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SOUTH-EAST: Violent home invasions

Monday, February 24, 2025

Stonnington Crime Investigation Unit detectives have arrested a man and a woman following a string of violent home invasions and armed robberies across the southeastern suburbs over the weekend. The pair were arrested at Ringwood railway station on Sunday evening (Feb. 23)around 5.30pm following an active search to find the duo after a home invasion…

Sport

SPORT: Weekend Cricket Scores

AmateursPremier Firsts. Two-Day. Sat. Feb. 22 and Sat. Mar. 1. Casey South Melbourne 1st XI v Carlton 1st XI 10/276. Prahran 1st XI v Ringwood 1st XI 6/280. Geelong 1st XI 10/141 v St Kilda 1st XI 4/118. Northcote 1st XI4/58 v Fitzroy Doncaster 1st XI 10/153. Richmond 1st XI 10/161 v Melbourne 1st XI…

Police News

GREATER GEELONG: ID theft arrest at Corio

Waurn Ponds police officers have arrested a man and seized cash and documents following a search warrant in Corio on Friday morning (Feb. 21). Officers executed the search warrant at a property on Kosciusko Avenue about 7am. The search was part of an investigation into a phone scam involving an 80-year-old victim. It is alleged…

Police News

FRANKSTON: Man charged after Seaford hit-run

Chelsea Police have charged a man following an alleged hit and run collision in Seaford on Saturday (Feb. 22). Officers have been told a cyclist was travelling at the rear of a group of cyclists along Nepean Hwy when he was allegedly struck by a blue VW Golf about 7.55am. The 53-year-old cyclist came off…

Environment

YARRA VALLEY: Air quality questioned

Air quality in the Yarra Valley was discussed last week in State Parliament by Bulleen MLA Matthew Guy.“I ask the minister to require the Environment Protection Authority Victoria to provide real-time updates to air quality at all the locations along the North East Link,” Mr Guy said.“At the moment residents in both the City of…

Council News

BRIMBANK: Rail before Runway

Sunday, February 23, 2025

Rail before Runway – a community movement launched by Brimbank City Council – calls on the State and Federal Governments to urgently deliver the Melbourne Airport Rail before Melbourne’s third runway is built.Brimbank Mayor Cr Thuy Dang (pictured) said: “We’re calling on the Federal and State Governments to build the long-promised Melbourne Airport Rail before…

Health

BANYULE: Austin Hospital works underway

Works to upgrade the emergency department of the Austin Hospital are now underway, says Ivanhoe MLA Anthony Carbines (pictured).“The designs for the multimillion-dollarexpansion have been released and once complete will treat 30,000 more emergency patients a year.“At the Austin we already treat over 100,000 patients a year. It has been made possible by a $275…

What's On

STONNINGTON: Boys In The Band returns

In its early stagings in Melbourne in 1969, Boys In the Band created great controversy. It was presented by Harry M Miller at the Playbox Theatre.Set in a New York City apartment during the late 1960s, this iconic play explores the raw, unfiltered dynamics of a group of gay men celebrating a birthday that unravels…

Community News

MELBOURNE: Zali is on First Nations Committee

Zali Mifsud is the youngest member of the City of Melbourne’s First Nations Committee.She says that she is thinking ahead to her great, great, great, great, great grandchildren.“We have a principle as Aboriginal people, which is the seventh-generation principle,” Zali said.“The decisions we make today are not for myself, or my children or my grandchildren.“They’re…

Sport

BAYSIDE: Sandringham Pool to close for 18 weeks

The Sandringham Family Leisure Centre pool will be closed for essential repairs for 18 weeks from Monday, April 7.There is some corrosion on the pool hall’s steel structure, which requires repair. While the pool is drained and closed, Bayside Council will also be upgrading the pool deck flooring and improving the pool filtration systems.The Council…