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Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Police News
Craigieburn officers have detected a high range drink driver following a collision in Craigieburn.Officers were called to the intersection of Aiken Blvd and Grand Blvd about 2.45pm on August 10 after reports a Nissan Navara ute and an Audi SUV had been involved in a collision.Police spoke to both drivers and the driver of the…
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Police News
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a man who has been wanted for more than 50 years.A then 30-year-old woman was asleep when she was awoken and raped and by a stranger in the bedroom of her Fitzroy home during the early hours of the morning on July 22, 1974.Nine days later…
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Police News
Police are investigating after multiple cars were damaged in Rosebud.It is believed that an unknown female left a licenced premises on Point Nepean Rd in Rosebud after 3am on Friday, July 25.“She walked through the car park and damaged multiple panels on three separate vehicles before walking away,” said a Police representative.Damage is estimated at…
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Police News
Police have charged four teenagers after an affray at a shopping centre in Hoppers Crossing.Police were called to reports of an alleged fight between two groups of youths, including four offenders armed with machetes and swords, at the centre on Heaths Rd about 6.40pm on August 7.When Police arrived those involved in the fight had…
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Police News
Homicide Squad detectives have charged a man following the death of a woman in Upper Ferntree Gully.Officers were called to a home in Seaby Avenue following reports of a deceased woman about 7.50am on Sunday, August 10.Upon entering the premises, officers located the 38-year-old Upper Ferntree Gully woman deceased. A 46-year-old man was arrested at…
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Sport
On Saturday (Aug. 9), the Alexandra teams travelled to Yea to take on the Tigers on their home turf, with both clubs competing for the prestigious Hedger/Ivey Cup.Each year, this special event sees Alexandra and Yea battle it out for the honour of taking home the Cup, named in tribute to two club legends —…
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Observer
Shows The 1812 Theatre: Home, I’m Darling (by Laura Wade) Until August 30 at 3 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Amy Calvert. Bookings: 1812theatre.com.auBeaumaris Theatre: The Witches (based on the book by Roald Dahl. Adapted by David Wood) Until August 23 at Beaumaris Theatre, 82 Wells Rd., Beaumaris. Director: Leah Osburn. Bookings: beaumaristheatre.com.auBrighton Theatre…
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Observer
Frederick Knott’s Dial M for Murder is an unusual choice of a play to revive given its 1952 origin as a radio play and subsequent film.Tony Wendice (Tyrie Aspinall) plots to kill his wife, Margot (Bridget Bourke), given her past relationship with the crime writer, Max Halliday (Leon Walshe).Wendice persuades Captain Lesgate (Joshua Bruce) to…
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Observer
The production was damn good, but the uninitiated would have trouble identifying names of soloists or duet performers as no cast names were listed against the song titles.Given that it is a nonstop song performance there is no spoken dialogue. In fact at times, visually, dance takes over – so should it not have been…
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Observer
As part of its campaign to highlight the poor rundown state of the firefighting truck fleet in Victoria, the United Firefighters Union has commissioned Blue Tree Studios to make a series of short documentary films collectively titled Breaking Point.The films are a powerful indictment of the lack of action in relation to an ageing fleet…
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