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    OUT NOW: Wed., Aug. 5, 2026 – First Edition

    Tuesday, August 4, 2026

    The First Edition of this week’s Local Paper/Melbourne Observer is published online.Other Editions will be published progressively. Read online at: isu.pub/yUYSDrD Next  online issue is Wed., August 12, 2026   Next print/online issue is Wed., August 19, 2026 

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    Health

    MANSFIELD: Healthy eating for local kids

    Saturday, August 1, 2026

    Children in participating three and four year old kindergarten programs across Mansfield Shire will receive a new lunch box and healthy eating recipe book as part of a new Healthy Eating Initiative, designed to help children and their families build healthy eating habits early.The initiative will include hands-on healthy eating sessions and a resource pack…

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    Police News

    CARDINIA: Homicide probe at Pakenham

    Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death of a man in Pakenham on Friday (July 31).It is understood that a 36-year-old man was located deceased inside a property on Jamieson Court about 1pm.Investigators were treating the death as suspicious.Exact circumstances surrounding the man’s death are yet to be established and the investigation is ongoing.

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    Politics

    POLITICS: 2 MPs quit, as Carroll becomes Premier

    Mill Park MLA Lily D’Ambrosio has quit Cabinet and will not contest the State Election in November.Eastern Victoria MLC Harriet Shing has also resigned from Cabinet, and has indicated that she will leave Parliament.The shock political announcement follows the outing of Jacinta Allan as Premier, to be replaced by Niddrie MLA Ben Carroll.Climate Change Minister…

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    Observer

    OBSERVER: Admissions

    Friday, July 31, 2026

    Peridot Theatre presents their VDL entry Admissions from August 14-23 at the Clayton Theatrette, Cooke St, Clayton.Written by Joshua Harmon and directed by Alison Knight, Admissions tells of Sherri Rosen-Mason, head of the admissions department at a New England prep school, fighting to diversify the student body.Alongside her husband, the school’s headmaster, they’ve largely succeeded…

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    Observer

    OBSERVER: Two

    HOTO: Chris Mentor and Angelique Malcolm portray seven roles each inTwo. Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group (STAG) presents the two-hander comedy-drama Two from August 20-29 at the Strathmore Community Theatre, Loeman St, Strathmore.Written by Jim Cartwright and directed by Natasha Boyd, Two is set in an English pub in the 1980s, where two actors play seven…

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    Observer

    OBSERVER: Funeral Flowers

    Lucy Ansell’s portrayal of the homeless Angelique is a triumph. There is a physical litheness and vocal dexterity in her approach as she seamlessly moves between characters in Emma Dennis-Edwards’s monologue script, Funeral Flowers.Adding to the completeness of performance is the integration of light (Kyra Ryan) and sound (Christian Biko) where these theatrical elements embody…

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