Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Emergency Services
Marine Search and Rescue units and volunteers have benefitted from the roll out of new digital radios this month to improve their communication on the water.More than $1.3 million has been spent on 130 portable radios for volunteers and to install radios on 22 vessels and in eight vehicles.This equipment has been rolled out on…
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Community News
11.20AM Wednesday Evacuation of two buildings is taking place at Assumption College Kilmore. A College representative said: “An evacuation is currently in progress at Assumption College in the Shandon House and Fouviere Buildings only.” The college has asked the public stay tuned on its social media channels for further updates. 11.30am Update The College advises:…
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Community News
The Point Cook community is one step closer to receiving a new state-of-the-art police station.Anthony Carbines, Minister for Police, visited the Point Cook Homestead Rd site to mark the beginning of construction for the police station.The $25 million investment will deliver a station with modern facilities for Victoria Police – giving them the best law…
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Community News
A Board of Inquiry is to be held into the McCrae landslide, and its handling by the Mornington Peninsula Shire, says Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan.Ms Allan says her Government wants to get to the bottom of what happened and to prevent similar incidences occurring in the future.Ms Allan Allan and Local Government Minister Nick Staikos…
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Emergency Services
8.50AM WEDNESDAY Three emergency services crews are attending at a road accident at Strath Creek. Vic Emergency states the indident is “under control”. More details to come.
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Emergency Services
WEDESDAY 8.50AM Four emergency services have rushed to Collard Ave, Diamond Creek, to attend to a hazardous chemicals incident. More to come.
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Police News
Police arrested seven teenagers after a pursuit in Melbourne’s West.Officers spotted an allegedly stolen white Skoda SUV driving at high speeds on Greens Rd in Wyndham Vale just after 11pm Tuesday (Feb. 4).The car was followed by Air Wing and police units on the ground through Werribee, Tarneit and Point Cook, then over the Westgate…
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Police News
Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit have charged a man following alleged armed robberies in Melbourne’s south on Tuesday, February 4.It is alleged two males attended a tobacco shop on Centre Rd in Bentleigh armed with a knife and demanded cigarettes about 9.25am.A male staff member sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital.The two offenders fled…
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Police News
Police arrested two people and seized three allegedly stolen vehicles as part of an ongoing investigation in Baxter.Frankton Crime Investigation Unit detectives attended a property on Harold Court about 9.30am on Sunday, February 2, in relation to an investigation targeting organised motor vehicle theft and high-risk driving.Detectives seized an allegedly stolen Holden VF Senator sedan,…
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Police News
Homicide Squad detectives have charged two more people as part of their investigation into the death of a man in Kurunjang last year.A 21-year-old man of no fixed place of address and a 17-year-old boy from the Melton area were arrested and interviewed by police.Both have subsequently been charged with murder.The 21-year-old man was to…
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