Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Friday, October 9, 2026
Council News
Banyule Councillors were due on Monday night (Apr. 14) to consider a $4.4 million contract for library works at Rosanna. The fit-out includes all loose furniture, audio visual equipment and specialised library equipment such as a book sorting machine, smart chute returns bin and self-check machines. The Tender Evaluation Panel recommended awarding the contract to…
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Sport
A stunning eight-goal performance from Patrick Fitzgerald has led Laurimar to their first win of the 2025 Heidelberg Golf Club Division 3 season, holding off a late comeback to beat Epping by 11 points at Epping Recreation Reserve. The Power led by 36 points during the latter stages of the third term, before Epping piled…
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Police News
Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in Endeavour Hills on Sunday (Apr. 13). Emergency services were called to reports of a man located deceased inside a property on Mossgiel Park Drive about 6.30am. Police discovered the 21-year-old Endeavour Hills man with injuries consistent with a stabbing. A 19-year-old…
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Police News
Alexandra Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance to help solve a 53-year-old mystery. Investigators are attempting to identify an unknown man who was located deceased in Buxton on Christmas Day, 1971. A group of children were celebrating the holidays with a swim in the Steavenson River when they happened upon the man’s body…
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Police News
Major Drug Squad detectives have charged a man as part of an investigation into alleged drug trafficking. As part of their investigation, detectives identified a premises in Box Hill, in which they will allege drugs were being manufactured. Detectives from the Major Drug Squad and Clandestine Laboratory Squad acted swiftly to disrupt this activity and…
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Police News
Police have arrested 26 people and recovered eight stolen cars as part of an operation targeting car thieves and burglars in Broadmeadows and Craigieburn. Car theft is a significant priority for local police in Hume, with the area having the third most cars stolen across the state last year – a 44 per cent increase….
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Police News
Police have arrested a woman after a vehicle was spotted allegedly reaching speeds of 200-kmh in Melbourne’s south on Sunday night (Apr. 13). Airwing spotted a white Holden Astra travelling at a fast rate of speed along Thompson Rd in Patterson Lakes about 10.15pm. Officers on the ground located the vehicle and attempted to intercept…
Read More about KINGSTON: 200-kmh, collision with Police car at Patterson Lakes
Police News
Homicide Squad detectives have charged a man following the fatal stabbing of a man in Ascot Vale on Saturday morning (Apr. 12). A 29-year-old Ascot Vale man was arrested by police at the scene and conveyed to hospital to be treated for minor injuries, where he remained under police guard. He has been charged with…
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Police News
Detectives from the VIPER Taskforce executed warrants at 12 tobacco stores across Melbourne last week as part of the ongoing investigation by Taskforce Lunar into organised crime syndicates linked to the illicit tobacco trade. Members of the taskforce were joined at the warrants from April 7-11 by representatives from the Australian Taxation Office and Therapeutic…
Read More about STATEWIDE: $4.8m illicit tobacco siezed
Emergency Services
Fire Rescue Victoria crews responded to a house fire in Park Orchards around midday on Sunday, April 13,after multiple callers to Triple Zero (000) reported seeing flames. Crews arrived on scene within five minutes to find smoke and flames issuing from a single storey brick home. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the burning home to…
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