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MURRINDINDI: Council publishes confidential report on web

Sunday, October 19, 2025

Murrindindi Shire Council has publicly published a confidential report which lists assessments of tenderers for general maintenance contracts.The report lists seven applicants who have sought to share in contracts totalling $3 million over five years.The report, due to be presented by Cr Eric Lording at the Murrindindi Council meeting on Wednesday, October 22, suggests that…

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Emergency Services

MONASH: 30 firefighters at Glen Waverley blaze

Saturday, October 18, 2025

Some 30 Fire Rescue Victoria firefighters responded to a house fire in Glen Waverley in the early hours of Saturday (oct. 18).Callers to Triple Zero (000) reported the fire at 4.54am and crews arrived at the Lincoln Avenue scene within six minutes.Upon arrival, crews found a single storey weatherboard house was fully involved in fire.Firefighters…

Police News

MONASH: Triple the limit

A 32-year-old driver has lost her licence and had her Nissan impounded in Mulgrave late Friday night (Oct. 17).Nunawading Highway Patrol responded to reports of a white Nissan Patrol driving erratically on the Monash Freeway about 11.30pm.Officers pulled over the Nissan and the driver allegedly claimed to have consumed three glasses of wine.The driver then…

Police News

MONASH: Over 150-kmh on Freeway

A 19-year-old probationary driver has been caught driving at an alleged speed of 156km-hr on the Monash Freeway in Wheelers Hill on Saturtday morning (Oct. 18).Nunawading Highway Patrol officers responded to reports of a fast-moving Ford Falcon overtaking traffic outbound on the Monash about 1.30am.Officers intercepted the Ford after it reached alleged speeds of up…

Observer

OBSERVER: Journeys

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus celebrated its 60th anniversary in a splendid concert honouring Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), a great Spanish composer, in the Iwaki Auditorium.Conductor, Warren Trevelyan-Jones skilfully led the singers in Missa pro Victoria, (Victoria), Versa est in luctum, (Joe Twist), O quam gloriosum (Victoria) and To the Field of Stars (Gabriel…

Observer

OBSERVER: Haunting of Spook Mansion

Producer/writer Michael Ward has announced the cast for the premiere season of The Haunting of Spook Mansion (by Ghosts), to be presented at Chapel off Chapel from November 12-23.Writer/director/actor Peter Houghton is Adrian Chambers, Emily Taheny (core cast member of Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell) is Beth Jackson and Ben Russell (international renowned comedian) is…

Observer

OBSERVER: Local Theatre Report

Shows The 1812 Theatre: Speaking in Tongues (by Andrew Bovell) Until October 25 at 3 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Dexter Bourke. Bookings: 1812theatre.com.auCLOC Musical Theatre: &Juliet Until October 25 at the National Theatre, St Kilda. Director: Karl McNamara; Musical Director: Dan Heskett; Choreographer: Felicity Bender. Bookings: cloc.org.auCPP Community Theatre: Urinetown Until October 24…

Observer

OBSERVER: Dead On Target

Being a journalist leads you up all sorts of highways and byways, and most journalists have a pretty wide knowledge of what’s happening on their patch.Former Australian journalist Stephen Johnson has taken the knowledge from his decades of journalism in Australia and New Zealand and poured it into his latest crime thriller, Dead on Target.The…

Observer

OBSERVER: Flesh Mirror

In a wonderful example of abled and disabled artists and performers creating and performing together, Arts House and Melbourne Fringe presented the premiere of Weave Movement Theatre’s latest production Flesh Mirror.Multi-disciplinary in nature, six performers were in a large space dominated by a projection screen. Also in the space were several mobile video cameras which…