Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Rural News
Exploration works at Sunday Creek, near Wallan, have been approved by the State Government, at one of the state’s most significant gold and antimony deposits.Premier Jacinta Allan last Thursday (Nov. 27) announced the approval of a new exploration tunnel for Southern Cross Gold’s Sunday Creek Project.The tunnel will enable underground drilling and exploration to begin…
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Rural News
State Treasurer Jaclyn Symes announced the completion of Koala Cherries’ $2.8 million water pipeline at its Yarck site.Cherry production across the state is heavily dependent on a consistent and controlled supply of water, with small variations able to have significant impact on the size and quality of output, as well as the health of cherry…
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Council News
Cr Virginia Tachos has been declared the Mayor of Brim-bank for the next 12 months after being elected by her fellow Councillors at the Council Meeting on Tuesday (Nov. 25).This is Cr Tachos’s first term as Mayor. She was first elected to Council in 2016 and is currently serving her third term as a Brimbank…
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Police News
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives charged an 84-year-old woman following a fatal collision that claimed the life of a six-year-old boy in Teesdale.It is alleged the boy was hit by a vehicle as he was walking to school on Bannockburn-Shelford Rd just after 8am on March 27 and died at the scene.The vehicle involved allegedly…
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Police News
North-West Metro Regional Crime Squad detectives arrested three men and allegedly seized drugs and fireworks in Glenroy.Police executed a search warrant at a King St, Dallas, address on Tuesday (Nov. 25)and seized steroids and fireworks.A further search warrant was executed at a retail premises on Belair Avenue in Glenroy where it is alleged cocaine, cash…
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Community News
Northern Metropolitan Region MLC Evan Mulholland (pictured) has called on the State Government to fund the reopening of the Beveridge Railway Station.Mr Mulholland said Beveridge has “had a strong history of rail infrastructure dating back to 1872, before it was cruelly closed by the Cain Labor Government, with the station demolished by the Kirner Labor…
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Police News
Police have charged a Springvale man after hundreds of cannabis plants were seized following two search warrants in Shepparton and Kialla.Shepparton Crime Investigation Unit detectives and Shepparton Divisional Response Unit officers executed the first warrant at a property on Marungi St, Shepp-arton, about 8.30am on Wednesday (Nov. 26).Police located what is alleged to be 269…
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Police News
Eastern Region Crime Squad detectives have charged a teenager following a home invasion in Camberwell.The 16-year-old boy from the Casey area was charged with 18 offences including aggravated home invasion, burglary, criminal damage, theft of motor vehicle, assault with a weapon, aggravated burglary, attempted aggravated burglary, trespass, theft from motor vehicle and attempted theft from…
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Police News
A man has been charged and remanded after police in Geelong executed a warrant in Whittington on Thursday (Nov. 27).Officers were investigating after a bag containing firearms was discovered in a street in Whittington.As a result of their investigation officers executed a warrant at an address in Alouette Court, Whittington. A 29-year-old man was taken…
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Police News
Police were performing a routine intercept in Traralgon when they discovered a driver almost five times over the limit on Wednesday morning (Nov. 26).Officers intercepted the vehicle on Cross’s Rd about 10.20am to perform a random breath test.The driver, a 60-year-old woman, returned a positive preliminary breath test before returning to a nearby station for…
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