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Saturday, September 19, 2026
Community News
Lawyers say the alleged abuse uncovered in Victorian childcare centres has put the childcare sector on notice, and that families are no longer going to stand for profits being put ahead of the welfare of children.Slater and Gordon Abuse Law Practice Leader, Sam Carroll, said parents were right to be asking questions about the safety…
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Police News
Three men have been arrested for their alleged roles in the importation of about 360kg of methamphetamine impregnated in mosaic tiles.Two Sydney men, 39 and 56, were arrested on Thursday morning (July 3) at Holroyd and Liver-pool.They have been charged with importing a commercial quantity of border controlled drugs. The maximum penalty for this offence…
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Police News
An Ethiopian-born man has appeared before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court last Thursday (July 3) charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated conditions.The Ausytralian Federal Police charged the man, 28, after he was located in Melbourne.It will be alleged the man breached multiple conditions of his Commonwealth visa.The man has been charged with:• 11 counts…
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Police News
Brimbank Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a man was seen allegedly driving and behaving erratically in Eynesbury.Officers were called to Wangaratta St following reports of erratic driving, causing several near misses, about 5.50pm on Monday, June 30.The man allegedly attempted to ram and damage vehicles, before passersby including…
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Police News
Police are investigating after a pedestrian was struck in Boronia on Thursday evening (July 3).It is understood a vehicle collided with the pedestrian on Boronia Rd around 7pm.The pedestrian was crossing the road near Rathmullen Rd. The male pedestrian died at the sceneThe driver of the vehicle remained at the scene and is speaking with…
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Police News
A motorist has got himself in double trouble after attracting the attention of the same police officer twice in three days in metropolitan Melbourne.The man was first intercepted by members of the Road Policing Drug and Alcohol Section as part of routine patrols along Batman Avenue in Melbourne, about 11pm on Friday, June 27.The driver…
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Observer
As any country readers will be well aware, Victoria is in the grip of a drought, with all the effects that has on regional communities.Some musical city dwellers have decided to help where they can, with a special fundraising concert for the community around Nhill, happening on Sunday July 20 at 3pm in Burnley’s St…
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What's On
Nillumbik Council is seeking small bands of up to four members, duos and individual artists of all music genres and at all levels in their music career to apply to perform as part of Nillumbik Summer Sounds in February 2026.Nillumbik Summer Sounds is a season of live music held every Friday in February at Edendale…
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Emergency Services
Fire Rescue Victoria crews responded to reports of an apartment fire in Poplar Grove, Carnegie, on June 30 following multiple calls to Triple Zero (000) around 4.07am.Firefighters arrived on scene within seven minutes to find an apartment fully involved in fire on the first floor of a two-storey brick block of flats, approximately 50 x…
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Police News
Two people have been charged after a police car was allegedly rammed in Blackburn.Officers in an unmarked car were patrolling Whitehorse Rd about 9.50pm on June 29 when they observed a black Holden Commodore ute allegedly speeding along Whitehorse Rd.Police followed the Commodore to the rear carpark of a nearby hotel, where it allegedly did…
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