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MORNINGTON PENINSULA: Man dies at Cape Schanck

Friday, April 25, 2025

Police will prepare a report for the Coroner following the death of a man in Cape Schanck on Friday morning (Apr. 25).Emergency services were called to a beach off Boneo Rd about 9.45am after reports a man had been washed off rocks and was in the water.A search of the water was conducted and the…

Observer

OBSERVER: New $1m contribution to Bowness Prize

Submissions are now open for the 20th anniversary of the Bowness Photography Prize.There have been major uplifts to the prize, making it secure for future generations, and which see it becoming the richest cash prize for photography in the country.A substantial philanthropic gift from the Bowness Family Foundation has enabled these developments.Theree will be a…

Observer

OBSERVER: Josephine Wants To Dance

‘Josephine Wants to Dance’ and now so do I. I was extremely fortunate to attend the Monkey Baa Theatre Company’s amazing musical production Josephine Wants To Dance, based on the popular Australian picture book by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley at the perfectly suited intimate setting of the Alexander Theatre Monash University.This uplifting, funny and…

Observer

OBSERVER: Yirramboi

Yirramboi’s 2025 Festival is being presented from May 1-11 at various Melbourne CBD venues.The Festival is set to close with Barring Yanabul (‘We all walk the path’) and The Uncle Archie Roach Block Party, transforming the heart of Melbourne with live music, DJs, voguing, performance art and installation – breaking away from colonial spaces and…

Observer

OBSERVER: En Pointe

The Australian Ballet School presents En Pointe, as part of Morning Melodies on Tuesday, May 13 at 11 am and 1.30pm at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne.Featuring talented full time senior and pre-professional students of The Australian Ballet School, the mixed program of works will celebrate the art of ballet from uplifting contemporary to the…

Police News

STATEWIDE: Blitz on drink, drug driving

Police are alarmed at the number of drivers caught drink and drug driving during the first week of a major road policing operation.Despite numerous warnings for motorists to expect widespread alcohol and drug testing over Easter, a concerning number of impaired drivers have been caught since Operation Compass commenced on April 17.A total 466 alcohol…

Council News

STATEWIDE: Mayor Panel announced

The State Government has announced the Local Government Mayoral Advisory Panel for 2025, with nine mayors from across Victoria making up the panel.Chaired by the Minister for Local Government, Nick Staikos, the panel provides high-level advice on legislative, regulatory, strategic and policy issues that affect Victorian councils.This year’s panel is expected to focus on governance…

Police News

LATROBE: Death at Mount Tassie

A motorcycle rider died following a collision with an oncoming vehicle in Mount Tassie last Thursday afternoon (Apr. 24).Emergency services were called after the rider, who was travelling north-west along the Traralgon-Balook Rd, crashed into a utility about 4.45pm.The rider died at the scene. The driver and sole occupant of the Isuzu utility was not…

Police News

MELBOURNE: Visa breaches alleged

An Iraq-born man is expected to appear in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court last Wednesday (Apr. 23) charged with allegedly failing to maintain his electronic monitoring device in accordance with his visa conditions.The Australian Federal Police charged the man, 50, after locating him in Melbourne.It will be alleged the man breached the conditions of his Commonwealth visa…

Police News

GREATER SHEPPARTON: Fatal collision

Police are investigating a fatal collision in Shepparton.It is understood a car collided with a pedestrian on Wyndham St about 11pm Thursday (Apr. 24). The male pedestrian died at the scene.The male driver of the vehicle was not injured and stopped at the scene.