The lack of a permanent facility has led to unauthorised bush tracks being built on Monument Hill, an area…

Council News

YARRA RANGES: Upgrades at 21 sites across Shire

Yarra Ranges Council has successfully completed a landmark $6 million resilience project, upgrading 21 key community sites with solar panels, batteries, generator plug-in points, LED lighting, and HVAC systems.With funding from the Federal Government’s Preparing Australian Communities grant, the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program, and the State Government’s Growing Suburbs Fund, this combined investment…

Police News

MOIRA: Fatal incident at Yarrawonga

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal collision in Yarrawonga on Friday night (Apr. 25). It is understood two people were involved in an altercation on Hargrave Ct just after 8.30pm, before a woman attempted to intervene. Police were told a man got into a car a short time later….

Council News

MURRINDINDI: Exton produces evidence, but Shire denies any irregularities

Local businessman Charles Exton has produced evidence of the many obstacles he has faced over six years from Murrindindi Shire Council in his bid to develop land at Carey Rd, Killing-worth, Yea.Mr Exton says he had to deal with 18 different Shire staff members over the six-year period, eight of them in the past two…

Council News

WHITTLESEA: Taylor is new Mayor

Whittlesea Council elected Cr Martin Taylor (pictured) as its new Mayor at a meeting last night Thursday (Apr. 24).He replaces Cr Aidan McLindon who has been suspended as a Councillor for six months by Local Government Minister Nick Staikos.Cr Taylor was elected unopposed to role of Mayor for the remainder of the current Mayoral term,…

Sport

SPORT: Ted Ryan’s Racing Coverage

Queensland racing will swing into action with the Doomben 10,000 to be run over1200 metres.Then it is the Doomben Cup which will be run over 2000 metres with hopefully a top-class field of stayers.In early betting bookies have the Chris Waller trained Buckaroo in as the early favourite before acceptances for the Cup.He failed to…

Sport

SPORT: Harness Racing with Len Baker

• The week kicked off with a double night meeting on Tuesday April 22 with both Mildura and the regular Shepparton fixture taking place.What a night it was for local Birdwoodton trainer Naomi Kerr at Mildura winning the first three races on the seven event card including the $7,000 Robinvale Pacing Cup over 1790 metres…

Police News

CARDINIA: 5 drug drivers in ANZAC weekend blitz

Friday, April 25, 2025

Cardinia Highway Patrol members patrolling the streets of Cardinia have nabbed five drug drivers and a drink driver as part of Operation Compass over the ANZAC long weekend.The impaired drug driving incidents in Pakenham include: