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Thursday, October 8, 2026
Police News
Police are investigating a single vehicle crash with multiple injuries in Brooklyn late on Tuesday night (Mar. 11). Emergency services responded to reports of a white Volkswagen Polo crashing into a pole at the intersection of McDonald and Somerville Rds about 10.45pm. The driver and two passengers from the VW were taken to hospital with…
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Police News
UPDATE: A 53-year-old Seaford man was charged with possess handgun, traffick methylamphetamine, possess methylamphetamine, traffick cannabis, possess cannabis, handle stolen goods and two counts of possess prohibited weapon, allegedly pertaining to a taser and an extendable baton. The man was bailed to appear before Frankston Magistrates’ Court on April 14. EARLIER: Greater Dandenong Crime Investigation…
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Community News
The State Government is getting on with delivering Australia’s biggest urban renewal project – releasing plans to boost social housing at the Flemington and North Melbourne precinct redevelopments. Harriet Shing (pictured), Minister for Housing, announced that both projects will be delivered through the innovative Ground Lease Model – with social housing boosted by 39 per…
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Police News
Police have detected close to 5000 traffic offences during a major road safety blitz over the Labour Day long weekend in Victoria. Operation Arid saw police targeting high-risk driving behaviour across the state over four days, in an effort to drive down road trauma. Speeding offences made up almost half of all detections, with 75…
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Police News
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives arrested two men in Port Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon (Mar. 11) as part of an ongoing investigation into a series of offending in Melbourne’s southern and eastern suburbs between December last year and March. Officers intercepted an allegedly stolen Lexus on Salmon St about 12.35pm. Three police cars were used…
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Police News
Detectives from across Crime Command arrested 13 people on Tuesday morning (Mar. 11) as part of the Homicide Squad investigation into the death of Lino Atem in Wyndham Vale. Fifteen warrants were executed from 5.30am in Aintree, Deer Park (2), Manor Lakes, Sunshine West, Albanvale, Mornington, Werribee (2), Deanside, Hoppers Crossing (2), Melton South, Keilor…
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Latest Issues
The first edition of this week’s Local Paper/Melbourne Observer is published online. CLICK HERE: https://issuu.com/mediaflash/docs/the_local_paper._eastern_suburbs_ed_6ca7d4f62fe500?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ Next print/online issue is Wed., Mar. 19, 2025.
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Emergency Services
Fire Rescue Victoria responded at 6.36pm Monday (Mar. 10) to multiple calls for a single storey brick veneer home engulfed by fire with explosions heard at Whitworth Avenue, Springvale.FRV crews arrived on scene at 6.43pm and began an external attack on the fire at the rear of the property which had also spread into a…
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Police News
Police were left a little constricted when they found a python during an arrest in Strathmore.It is alleged a woman attended a property on Milton Court in Heidelberg Heights on February 23 where she allegedly damaged property.A 34-year-old Essendon woman was located and arrested by Transit Police at Strathmore Railway Station about 9.20pm on Wednesday…
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Police News
Rosebud Police have charged a man after a pedestrian was allegedly hit by a car in Dromana on Sunday night (Mar. 9).It is alleged that a woman and her dog were struck by a white 4WD when they were crossing Pier St about 9.30pm.Investigators allege that the woman ended up on the bonnet of the…
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