Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Police News
A woman has died following a collision in Rowville on June 26.Officers were told a pedestrian attempting to cross Dandelion Drive was struck by a cyclist about 1.35pm.The pedestrian, a 66-year-old Rowville woman, was conveyed to hospital with serious injuries.The cyclist, a 49-year-old Rowville man, was assessed by paramedics at the scene for a minor…
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Observer
Destroy fearMelbourne outfit Destroy Fear’s debut album, The Mountain Before Us All, is a bold and emotive entry into Australia’s metalcore legacy. Drawing on influences like Parkway Drive and Northlane, it showcases punishing riffs with soaring melodies and raw emotional depth. Exploring themes of struggle and resilience, this powerful release cements Destroy Fear as a…
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Police News
Detectives arrested three people after a large cannabis crop house was located in Tooradin on Wednesday (July 16).Police executed a search warrant at a rural property on Hardys Rd and seized more than 1200 cannabis plants.The commercial quantity of the plants has an estimated potential street value of approximately $3.6 million.It is alleged the property…
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Police News
Police have arrested nine people following an aggravated burglary in Aintree.Investigators have been told offenders attended an address in Bullion Drive sometime between 9pm on Wednesday (July 16) and 6am on Thursday (July 17).They entered the premises and stole the keys to a white Volkswagen Tiguan.They left the property and stole the Volkswagen from the…
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Police News
Detectives from the Arson and Explosives Squad have charged a woman following a house fire in Chadstone.A 37-year-old Chadstone woman was arrested and has been charged with two counts of attempted murder.She was remanded into custody to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.The charges follow an incident where emergency services were called to reports of the…
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Police News
Police from the Melbourne Bicycle Patrol have helped catch a man alleged to have stolen 88 slabs of alcohol in Melbourne in recent months.In conjunction with officers from the Melbourne West Neighbourhood Policing Team, police apprehended the prolific slab stealer during an operation in Melbourne’s CBD, whereby officers inside a neighbouring supermarket allegedly observed him…
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Police News
Police have arrested two men after a stolen vehicle was followed to a residence in Notting Hill where a modified shotgun and 3D printer making a firearms part were uncovered.Officers first observed the stolen Subaru Impreza in the carpark of a fast-food restaurant at the corner of Wellington Rd and Dandenong Rd in Clayton about…
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Observer
Nerdy, diehard Dolly Parton-tragic Kevin (Dash Kruck) is in the middle of an existential crisis. Back at home with his parents during the Covid lockdown, “waking up to fresh toast and passive aggression” in his childhood attic bedroom.Paul Wills’s fabulous set full of abandoned childhood toys and the usual discarded household junk competes with Dolly…
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Observer
Richard Clapton is performingThe Best Years of Our Lives show at 7.30pm on Friday, August 1 at The Palms At Crown, Southbak.He is celebrating 50+ years on stage, and performing a songbook featured in the soundtrack to almost three generations of Australians, including Trust Somebody, I Am an Island, Girls on the Avenue, Goodbye Tiger, Capricorn…
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Court
Hearing that his 9am Kilmore Hospital urgent care appointment had been cancelled, Broadford man Ryan Wood verbally abused the receptionist and created a hole in the wall near the exit door, Seymour Court was told last Thursday (Jul. 17).Mr Wood, 35, of High St, Broadford, did not appear at Court to face a change of…
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