Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Emergency Services
Boroondara Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public information as they continue to investigate a significant fire in Hawthorn earlier this year.A block of units was completely destroyed by the large fire on Thursday, April 10. Emergency services were called to the blaze about 4.20am, and the units were unoccupied at the time. An…
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Police News
Melton Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man after portaloos were allegedly stolen in Deanside.It is alleged two portable toilets were stolen from residential worksites on Lanning Way on Wednesday, September 10.The alleged bandit was cut short when police executed a search warrant at a property on Marine Pde in Caroline Springs.They located one…
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Police News
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal collision which occurred in Coburg on Thursday afternoon (Sep. 18).Emergency Services were called to the intersection of Bell St and Sydney R d about 12.40pm after reports a truck and a female pedestrian had collided.Crews treated the woman at the scene but she could not be revived.exact…
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Police News
Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a 16-year-old boy following a burglary at a hotel in Melbourne earlier this month.Investigators allege false identification was used to gain access to a room in the Wellington Pde complex about 7pm on September 5.Cash and personal items were stolen.Officers arrested a 16-year-old boy from the Geelong area…
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Police News
Southern Metro Region Crime Squad detectives are appealing for public assistance as they investigate a non-fatal shooting earlier this year.It is understood several shots were fired from a vehicle at a stolen grey BMW X5 during the early hours of Monday, May 26.One of the occupants of the BMW, a 19-year-old Clayton South man, was…
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Police News
Transit Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance following a stabbing in Vermont South.Police have been told a man was approached by an unknown male while standing at a bus-stop on Springvale Rd about 4pm on September 15.The victim was stabbed to the upper body with an edged weapon.The victim, a 37-year-old man,…
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Police News
Police have arrested almost 30 people and laid just shy of 70 charges in a week-long blitz targeting antisocial behaviour in St Kilda, South Melbourne and Port Melbourne.Over a five-day period South Melbourne and St Kilda Uniform Police, as well as the Port Phillip Neighbourhood Policing Unit:• Arrested 27 people• Executed 44 warrants• Laid 68…
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Police News
Homicide Squad detectives have charged seven people as part of their investigation into the deaths of two children in Cobblebank earlier this month.Warrants were executed from 6am on Friday (Sep. 19) with assistance from VIPER Taskforce and local police at properties in Melton South, Thornhill Park, Caroline Springs, Sunbury, Wollert, Hillside and Sydenham (2).A 19-year-old…
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Police News
Emergency services responded to a crash in Rushworth on Friday evening (Sep. 19).It is believed a motorcyclist was traveling on Girgarre-Rushworth Rd around 7.30pm.The motorcycle veered off the road and struck a tree.CPR was commenced by passersby but male rider died at the scene.Exact circumstances of the crash are being investigated.
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What's On
Heide Museum of Modern Art has announced a major exhibition by celebrated Australian artist Nell, taking over the award-winning Heide Modern building, from October 11 to March 8.Titled Face Everything, the site-responsive exhibition will see Nell transform the former home into a vibrant, layered environment populated with more than 85 works from across her 30-year…
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