Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Police News
Police have seized 20 weapons and arrested almost a dozen people subject to Firearm Prohibition Orders in just three days in Melbourne’s southeast. Conducting an average of 20 FPO compliance searches each day on people already known to authorities, police executed 61 warrants across Greater Dandenong, Casey and Cardinia between February 11-13. Local police –…
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Police News
Hume Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged four men after they allegedly uncovered two loaded firearms during an extended follow through Melbourne’s northern suburbs on Friday morning (Feb. 21). A BMW X5, which hadcome to police attention earlier in the week, was spotted on Blair St by the Dog Squad who were patrolling in Broadmeadows…
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Police News
UPDATE: Homicide Squad detectives have charged two people with murder following the death of a man in Wyndham Vale. Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in Wyndham Vale last Wednesday evening (Feb. 19).Emergency services were called to a bus stop near Haines Drive following reports of an altercation…
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Community News
The Melba Hwy roadworks between Yartra Glen and Tollangi Junction have been halted, and the road will re-open by 12 Noon Saturday (Feb. 22). The Department of Transport will reconsider the works program, and it is likely they will be rescheduled for September.
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Emergency Services
A Total Fire Ban has been declared for Saturday, February 22, for:: • Malle District• Wimmera District• South West District• North Central District• Central District (which includes Melbourne)
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Police News
A Melbourne man has been sentenced to two years and nine months’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 15 months’, for child abuse-related offences. The man, 22, was sentenced by the Melbourne County Court on Wednesday (Feb. 19) for 11 offences relating to possessing and transmitting child abuse material, as well as grooming children online…
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Police News
A Sunshine West man has been charged with allegedly importing about 8kg of cocaine into Australia, hidden in his luggage. The man, 40, appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (Feb. 18), and was remanded in custody to reappear in the same court on May 13. Australian Border Force officers allegedly found the cocaine…
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Police News
Shepparton Police are investigating after farm equipment worth around $135,000 was stolen from a property in Toolamb.It is believed unknown offenders broke into the residential property on Pyke Road overnight between February 4-5. Police were told the thieves stole equipment including two planting machines, an irrigation machine unit, a navigation system and a 300L water…
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Observer
Award-winning rural crime writer Margaret Hickey (pictured has decided that a change is as good as a holiday.The author of best sellers The Creeoer, Stone Toen and Broken Bay has just renewed a collection of short stories called Rural Dreams, celebrating the Australian countryside.Hickey is based in north east Victoria and enjoys setting her stories…
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Observer
In Our Monster’s Name is Jerry, queer couple Maude (Laura Jane Turner) and Lou (Em Jevons) are desperate to conceive, enduring rounds of IVF without success.An unexpected turn of events occurs when Maude inherits a house from a distant relative.Eccentric next-door neighbour Barb (Amanda LaBonté) soon comes nosing around to welcome Maude and Lou to…
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