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OBSERVER: First Nations artists at Melbourne Art Fair

Saturday, February 22, 2025

A major new exhibition has opened showcasing Victorian First Nations artists from across the state. Colin Brooks (PIctured), Minister for Creative Industries, attended the 2025 Melbourne Art Fair to see the Victorian First Peoples Art and Design Fair Showcase Exhibition, which celebrates the rich cultural and creative diversity of Victorian First Nations artists. Co-curated by…

Police News

WEST: 10 clocked at excessive speed

Police have been left dismayed after 10 drivers were caught travelling at dangerously high speeds across Horsham and the Wimmera region. Stawell Uniform officers intercepted several drivers, with the majority caught exceeding the speed limit by more than 25-kmh. Six drivers had their licences suspended on the spot, including a probationary driver who was allegedly…

Police News

FRANKSTON: Bus-ted at Seaford

Two men were arrested in Seaford on Thursday night (Feb. 20) after they broke into a storage yard and made off with a passenger bus. The alarm was raised when a witness noticed two men with bolt cutters break into the depot on Milne Avenue about 7.30pm. Frankston Police were quickly on scene and spotted…

Police News

SOUTH-EAST: Blitz on firearms, weapons, drugs

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 –…

Police News

HUME: Firearms found at Dallas arrests

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…

Police News

WYNDHAM: Stabbing at bus stop, 2 arrested

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…

Community News

YARRA RANGES: Melba Hwy works halted

Friday, February 21, 2025

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.

Emergency Services

TOTAL FIRE BAN on Sat., Feb. 22.

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)

Police News

MELBOURNE: Jail after child abuse offences

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…

Police News

BRIMBANK: Cocaine in man’s luggage – AFP

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…