Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Police News
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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Police News
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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Police News
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
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
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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Observer
ward-winning comedian and storyteller Matt Harvey presents Wage Against the Machine on April 11 at Chapel off Chapel in The Loft at 7.30pm.Matt reckons that everyone (possibly everyone) has had a job at least once that they have hated.A boss they thought they were smarter than (probably were) or just wished daily they could take…
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Observer
Sisters in Crime present Lifting the petticoats: the underbelly of Regency England on Friday April 4.Dinner is at 6.30 pm, show at 8:00 pm at the Rising Sun Hotel, 2 Raglan Street, South MelbourneRegency England wasn’t ‘all balls, bodices, and beaux for those in high society.’ Markets and gentlemen’s clubs hid secrets, scandals, spies, escaped…
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Observer
ShowsGilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria: Fledermaus! April 12 at Moe Plaza. Director: Robert Ray; Musical Director: Geoffrey Urquhart. Bookings: gsov.org.auThe 1812 Theatre: Spider’s Web (by Agatha Christie) Until March 14 at The 1812 Theatre, Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: John Mills. Bookings: 1812theatre.com.auMordialloc Theatre Company: Holmes and Watson (by Jeffrey Hatcher) February 27 – March…
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Observer
What do you do with teenagers who have too much time on their hands?Community theatre group Diamond Valley Singers has an answer – you put them in a youth production and get them on stage or behind the scenes.The latest DVS Youth production is the musical All Shook Up, set over a 24-hour period, during…
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Police News
A Melbourne man was expected to face the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (Mar. 6) after allegedly trying to steal mobile numbers from unsuspecting victims of identity theft. An Australian telecommunications company last year alerted the Australian Federal Police that multiple attempts had been made to port mobile numbers to its network using potentially stolen…
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