Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Friday, September 18, 2026
Observer
Sisters in Crime is mourning the death in Melbourne of Kerry Greenwood, founding member and beloved friend and author, at the age of 70.Kerry died on March 26. Her funeral was held last week in Yarraville with a wake in nearby Seddon.Her coffin was draped with native flowers and a Bulldogs scarf. Kerry was not…
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Observer
SHOWSThe 1812 Theatre: The Thrill of Love (by Amanda Whittington) Until May 3 at The Bakery, The 1812 Theatre, 3 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Pip Le Blond. Bookings: 1812theatre.com.au or 9758 3964Williamstown Little Theatre: Things I Know to be True (by Andrew Bovell) April 23 – May 10 at Williamstown Little Theatre, 2-4…
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Police News
A Geelong man has been ordered to pay the Commonwealth more than $850,000, and had his assets confiscated, after creating and selling an online child exploitation-themed video game which had thousands of paying subscribers. The orders were handed down in the County Court last month, after an investigation by the AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce….
Read More about GREATER GEELONG: Child exploitation game – $850,000 penalty
Police News
Transit Safety Division police are appealing for public assistance to identify a man following an assault in Melbourne’s CBD. It is understood a woman got off a train at Flinders St Railway Station and walked across Flinders St, where a man bumped into her at the intersection of Swanston St about 2pm on December 13….
Read More about MELBOURNE: Woman assaulted in Flinders St.
Police News
Bayside police have arrested a man following an alleged Burglary in Sandringham on Tuesday evening (Apr. 8). Police responded to reports that a person had allegedly gained access to a closed construction site on Bay Rd about 8.20pm. Swift responding officers arrived at the scene to allegedly find a man holding a hammer inside the…
Read More about BAYSIDE: Red-handed at Sandringham
Police News
Moorabbin Crime Investigation detectives have charged three people as part of an ongoing investigation into an aggravated burglary in Clayton South. It is alleged that two men attended an address on Bevan Avenue about 11.30pm on March 14. The pair allegedly posed as police officers and when quizzed by an occupant at the property, one…
Read More about KINGSTON: Police impersonated at Clayton South
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Police News
Wallan police charged a man after seizing a firearm and drugs following a search warrant in Beveridge on Sunday (Apr. 6). A warrant was executed at a Hume Fwy address following an ongoing investigation. A number of items were allegedly located during the search including a firearm, ammunition, drugs and suspected stolen jewellery. A 34-year-old…
Read More about MITCHELL: Firearm, drugs seizure at Beveridge
Police News
Stonnington Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance following a commercial burglary at a South Yarra clothing store last month. It is believed that three masked offenders pulled up out the front of a Chapel Street clothing store in a black hatchback about 3am on Monday, March 10. The three men exited the…
Read More about STONNINGTON: $21,000 clothes burglary at South Yarra
Police News
Detectives are investigating the death of a man in Burwood on Tuesday night (Apr. 8). Emergency services were called to reports of a man injured at a property on Winton St about 11pm. Officers arrived on scene to discover a man with injuries consistent with a stabbing. The man died at the scene. Another man…
Read More about WHITEHORSE: Death at Burwood