Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Friday, October 30, 2026
Police News
A Sudan-born man was expected to face Melbourne Magistrates’ Court charged over 42 alleged migration and bail offences.The Australian Federalc Police charged the man, 32, after locating him in Dandenong.The man was charged with:• 12 counts of fail to abide by specified curfew. This offence carries a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment and/or a…
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St Kilda Police and Melton Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating after two jet skis were stolen from Port Melbourne.The two Sea-Doo jet skis, belonging to Life Saving Victoria, were stolen from a yard located on The Boulevard about 4.57am on Sunday, January 4.It is understood that multiple offenders attended the yard in both a…
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Police News
Police have arrested two men following a theft in Altona.Officers were called to reports of a theft in progress at a demolition site on Modal Place about 9.20pm on January 7.Two vehicles, a Jeep utility and white Toyota Hiace van, were allegedly spotted by responding officers leaving the scene.The van was followed to Freya Drive…
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A motorcyclist just two months into his learner permit has had his bike impounded after being clocked more than 50-kmh over the speed limit in Mount Waverley.Officers from the Transit Safety Division were travelling along the Monash Fwy when they spotted the motorcycle travelling at excessive speed.The Yamaha YZF-R7 was allegedly detected travelling at 153-kmh…
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Police News
A man has been arrested following an assault in a Beaconsfield car park which left a man with a fractured eye socket.Police will allege a man was assaulted after he attempted to intervene in a fight between two males fighting in a shopping centre car park on Old Princes Hwy on November 28.The victim, a…
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Police are investigating a suspicious fire in Chadstone.Emergency services were called to reports of a house fire on Euroka St just after 10.30pm on January 9.Fire crews extinguished the blaze at the unoccupied property which was significantly damaged. There were no injuries.
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Police News
A man has died in hospital following his arrest in Craigieburn.Officers were called to a Discovery Close address to reports of a man behaving erratically.The man was arrested by police and became unresponsive.The 27-year-old Craigieburn man was treated by paramedics before being conveyed to hospital in a critical condition where he later died.Exact circumstances surrounding…
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Emergency Services
“It looks like an atomic bomb has gone off,” Ruffy CFA captain George Noye told ABC Radio. “[I’m] just down the main street at the moment, we’ve lost the old school, the old Ruffy produce store is gone, three houses on the main street. We’ve lost countless homes across the area. Ten of my firefighters…
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Emergency Services
An Emergency Warning has been issued for Ancona, Fawcett, Gooram, Merton, Strathbogie, Strathbogie South, Woodfield. In an advice rleased at 12,.56am on Saturday (Jan. 10), the Country Fire Authority said: “A wind change has occurred on the evening of Friday (Jan. 9) and impacted the fireground. “This has caused the fire to change direction toward the east (towards…
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Emergency Services
One Nation Victoria has called on the Victorian State Government to urgently address what it calls the critical under-resourcing of the Fire Emergency Services as firefighters face another dangerous bushfire season. “Frontline firefighters continue to struggle without adequate equipment, staffing, nor support necessary to keep Victorians safe, leaving both emergency personnel and communities at risk,”…
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