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SPORT: Sulky Snippets with Len Baker
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MANNINGHAM: 3 drink drivers nabbed at East Doncaster
It was busy for Police on Friday night (Mar. 7), operating a random breath testing site in East Doncaster. Officers first waved in two men in separate vehicles at the site on Reynolds Rd about 6.30pm. The men each undertook a preliminary breath test, before both undertaking evidentiary breath tests. The first man, a 28-year-old…
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SOUTH-WEST: $1.2m drugs seized
Police have dismantled an alleged drug trafficking network following an investigation into the importation and distribution of a commercial quantity of ketamine in Victoria’s south-west. Detectives from Warrnambool Crime Investigation Unit, with support from Icarus Taskforce, commenced an investigation earlier this year after Australia Border Force detected approximately six kilograms of illicit drugs, with an…
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MELBOURNE: $35,000 swindler faces sentencing
A Melbourne man charged as part of an international police takedown of a cybercrime platform has been ordered to pay $34,990 compensation for fraud-related offences. The man, 21, was sentenced on Friday (mar. 7) in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty on Monday (Mar. 3) to seven charges. In addition to the compensation order, the…
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Observer
OBSERVER: Rourke’s Reviews
Mother(M). 127 minutes. Now streaming on Netflix.Not to be confused with Bong Joon-ho’s outstanding 2009 drama, this dark look at a destructive mother-son relationship is also first-rate viewing, even if its unflinching approach may turn off some audiences.Masami Nagasawa stars as Akiko, a single mother who floats through life, sponging off the goodwill of others,…
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NORTH MELBOURNE: Bottle shop thief returns
North Melbourne police are appealing for public assistance after a number of thefts from a local liquor store. Investigators have been told that a man has entered a premises Canning St, North Melbourne, on at least 31 separate occasions and has stolen alcohol. The thefts have occurred between February 24, 2024 and February 25, 2025…
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MELBOURNE: Attempted kidnapping probe
Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating an alleged attempted kidnapping which occurred in Melbourne last year. Investigators have been told the victim, a 36-year-old woman, was contacted on November 4 by people purporting to be from Chinese immigration and police. They told her her phone number had been used in local scams. The victim…
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KINGSTON: Car fire at Patterson Lakes
Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating after a stolen car was set alight in Patterson Lakes last month. A stolen orange 2017 Holden Commodore sedan bearing stolen registration plates XQA765 collided with the barriers on Thompson Road at Mornington Peninsula Freeway overpass in Patterson Lakes at 11.40pm on 26 February. The driver was collected…
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OBSERVER: Dalin Oliver – 90-Day Comedian
South African comedian, Dalin Oliver, makes his Melbourne International Comedy Festival debut at Askal with his multi-award winning one man show, 90 Day Comedian from April 11-20 at Askal at 167 Exhibition St, Melbourne.It’s a coming-of-age story for Dalin, drawing on his experiences of performing the show in seven countries and 18 cities – including…
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OBSERVER: How To Flirt – The Ted XXX Talk
Daisy Doris May brings Steve Porters – How to Flirt: The Ted XXX Talk to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival from March 27 – April 6 at the Melbourne Town Hall – Lunch Room.Bringing his TEDx-style fresh take on modern dating to Australia after sell-out shows at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, London’s Soho Theatre, and supporting…
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