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BULOKE: Charged after Jeffcott North fatal

Friday, February 28, 2025

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a fatal crash in Jeffcott North last year. Emergency services were called to reports a Nissan X-Trail had rolled on Donald-Swan Hill Rd about 2.15am on March 2 last year. The front-seat passenger of the Nissan, a 67-year-old Nyah woman, died at the scene. Two…

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WYNDHAM: Witness appeal after bus stop homicide

Detectives from the Homicide Squad are seeking the assistance of two male passengers who are believed to have witnessed the start of the alleged assault that fatally wounded Natan Mwanza (pictured) in Wyndham Vale. Police allege the 24-year-old Werribee man was assaulted by two males as he travelled on the 192 bus, before alighting at…

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SOUTH-EAST: 3 artrested after high-speed chase

Police have charged three men following a pursuit in an allegedly stolen vehicle in Melbourne’s south-east. Officers caught sight of an allegedly stolen black Volkswagen Golf driving at high speed on the Monash Fwy in Mount Waverley about 11pm on Thursday (Feb. 27). Air Wing tracked the vehicle allegedly crashing red lights and travelling at…

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WEST: Police officer charged with assault

A leading senior constable has been charged with one count of unlawful assault after an alleged on-duty incident in March last year. The 51-year-old Western Region officer will appear before a magistrates’ court at a later date.

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WYNDHAM: Trio arrested after Point Cook burglaries

Wyndham Crime Investigation unit detectives along with Werribee Neighbourhood Policing Unit and local members have arrested three people as part of an ongoing investigation into local burglaries. Officers attended a vacant house on Boardwalk Boulevard, Point Cook about 9.30am on Thursday (Feb. 27). Local intelligence led investigators to believe that a number of people were…

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OBSERVER: Piera Dennerstein

Opera singer turned cabaret cantatrice Piera Dennerstein performs her award-winning solo cabaret Pursuing Pleasure at the Gasworks Arts Park, Albert Park, on March 7 and 8 and also at The Round in Nunawading on April 4, as part of a Creative Australia funded national tour.From Puccini to Cardi B, Piera tells the story, with humour,…

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OBSERVER: Cleaved

Australian playwright, former journalist and cartoonist Jane Cafarella (pictured) has published her memoir titled Cleaved.Jane’s work has been widely published in Australia and overseas, her plays have been performed nationally and internationally, and her cartoon archive is held at the State Library Victoria.But what Jane didn’t write about until now was growing up with Milroy’s…

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OBSERVER: Purple is the gayest colour

Alayne Dick never forgets an insult, in fact she wrote a whole show about it. Purple is the Gayest Colour will be presented at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival from March 26-April 6 at Tasma Terrace.Following sold-out seasons at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival and the New Zealand Fringe Festival, Alayne is bringing her…

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OBSERVER: Vale Lorna Osborne

Lorna Osborne (Axon), veteran Melbourne-based Tivoli dancer, choreographer, director and long-term dancing teacher, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 19, aged 96.Born in Richmond on June 21,1928, and an only child, Lorna attended dance classes with Miss Lorna Vesper in Richmond from age five to fifteen.She studied RAD classical ballet, tap, musical comedy, Highland, Irish…

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MELTON: Detectives investigate arson

Melton Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance following an arson in Melton. It is understood two unknown male offenders gained access to a shopping centre on McKenzie St about 3am on Monday, December 30. Once inside the shopping centre, officers believe the pair made their way to a barber shop where they…