Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Police News
Detectives from the Armed Crime Squad have arrested two people and seized an illicit firearm as part of an investigation into a shooting in St Arnaud earlier this year.With assistance from local police in the Western Region, police executed warrants at two residential properties in St Arnaud. During the search, police located a loaded privately…
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Police News
Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a house fire at a vacant house in Brighton.Emergency services were called to the Esplanade just before 5.30pm on September 1.The two-storey weatherboard house was fully engulfed, and the fire has caused significant damage.Investigators are yet to determine the cause of the fire but are treating it as…
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Police News
Police have charged a man following an incident at the Shrine of Remembrance on ANZAC Day this year.Officers became aware of a small group disrupting the dawn service at the Shrine on April 25.On September 2, police charged a 23-year-old Mooroolbark man on summons with:
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Observer
There haven’t been too many shows that I’ve walked out of as a reviewer but Doppelgangster’s The Anarchy (1138-53) was one of them.Presumably trying to appeal to the historical period of the same name when England and Normandy were at war, the oral stream of indecipherable verbiage from one performer and then the other (Tobias…
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Observer
The scourge that is sexual harassment was the theme of Small Ripple Theatre’s original production Hidden Tunes, performed at the Clayton Community Centre. It was an earnest, well-intentioned musical delivered by an energetic troupe of actors and musicians that, while engaging, could labour the point at times.Set in a prestigious musical academy, the show tells…
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Observer
An important event in queer history is brought to life in the premiere of Numa and Karl: Extraordinary Man That He Was, a bold new Australian play at Footscray’s Bluestone Church Arts Space.Set in the mid-19th century in the Kingdom of Hanover, a German lawyer and writer, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, decides to speak out in…
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Observer
Good looks and a great voice are hallmarks of Neapolitan pop crooner Patrizio Buane, who is heading to Australian shores in early December.This will be his 20th anniversary Australian tour, which should delight his many fans down under.It’s 20 years since Patrizio launched his debut album, and on this tour he will be joined by…
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Observer
In Diamonds, director Ferzan Özpetek crafts a love letter to the women he has worked with throughout his career.The film begins with 18 of Özpetek’s women gathered in a sunny garden in Rome, around a long table piled with food, for a reading of his new work.This film, the director tells the women, is all…
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Observer
Fairy tales have a very long history. Folk tales and fairy stories are not just made-up fantasies without connection to reality.These stories often recall women’s lived experiences. The real-life inventors of these stories were themselves branded witches, imprisoned in towers, accused of treason, and the focus of scandals.Long before the Brothers Grimm published their versions…
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Observer
Tarzan, The Stage Musical is based on the Disney film and was produced by James Terry Collective.The stage version runs true to the book written by Tony Award winner, David Henry Hwang, and uses an expanded Phil Collins score.Clever use of graphics brings to life the shipwreck that brings the young infant to the shores…
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