Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Emergency Services
Fire Rescue Victoria was called at 10.25pm Wednesday (July 15) to an incident on Nicholson St, Footscray, after a caller to Triple Zero (000) reported smoke was issuing from a shop.Firefighters arrived within five minutes to find multiple stores alight in a double-storey retail shopping strip.FRV crews donned breathing apparatus to attack the fire.Firefighters conducted…
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Emergency Services
Fire Recue Victoria responded at 3.54am Thursday (July 16) to an incident on Mickleham Rd, Westmeadows, after a caller to Triple Zero (000) reported a car into a building.Firefighters arrived on scene within five minutes to find flames issuing from two factories housing a billiard playing business and furniture company. The car that crashed into…
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Police News
Three members of a Melbourne-based criminal syndicate, with alleged links to Italian organised crime, were sentenced on Thursday (July 16) for conspiring to import over 500 kilograms of cocaine into Australia from Papua New Guinea.The men were arrested in July 2020, after an investigation into a black flight by the Queensland Joint Organised Crime Taskforce…
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Police News
Three teenagers have been charged as part of an ongoing investigation into a series of extortion incidents at various tobacco stores in the Yarra and Mentone areas.Detectives from Yarra and Moorabbin crime investigation units executed search warrants at three properties on Tuesday morning (July 14)where three teens were arrested.A 17-year-old boy from the Broad-meadows area,…
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Police News
Police are investigating after the rider of an electric scooter sustained life-threatening-injuries after being struck by two vehicles in Mentone on Thursday afternoon (July 16).Investigators have been told the rider was travelling south along Charman Rd when he collided into the side of a car travelling west along Balcombe Rd about 4.15pm.The rider fell from…
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Police News
A man died after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a vehicle in Preston on Thursday evening (July 16).It is understood the rider was travelling south on High St when he collided with a vehicle turning from Gower St into High St about 6.40pm.The rider, a man in his 60s, was treated at the…
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Latest Issues
The Regional Edition of The Local Paper/Melbourne Observer is published online. View online at: https://isu.pub/xQ38LfP Next Print/Online Issue is on Wed., July 22, 2026
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Observer
Tycho! Beyond the Baton is the remarkable story of a post-war immigrant whose music infiltrated the ears of most Australians.Tommy Tycho became a household name in Australian television as conductor, composer and orchestrator of the music for a wide range of shows, from the Mavis Bramston Show to Number 96, not to mention creating the…
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Sport
After a week of no golf due to the wet conditions it was good to see Yea Golf Club competitions return this past week.Saturday’s Monthly Medal at Yea Golf Club attracted just 11 players, while Wednesday’s smaller field contested a Stroke and Putting event.On Wednesday, Bob Glenister (10) continued his good form to win with…
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Police News
Alexandra Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged three men in relation to recent burglaries, thefts and criminal damage incidents that occurred across the Murrindindi Shire.Thousands of dollars’ worth of power tools, equipment and copper has been recovered by detectives as a result of executing search warrants in Alexandra, Kinglake West and Marysville.A 36-year-old man from…
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