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Five charged following Casey ARC swimming pool assault
Police have charged five Casey people following an alleged assault at the Casey ARC Aquatic and Recreation Centre in Narre Warren last month. It is…
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Call to release Kingswood 900-dwelling plans
A Dingley Village protest group and Kngston ward councillor are fearful of a developer’s scaled-up plan for a purported 900 dwellings on the former Kingswood…
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$34K penalty for reptile-trade ringleader
A Noble Park North man must pay $34,000 after pleading guilty to 67 charges relating to an illegal cross-border reptile trade and wildlife licence breaches.…
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Trading card burglary syndicate busted, police say
Four members of an organised-crime syndicate allegedly behind a spate of burglaries targeting collectable trading cards and crypto ATMs have been arrested. Police say the…
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Barbs continue in name dispute
A propaganda war has ignited on both sides of the debate over the proposed renaming of the Afghan Bazaar to Little Bamyan. Soon after the…
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Lynbrook death: Armed man self-harmed, tasered by police
An armed man who died at a Lynbrook shopping centre had self-harmed and then was tasered by police, according to a leading Homicide Squad detective.…
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Police investigating death of man in Lynbrook Shopping Centre
Homicide Squad detectives are currently investigating the circumstances around the death of a man in Lynbrook this afternoon. Police were attempting to arrest a man…
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Resident escapes suspicious fire in Doveton
A resident has been treated for smoke inhalation after a home was destroyed by a suspicious fire in Ash Street, Doveton on Friday morning (14…
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Badminton centre ruled out
A proposed indoor sports facility in a Keysborough industrial estate has been refused by the state’s planning tribunal. Auslander Developments sought a permit to use…
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Mayor says major parties can’t ignore outer Melbourne after Werribee by-election
“Governments need to stop assuming there are safe seats” is what Cardinia Shire Mayor Jack Kowarzik said in a plea for the major parties to…
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Couple bravely dashes to neighbours’ aid
A Dandenong North couple have been awarded for courageously saving the lives of their elderly neighbours from inside a burning home. Louise Heard and her…
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Pole falls across Monash Fwy after hit-run crash
Police are seeking public help in investigating an alleged hit-run crash in Mulgrave. Southern Metro Crime Squad say a white Volkswagen Polo crashed into a…