Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Police News
Merri-Bek Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating an aggravated burglary in Oak Park. It is believed an offender gained entry to the Devereaux S residence, stealing cash and the garage remote on Monday, February10, about 2am. The offender exited via the garage and drove off in a Subaru Forester. It is believed the offender returned…
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Council News
Whittlesea Council will hold an ‘Unscheduled Meeting’ of Councillors on Tuesday (Feb. 25). Business to be transacted at this meeting is the consideration of: “The consideration of these items cannot be safely or conveniently considered at the next Scheduled Council Meeting due to the upcoming Federal election which may be announced prior to the March…
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Police News
Stonnington Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a burglary in South Yarra on Wednesday (Feb. 19). A silver Holden sedan parked outside a store on Toorak Rd about 4am. It is understood four offenders got out of the vehicle and smashed the front shop window. Police were told they ransacked the store, stealing jewellery, handbags…
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Community News
The State Government says that it is helping small businesses in the Murrindindi Shire expand – helping to create new jobs and growing the local economy. Ros Spence, Agricultire Minister, announced a total of $100,000 in funding has been awarded to Dindi Daycare centre and the Inferno Marine boat servicing business at Wildon from the…
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Police News
Police have arrested five men after an attempted home invasion in Cranbourne North on Tuesday night (Feb. 18). Officers have been told several men gathered outside the Strzelecki Ct home and demanded entry shouting threats towards the residents about 11.15pm. The group didn’t enter the home but made their way to the rear yard where…
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Police News
Greensborough Highway Patrol officers are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash in Kinglake on Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 18). It is understood a blue Mercedes Benz sedan left the roadway and crashed into a tree on Heidelberg-Kinglake Rd just after 1pm. Emergency services worked on the driver, a 50-year-old Heidelberg Heights man, but he could…
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Observer
Melbourne journalist Graham Simpson (also known as Lester Parsons) has died. Graham was many things. He was the Editor of the short-lived National Tattler magazine, p;roduced by Maxwell Newton Publications, where Simpson’s wife Jacqui Johnson worked on the Sunday Observer. Graham Simpson was author of The Judith Durham Story, a sketch-writer for Fast Forward, and…
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Police News
A 40-year-old woman has had her car impounded after she was allegedly caught more than five times over the legal limit in Wallan overnight. Officers from Wallan Police Station were patrolling as part of Operation Target when they detected a Toyota Landcruiser driving erratically with their headlights off on Queen Street about 11.55pm. Officers intercepted…
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Police News
Police have arrested two teenagers after an allegedly stolen car evaded police twice in Melbourne’s western suburbs on Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 18). Officers spotted a gold Holden Commodore allegedly driving erratically on O’Keefe Crescent just before 1pm. Police attempted to intercept the vehicle on Young St before it sped off. The Commodore, which was allegedly…
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Police News
Port Phillip Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for assistance from the public as they continue to investigate a car fire which occurred in St Kilda. Officers have been told a Nissan Elgrand was parked on Chapel Street when it was set alight about 12.25am on October 17. Detectives have made a number of enquires…
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