Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Friday, October 9, 2026
Emergency Services
Fire Rescue Victoria crews responded to a house fire at Kirkbride Way at Craigieburn shortly before 7am on Friday morning (Apr. 4) after multiple calls to Triple Zero (000). Crews arrived on scene within three minutes to find the single storey brick home well alight, so there was a call for additional resources. An occupant…
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Observer
Detectives from the Homicide Squad have charged a man as part of their investigation into the 2023 fatal shooting of Mohammed Keshtiar in South Yarra. A 23-year-old Narre Warren man was arrested in Dandenong on Friday afternoon (Apr. 4) with assistance from the Special Operations Group. The arrest follows the death of Keshtiar in South…
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Police News
Detectives from the Armed Crime Squad have charged a man following a police shooting in Mulgrave on Friday morning (Apr. 4). The 27-year-old man has been charged with 21 offences, including reckless conduct endangering life, prohibited person possess firearm, aggravated carjacking, robbery and theft of motor vehicle. The Noble Park man was remanded to appear…
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Observer
Arriving onstage, Bronwyn Kuss (pictured) reveals that she has been hiding in the narrow space between the wall and the curtain, listening to the comments as the audience files in.Unsurprisingly, audience members want to avoid the front row.Kuss assures the front row that she will pick on everyone else for audience participation. The rest of…
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Observer
This Life of Mine, the final film from writer-director Sophie Fillières before her untimely death last year at the age of 58, tells the story of a woman in the midst of a nervous breakdown.Barbie (Agnès Jaoui) is a divorced, 50-something French woman writing her autobiography and worrying about fonts.“Is it sober, or is it…
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Observer
A curious radio move underway at the moment is that popular Gold 104.3 morning host Craig Huggins is being taken off the Melbourne station by management.He will stay with the company and instead present the brekfast program on sister station Cruise 1323 Adelaide, and the afternoon drive programs on 96FM Perth.At Gold 104.3, the new…
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Observer
Two women approach the microphone, one in dazzling, turquoise satin and the other in a sparkling, feathered gown, to announce the next category of Australian free-to-air TV’s daggiest awards show, the Logies.“Tonight is all about television,” we are told.Audience members in the steamy environs of Melbourne’s iconic Nicholas Building may or may not have included…
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Observer
Hailing originally from New Zealand, with some time in Australia, and now a resident in the UK, Grace Jarvis has returned to Melbourne for her offering of Just Because I’m Crying Doesn’t Mean I’m Not Having a Nice Time, as part of the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.With performances at many Comedy Festivals including notable…
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Observer
Before Bron Lewis (pictured) was one of Australia’s most promising new comedians, she was a high school teacher for almost a decade.Bron says she became a teacher because she hates learning – she would rather saw off her own legs than learn a new card game, and in her opinion whoever coined the term ‘board…
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Observer
The art of theatre improvisation is quite a skill and often lost under the radar, or underrated,in this era of blockbuster shows underpinned by wizard technicals, excellent choreography, and expensive rehearsal hours.Comedy Republic offers improvised shows throughout the Comedy Festival and I was fortunate to attend a 4.30pm performance of Something Good, thus very light…
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