Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Observer
Families are rarely without drama, but in English playwright Mike Bartlett’s Love, Love, Love, the drama runs so deep it borders on tragic.The play explores, among other things, whether adult children can reasonably blame their parents for their lack of direction or unfulfilled potential.The story follows two idealistic Oxford students who meet in 1967, charting…
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Observer
Set some 50 years ago, Smokescreen is actually a contemporary play written by Christopher Samuel Carroll about the dissonance between human capacity for rationalisation and the resulting destructive outcomes.Oil executive, Glen (Carroll) and advertising guru, Bud (Damon Baudin) meet in an airport lounge to discuss ways around the impending crisis facing the oil industry –…
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Police News
A 91-year-old woman is believed to have been the driver of a vehicle that collided with three people at Wantirna South, killing one of them.The incident occurred at a Coleman Rd playground on Thursday afternoon (July 10).Emergency services responded to the single vehicle collision.It is believed the vehicle lost control on Coleman Rd around 12.20pm,…
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Police News
Mernda Sexual Offence and Child Abuse Investigation Team investigators have charged a man following an incident at a medical facility in Heidelberg.A recording device was allegedly located in a restricted staff toilet of a medical facility on Thursday, July 3.The device, a mobile phone, is alleged to have been in place for some time before…
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Council News
Ballot papers will be mailed this week in the Darebin Council North-West Ward by-election, following the death of Gaetano Greco.Postal voting remains open until 6pm, Friday, August 1.The seven nominees are:ZEMBEKIS, LeonROSE, Cat (Victorian Socialists)VILLELLA, AngelaKANJERE, GeorgeLAURENCE, TimTHEWLIS, Melanie (Greens)SCOULLAR, Daniel (Labor)•There are 11 nominees for the Lalor Ward by-election in the City of Whittlesea:NICHOLSON,…
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Health
The State Government says that it is giving young Victorians access to the mental health support they need and deserve, with a multimillion-dollar upgrade to a critical mental health service in Melbourne’s South East now complete.Mental Health Minister Ingrid Stitt (pictured), Frankston MLA Paul Edbrooke and Hastings MLA Paul Mercurio last week visited the Frankston…
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Emergency Services
Fire Rescue Victoria crews responded to a building fire on Rosslyn St in West Melbourne shortly after 3pm on Wednesday afternoon (July 9).Firefighters arrived in six minutes to find smoke and flames issuing from a 30 x 10 metre storage building underneath the Dudley St railway bridge.Firefighters in breathing apparatus entered the building and found…
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Emergency Services
Fire Rescue Victoria responded to a building fire in Brunswick West on Wednesday evening (July 9).Firefighters arrived within six minutes to find a residential unit on the third floor of an apartment building fully ablaze.FRV crews evacuated an occupant from the apartment to safety. The occupant will be assessed by Ambulance Victoria.Firefighters contained the fire…
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Emergency Services
More than a dozen diners and staff escaped injury following an explosion at a Bonbeach restaurant on Wednesday evening (July 9).Fire Rescue Victoria was called to the Nepean Hwy at 6pm Wednesday evening after callers to Triple Zero (000) reported a kitchen explosion.FRV crews from Springvale (Fire Station 89) and Patterson River (Fire Station 90)…
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Police News
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives charged two men and a woman after they allegedly located drugs and weapons in Frankston on Wednesday (July 9).Officers were called to check a suspicious vehicle in an isolated area of Overport Park on Tuesday (July 8) about 6.50am.It is understood police found a man inside the vehicle and conducted…
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