Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Emergency Services
Fire Rescue Victoria firefighters arrived on scene within four minutes of receiving a Triple Zero (000) call for a garage fire at Clarevale St at Clayton South at 1.39pm on Thursday (Jan. 16). Additional fire trucks were despatched, while on scene firefighters entered a smoke-filled home and assisted a male and female, both in their…
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Police News
Members from the Public Order Response Team have seized cash and drugs after they pulled over a motorcycle with alleged false plates in the CBD on Saturday morning (Jan. 18). Officers were patrolling the city when they noticed the 2014 Harley Davidson on Elizabeth St about 2am. A check of the motorcycle and rider revealed…
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Council News
Edendale Farm at Eltham has been selected as a finalist in the 2025 Volunteering Victoria Awards, in recognition of its integrated and innovative approach to reducing barriers to participation for people with disability.Nillumbik Mayor Cr John Dumaresq said the nomination was a fantastic recognition of the work the entire team puts in to manage the…
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Local People
Nineteen-year-old Adam Williams of Doreen, who has completed his second year of studying a double Degree in Biomedical Science and Business Administration at Australian Catholic University, had the honour of giving back to the community.Adam is following in the footsteps of his father Eric Williams and his late grandfather George Finniss, who organised the lifting…
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Council News
The average cost of meals at public Darebin Council meetings is $1000, which includes catering for Councillors, executive officers, presenting officers and staff.Caterers are all local or social enterprise suppliers.The Council’s Acting General Manager Community gave this answer in answer to a question from local resident Dean Hurlston who asked about meals and beverages.
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Council News
Whittlesea’s new Mayor Aidan McLindon was formerly a Liberal-National politician in the Queens-land State Parliament, resigning to become an independent MP, and then becoming National Director for Bob Katter’s Australian Party.Aidan Patrick McLindon (born February 26, 1980) was first elected for the seat of Beaudesert to the Queensland State Parliament for the Liberal National Party…
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Police News
Transit Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating after a man exposed himself in Kensington last year. It is believed a 29-year-old woman was standing on a train platform on Macauley Road when the man exposed himself to her about 11.45am on Wednesday, October 23. The offender fled the scene on foot, last spotted leaving the…
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Police News
Port Phillip Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance to help identify two offenders for the serious injury assault of two men in St Kilda on 22 April, 2023. It is understood the victims walked past the men on Chapel Street, who were standing next to a white Holden Commodore sedan, parked on…
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Police News
Detectives from the Arson and Explosives Squad are appealing for information following a fatal house fire in Truganina on Thursday morning (Jan. 16). Emergency services were initially called to reports of a fire at a residential property on Dover Street about 2.30am. A 27-year-old Hoppers Crossing woman was inside the property at the time, which…
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Police News
Moorabbin Highway Patrol are appealing for information following a hit-run collision in Carrum on Saturday morning (Jan. 18). Police have been told two cyclists were riding south bound on Nepean Hwy, between McLeod and Eel Race Rdds, when they were struck by a car from behind about 6.30am. The car involved, which is believed to…
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