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MELBOURNE: Police investigate CBD affray

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Public Order Response Team officers are seeking to identify a group of men following an affray in Melbourne’s CBD. It is understood a brawl broke out after a group were denied entry into a licensed venue on ACDC Lane about 12.20am on Sunday, February 9. The affray, which took place outside the venue, left a…

BENALLA: Five times over the limit

Monday, April 21, 2025

A man has had his vehicle impounded after being caught over five times the limit in Benalla on Good Friday night (Apr. 18). Benalla Highway Patrol officers were on patrol when they observed a vehicle driving extremely slowly with no lights on along Bridge St about 7pm. When the vehicle pulled into a nearby carpark,…

BRIMBANK: Sunshine parking problems under review

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Brimbank Council is reviewing car parking arrangements om areas near Sunshine Hospital and Ginifer Station and St Albans. Parking needs change over time as suburbs grow and develop,” said a Brimbank Council representative. “We are seeking to address parking issues caused by Sunshine Hospital visitors, commuters at Ginifer Station and local school traffic to ensure…

KNOX: Man charged after Wantirna South fires

Police have charged a man following reports of two fires in Wantirna South bushland on Monday night (Apr. 14). Emergency services responded to two grass fires in the vicinity of Pumps Lane and Axford Rd about 9pm. Swift responding officers arrived on scene and allegedly caught sight of a man trying to put one of…

NORTH-WEST: Brothers charged over 80kg cocaine importation plot

Friday, April 4, 2025

Two brothers with alleged links to international organised crime have been charged over a complex drug importation plot involving 80kg of cocaine.   The men appeared before the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday (Apr. 2) after the Australian Federal Police arrested them earlier in the day.     One of the men, 38, from Seabrook, was remanded…

MELBOURNE: Visa troubles for Pakistan-born man

Friday, March 21, 2025

A Pakistan-born man appeared before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (Mar. 19) charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated conditions.The man, 33, was charged after he was located in Melbourne.It will be alleged he breached conditions of his Commonwealth visa between March 5-19, by failing to observe his residential curfew obligations and…

BAYSIDE: .05 blitz at Moorabbin

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Some 41 motorists have been caught behind the wheel while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, in a two-night blitz in Moorabbin.Alarmingly, 11 pe rcent of motorists who were drug tested returned positive results.Moorabbin Highway Patrol officers conducted the operation in the southbound lanes of the Nepean Hwy at Moorabbin, bolstered by three booze…

WHITTLESEA: Public locked out

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

The public is to be locked out from personally attending tonight’s controversial meeting of Whittlesea Council at 6pm. The public will be able to only view the meeting at the Council’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist… A crowd of ratepayers is expected to gather outside the South Morang headquarters of the Council from about 5.30pm. Mayor Cr…

CASEY: Homicide detectives investigate Lyndhurst death

Saturday, March 15, 2025

Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death of a male following a serious assault in Lyndhurst on Friday night (Mar. 14). Police were called to reports of a group of males seen fighting in the vicinity of Society Avenue about 8.30pm. Emergency services arrived to find a male with serious injuries consistent with a stabbing….