Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Observer
The Australian Ballet School presents En Pointe, as part of Morning Melodies on Tuesday, May 13 at 11 am and 1.30pm at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne.Featuring talented full time senior and pre-professional students of The Australian Ballet School, the mixed program of works will celebrate the art of ballet from uplifting contemporary to the…
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Police News
Police are alarmed at the number of drivers caught drink and drug driving during the first week of a major road policing operation.Despite numerous warnings for motorists to expect widespread alcohol and drug testing over Easter, a concerning number of impaired drivers have been caught since Operation Compass commenced on April 17.A total 466 alcohol…
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Council News
The State Government has announced the Local Government Mayoral Advisory Panel for 2025, with nine mayors from across Victoria making up the panel.Chaired by the Minister for Local Government, Nick Staikos, the panel provides high-level advice on legislative, regulatory, strategic and policy issues that affect Victorian councils.This year’s panel is expected to focus on governance…
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Police News
A motorcycle rider died following a collision with an oncoming vehicle in Mount Tassie last Thursday afternoon (Apr. 24).Emergency services were called after the rider, who was travelling north-west along the Traralgon-Balook Rd, crashed into a utility about 4.45pm.The rider died at the scene. The driver and sole occupant of the Isuzu utility was not…
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Police News
An Iraq-born man is expected to appear in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court last Wednesday (Apr. 23) charged with allegedly failing to maintain his electronic monitoring device in accordance with his visa conditions.The Australian Federal Police charged the man, 50, after locating him in Melbourne.It will be alleged the man breached the conditions of his Commonwealth visa…
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Police News
Police are investigating a fatal collision in Shepparton.It is understood a car collided with a pedestrian on Wyndham St about 11pm Thursday (Apr. 24). The male pedestrian died at the scene.The male driver of the vehicle was not injured and stopped at the scene.
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Observer
The thought-provoking political thriller Hysteria is the centrepiece movie for the German Film Festival, presented by Palace Cinemas in Melbourne from May 2-21.Written and directed by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay, Hysteria takes moviegoers on an unnerving journey of psychological twists and turns.Set in modern-day Germany, a film company replicates the historical burning of a home where…
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Police News
Detectives from the VIPER Taskforce have charged two men and seized luxury vehicles, watches and cash as part of an investigation into drug trafficking in the Sunshine and Footscray areas.With assistance from the Public Order Response Team, Clandestine Laboratory Squad, Dog Squad and the Australian Federal Police’s Geomatics Team, two search warrants were executed at…
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Police News
Detectives from the Clandestine Laboratory Squad charged two men, one a former patched member of the Hells Angels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang, and located a clandestine laboratory in Colac.With assistance from the Geelong Divisional Response Unit, Colac Uniform members, Disaster Victim Identification team (specially trained members in dismantling a clan lab) and a forensic chemist, warrants…
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Police News
Detectives from Taskforce Lunar have charged two men as part of their investigation into the alleged extortion of the owner of a Braybrook tobacco store earlier this year.Police executed two warrants at properties in Port Melbourne and Broadmead-ows last Thursday morning (Apr. 24), arresting a 26-year-old Port Melbourne man and a 21-year-old Broadmeadows man.The pair…
Read More about NORTH-WEST: Arrests over Brooklyn extortion