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Police News

NORTH-WEST: Police training questioned

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Northern Metropolitan MLC Anasina Gray-Barberio (pictured) has publicly questioned if local frontline police have received anti-racism and cross-cultural training.“My question is for the Minister for Police ]Anthony Carbiones] in the other house,” Ms Gray-Barberio told the Legislative Assembly.“On April 17 of this year Victoria Police officers fatally shot Abdifatah Ahmed, a 35-year-old Somali-born refugee, while…

Rural News

STATEWIDE: End sheep dipping, says MLC

Northern Victoria MLC Georgie Purcell (pictured) wants to see an end to sheep dipping.“Sheep dipping, also known as plunge or cage dipping, is a little-known farming practice where sheep are herded onto an inescapable lowering platform and fully submerged in a formulated solution to prevent parasites,” Ms Purcell said in a question to Agriculture Minister…

Community News

DAREBIN: New homes ready at Reservoir

Newly built home newly built homes at Reservoir will be ready to be tenanted soon, Housing and Building Minister Harriet Shing (pictured) has told State Parliament.“They look absolutely stunning, like the slew of projects that we will soon see commencing under the Housing Australia Future Fund – that is a fund, by the way, that…

Police News

SOUTH-EAST: 13-y-o caught driving

Police have arrested a teenage boy during an extended follow through Melbourne’s south-east.Officers on patrol first observed a believed-to-be stolen black Porsche wagon travelling along Quarry Rd in Langwarrin about 1.30am on Tuesday (May 27).With the assistance of the Air Wing, units on the ground followed the vehicle to Cranbourne-Frankston Rd, before continuing on towards…

Community News

FRANKSTON: $65.7m lost annually on local pokies

Monday, May 26, 2025

Frankston City’s nine gaming venues saw a total of $65.7 million lost on pokies in a year, local MLA Paul Edbrooke has told Parliament.“That is $65.7 million from the pockets of people just in Frankston going into pokies. When I stand up here and I have to talk about gambling legislation, am I willing to…

Politics

GLEN EIRA: No help for Elsternwick

Caulfield MLA David Southwick (pictured) has told State Parliament about the financial woes of the Elstern-wick Club.“It is the gaming machines amendments which will hit small businesses and small clubs the hardest, including two not-for-profit community clubs, the Caulfield RSL and the Elstern-wick Club, which is the Elsternwick Bowls Club, which dates back to 1899,”…

Community News

MELTON: Transport boost for Mount Atkinson

Kororoit MLA Luba Grigorovitch (pictured) says public transport has been the number one issue raised by residents across the entire electorate, “from Deer Park to Caroline Springs, from Aintree to Mount Atkinson”.“Our communities need better, more connected public transport to get to work, to get to school, to get to appointments and to stay linked…

Local People

YARRA RANGES: Vale Geoff Champion

Monbuilk MLA Daniela De Martino (pictured) has paid tribute to Geoff Champion, a life member of the Labor Party and a member of the Monbulk branch, who passed away.“Born on May 10, 1942, Geoff came from a strong Labor background and was a true believer who worked tirelessly for the party for over 50 years,”…

Schools

PORT PHILLIP: Praise for Albert Park College students

Local MLA Nina Taylor (pictured) says that Albert Park College students wanted to do a project as year ago whereby they would come up with a topic and then she would help them in terms of their advocacy to Parliament“Guess what they came up with: they came up with making public transport free for students…

Community News

MERRI-BEK: Excessive levies at Brunswick – MP

Excessive special levies have been charged to Brunsewick apartment owners bytheir strata manager, AMJ Strata Group, according to Brunswick MLA Tim Read (pictured).“Special levies are typically for extraordinary expenses, but AMJ Strata seems to be using them to rob residents, applying arbitrary charges for trivial matters,” Dr Read said.“Apartment owner Rabea is facing a $795…