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    Community News

    STONNINGTON: Prahran drug problem needs fixing

    Friday, April 18, 2025

    Newly-elected Prahran MLA Rachel Westaway (pictured) has asked questions in Parliamemt: “When will the Minister [for Mental Health] properly fund drug rehabilitation facilities, including outreach services, to deal with the enormous drug problems plaguing my local area?“In Chapel St and surrounding areas like Prahran Square illicit drug use is ongoing and confronting.“Users blatantly inject drugs…

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    Police News

    WEST: Man charged over crime spree

    Melton Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a spate of burglaries in Melton and Caroline Springs over the past month.Detectives will allege commercial premises were targeted and significant damage occurred at a number of the sites.At one of the incidents, an offender allegedly forced their way into a store on Gourlay Rd…

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    Police News

    MARIBYRNING: Police shooting at Footscray

    A man died after being shot by police in Footscray on Thursday night, April 17.Officers were called to Albert St to reports of a man armed with a knife about 9pm.Two police officers attending the scene found the man and instructed him to drop the weapon.The man then charged towards the police, still armed with…

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    Council News

    YARRA RANGES: Road works required

    Evelyn MLA Bridget Vallence (pictured) has called on the State Government again to allocate funding to upgrade dangerous and congested roads across her electorate, including the Hull and Mooroolbark Rds bottleneck, Warburton Hwy in Seville East, and Clegg Rd in Wandin.Ms Vallence called on ther Government to “get on” with the Maroondah Hwy at Killara…

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    Emergency Services

    KINGSTON: Helicopter crash at Moorabbin Aiprort

    Fire Rescue Victoria responded to a helicopter accident at Moorabbin Airport at 2.34pm on Thursday, April 17.Firefighters arrived within five minutes to find a helicopter that had crashed by the side of a runway and was leaking fuel.Unable to stop the leak, FRV crews laid a blanket of firefighting foam over the spilt fuel and…

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    Emergency Services

    WYNDHAM: House blaze at Tarneit

    Fire Rescue Victoria responded to a house fire in Tarneit at 6.48pm on Thursday, April 17, on Jeremy St, Tarneit after multiple calls to Triple Zero (000) reported seeing flames. Firefighters arrived on scene within six minutes, but the fire had already spread across the rear rooms of the 12m x 20m single storey brick…

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    Emergency Services

    HOBSONS BAY: Suspicious fire at Altona Meadows

    Fire Rescue Victoria responded to a housefire at 9.04pm on Thursday, April 17, on Oakdene Grove, Altona Meadows after callers to Triple Zero (000) to reported of a single storey brick veneer house on fire spreading quickly.Firefighters arrived on scene within five minutes and escalated the response as the entire roof area of the 15m…

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    Police News

    HUME: Death after Greenvale assault

    Detectives from the Homicide Squad are investigating after a man has died following a serious assault in Greenvale last month.Police were initially called to reports of a physical altercation at a residential building site on Supreme Avenue in Greenvale at approximately 12.45pm on Sunday, March 30.On arrival, they located a 42-year-old Meadow Heights man with…

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    Police News

    NORTH-WEST: $14.7m tobacco raid

    Detectives from Taskforce Lunar executed five warrants across Melbourne’s north-west this month.They seized $14.7M worth of illicit cigarettes, loose-leaf tobacco and vapes as part of an investigation into the co-ordination of extortions and arsons on behalf of a syndicate leader.With assistance from the VIPER Taskforce and Australian Border Force, police searched five addresses believed to…

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    Police News

    FRANKSTON: Third arrest over $25m fires

    A third man has been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into two allegedly deliberately lit factory fires which caused an estimated $25 million in damage. The fires, which police believe are linked, occurred at two factories in Bayswater and Kilsyth in December 2024 and January 2025. The first incident occurred around 4am on…

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