Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Environment
Specialist contractors have been on site cleaning up the toxic waste dumped on public land that Moorabool Shire Council has been directed to clean up at a cost of $500,000 .The Council says that’s $25 for every ratepayer in the shire.Works were expected to last until at least Friday, August 8, and traffic management was…
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Council News
Counting of preferences continues in the North-West Ward by-election for the City of Darebin. No candidate has received more than 50 per cent of first preference votes. The Victorian Electoral Commission will distribute voters’ preferences to find the successful candidate. Candidate. First preference votes. PercentageZEMBEKIS, Leon. 1140. 12.53%ROSE, Cat. 1316. 14.46%VILLELLA, Angela. 2495. 27.42%KANJERE, George…
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Council News
No candidate has received more than 50 per cent of first preference votes in the Lalor Ward by-election for the City of Whittlesea. The Victorian Electoral Commission will distribute voters’ preferences on tuesday, August 12, to find the successful candidate. First preference votes, rounded to 2 decimal places. Candidate. First preference votes. PercentageNICHOLSON, Rex. 825….
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Community News
Orora launching a new type of production at its Dandenong facility using world-first digital printing technology for beverage cans.Colin Brooks, state Minister for Industry and Advanced Manufacturing, joined Orora executives to celebrate the first cans decorated on-site using the new high-speed digital print solution – Helio.Helio uses global leading direct-to-can digital print technology to deliver…
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Community News
Contracts have been awarded for the final stages of the Eastern Freeway transformation.The Momentum consortium – comprising John Holland, Seymour Whyte, Jacobs and Mott Macdonald – has been awarded the contract to upgrade the freeway between Hoddle St and Burke Rd, including new lanes, new motorway technology, connections to the Eastern Busway, and walking and…
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Emergency Services
Fire Rescue Victoria crews responded to a house fire on Wainui Avenue, Heathmont, shortly after 11am on Monday, August 11, after multiple calls were made to Triple Zero (000).Firefighters arrived to find a 10 metre by 15 metre single storey weatherboard house fully alight and impinging on a neighbouring house.Crews were faced with one house…
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Police News
Springvale police intercepted a high range drink driver in the early hours.Officers were proactively patrolling a known high-risk driving location when they first spotted the Holden on the Princes Hwy about 1am on Sunday, August 10.Police attempted to intercept the Holden before the driver allegedly got out and fled towards a nearby property.Officers quickly located…
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Police News
Craigieburn officers have detected a high range drink driver following a collision in Craigieburn.Officers were called to the intersection of Aiken Blvd and Grand Blvd about 2.45pm on August 10 after reports a Nissan Navara ute and an Audi SUV had been involved in a collision.Police spoke to both drivers and the driver of the…
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Police News
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a man who has been wanted for more than 50 years.A then 30-year-old woman was asleep when she was awoken and raped and by a stranger in the bedroom of her Fitzroy home during the early hours of the morning on July 22, 1974.Nine days later…
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Police News
Police are investigating after multiple cars were damaged in Rosebud.It is believed that an unknown female left a licenced premises on Point Nepean Rd in Rosebud after 3am on Friday, July 25.“She walked through the car park and damaged multiple panels on three separate vehicles before walking away,” said a Police representative.Damage is estimated at…
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