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MIDGE POINT, QLD. — The AFP has seized 2.7 tonnes of cocaine – the largest ever cocaine seizure in Australia – as part of an investigation into an organised crime plot to import and distribute significant quantities of border-controlled drugs along Australia’s east coast.

COLOMBIA. (IARU). — On the morning of Monday, August 10, several regions of Colombia were shaken by an earthquake. According to data from the Colombian Geological Service, the quake occurred at 07:34 local time, with its epicentre located in the municipality of San José del Palmar, Chocó (at coordinates 5.04°N, -76.34°W).

ANKARA, TURKEY. (AP). — President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month’s NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft while the White House made it appear that the Republican president was flying on Air Force One, according to a report published by The Washington Post.

ALEXANDRA, VIC. — Murrindindi Shire Council has received the resignation of Kinglake Ward Councillor Jodi Adams, effective Wednesday, August 12, 2026.

YARRA JUNCTION, VIC. — Unfortunately, the Yarra Junction Community Link experienced significant water damage overnight Friday due to a burst water main and will be closed until further notice whilst Yarra Ranges Shire Council assesses the full extent of the damage.

KINGLAKE, VIC. — "The [Labor] State Government has dismissed growing community concerns over dangerous conditions on Whittlesea–Kinglake Rd," Eildon [Liberal] MLA Cindy McLeish says.

CAIRNS, QLD. — The co-founders of 'booming Aussie bush brand' Ringers Western are James, Emma, and Matteo Salerno. Their father is James Gino Salerno. The elder Salerno was involved in high-profile criminal proceedings in South Australia. He was convicted of child sexual offences in 2019, but that conviction was quashed on appeal.

MELBOURNE, VIC. — Former CMFEU secretary, 61-year-old John Setka, was granted bail on Friday for a third time.

VICTORIA. — A 57-year-old leading senior constable from the eastern region has been charged following an internal investigation.

BUNDOORA, VIC. (NFNL HQ). — With just two rounds remaining in the NFNL Division 1 season, the finals race is beginning to take shape, with Round 16 producing plenty of movement on the ladder.

BUNDOORA, VIC. (NFNL HQ). — The penultimate round of the Northern Football Netball League's (NFNL) Division 2 has left the finals race still wide open after another weekend with some close-fought results. 

Bill Armstrong, an Australian recording industry pioneer, has died aged 97. He was a sound engineer, studio owner, producer and broadcaster who founded and was the managing director of Melbourne’s first stereo FM station, EON-FM, in the 1980s.

AUSTRALIA. (WIA). — On the weekend closest to the Victory in the Pacific (VP Day), Australian amateur 'ham' radio operators hold the Remembrance Day Contest.

MELBOURNE, VIC. — Johnny Young, the legendary music personality who nurtured a generation of new talent as host of Young Talent Time, has died at the age of 79.

NILLUMBIK SHIRE, VIC. — Connect with purpose to like-minded businesses, expand your network and build valuable relationships that support long-term success at this free business networking event.

AUSTRALIA.  — The first domestic airmail service in Australia departed from Melbourne on July 16, 1914. The airmail was flown from Melbourne to Sydney by French aviator Maurice Guillaux. 

CAIRNS, QLD. — The co-founders of 'booming Aussie bush brand' Ringers Western are James, Emma, and Matteo Salerno. Their father is James Gino Salerno. The elder Salerno was involved in high-profile criminal proceedings in South Australia. He was convicted of child sexual offences in 2019, but that conviction was quashed on appeal.

MELBOURNE, VIC. — Extreme far-right activist Monica Smit, who is friends with Avi Yemini and Thomas Sewell and an avid supporter of One Nation and Pauline Hanson's 'monoculture', this morning sent out a Telegram message to her 'Reignite Democracy Australia' (which is part of the National Socialist Network, rebranding) seeking a hotel that 'can hold 500 people'.