Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Saturday, September 19, 2026
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Community News
Melbourne’s first CBD bypass in 25 years, the new Wurundjeri Way extension, is set to open this month.Gabrielle Williams (pictjured), Transport Infrastructure Minister, announced the new road will open to traffic on Monday, October 27 – giving more options to move around the city before the West Gate Tunnel opens later this year.The new Wurundjeri…
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Police News
Melbourne North police are appealing for public assistance after a water fountain in the Carlton Gardens was vandalised.Police have been told unknown offenders vandalised the fountain outside the Royal Exhibition Building on Nicholson St sometime between 6pm on September 19 and 6am on September 20.Two phrases were painted in black and red paint thrown on…
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Bayswater MLA Jackson Taylor has announced that he will not seek re-election at the State Election timed for November next year.Premier Jacinta Allan said: “Jackson entered the Parliament in 2018, as a 26-year-old who had already demonstrated how much he wanted to make a positive difference.“He has served his community as a frontline police officer,…
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Police News
Detectives from the Icarus Taskforce have charged a man after border-controlled drugs were located at a property in Melbourne.A warrant was conducted at a property in A’Beckett St, Melbourne, about 8am on September 26 following an investigation into alleged drug importation and trafficking through the post.A 39-year-old man was arrested at the scene and the…
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Police News
A blitz undertaken on Chapel St retailers over two days last week has resulted in seizures of illegal vaping goods with a street value of over $40,000 and more than 24,000 nicotine pouches.The operation, enforcing the Australian Government’s vap-ing laws, was carried out by the Therapeutic Goods Administration and Victoria Police at a number of…
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Emergency Services
Echo Taskforce detectives arrested two men following a suspicious fire at a Laverton business early Friday morning (Sep. 26).Police were on patrol when they spotted a vehicle repair building on fire on Triholm Avenue just after 3.30am.It is alleged two male offenders poured accelerant and set a number of vehicles and the premises on fire…
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Police News
Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged two teenagers following a series of serious crimes across the southern suburbs of Melbourne.A 14-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy were arrested in relation to alleged aggravated burglaries, thefts, attempted aggravated burglaries, criminal damage and theft of motor vehicles.The offences are alleged to have taken place across Hughesdale,…
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Police News
A Springvale man is one of nine people arrested during a Firearm Prohibition Order operation across Greater Dandenong, Casey and Cardinia.The 27-year-old is accused of using a 3D printer to manufacture firearms before trafficking them throughout Mel-bourne.During the operation, police also seized imitation firearms and crossbows, as they targeted people already known to police who…
Read More about GREATER DANDENONG: 3D handguns seized at Springvale
Police News
Detectives from the Illicit Firearms Squad arrested two people and seized 24 firearms – four of which were reported as stolen in the 1990s – as part of an investigation into an organised crime weapons cache ‘safe house’ which was being guarded by a sitter.During a separate investigation in March of this year, police became…
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