Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Police News
A senior constable from Eastern Region has been charged following an internal investigation. The 34-year-old woman has been charged with one count of shop steal. The charge relates to an alleged theft from a Chirnside Park supermarket while off-duty on July 18 last year. She will appear before a Magistrates’ Court at a later date.
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Police News
Police are investigating after a person was located deceased in an overturned car in Buffalo River on Saturday morning (Mar. 8). The car was spotted by a passerby in waters off Buffalo River Rd about 9am. Search and Rescue Squad officers were deployed to the scene to conduct a search of the vehicle. One person…
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Observer
Extra performances have been added in Australia for Les Miserables The Arena Spectaculat – The World Tour as it arrives at Rod Laver Arena from May 14.New performances have been scehduled on Saturday May 24 and Sunday May 25.The London production of Les Miserables has entered its incredible 40th record-breaking year, still playing to sell…
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Observer
he BirdsMUMA is unveilling the eighth Ian Potter Sculpture Court Commission – The BirdsCreated by artists Ben Berean, Callum Morton and Linda Tegg – working collaborative as Monash Arts Projects (MAP) – this temporary installation takes inspiration from the humble bird bath to encourage the return of birds to the urban campus.Comprising six stone boulders…
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Community News
The State Government’s West Gate Tunnel Project has teamed with V8 Supercars to test drive the new connections which will transform how people move between Melbourne’s west and the city. V8 Supercar drivers Cam Waters and Anton de Pasquale toured the new Wurundjeri Way extension and elevated ramp connecting CityLink to Footscray Road, which will…
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Police News
Police have seized illegal firearms, ammunition, explosive devices, and drugs, resulting in the arrests of 15 people subject to Firearms Prohibition Orders in Melbourne’s bayside suburbs. Investigators from the Caulfield Divisional Response Unit – with assistance from the Public Order Response Team and general duties officers – conducted 30 compliance checks on people already known…
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Police News
Wonthaggi police have a charged woman with a number of offences after she was rescued while fishing in Foster in the early hours of Monday, March 3. It is believed the woman drove to Foster Beach and got into trouble while fishing for garfish at Foster Beach sometime overnight. Officers have been told the woman,…
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Sport
This Week Double Day At Ballarat Glorious run
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Police News
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…
Read More about MANNINGHAM: 3 drink drivers nabbed at East Doncaster
Police News
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…
Read More about SOUTH-WEST: $1.2m drugs seized