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Tarzan and Zac ride into retirement

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ATTWOOD, VIC. — After a combined 25 years of dedicated service with Victoria Police, two beloved police horses, Tarzan and Zac, are hanging up their saddles.

Homicide Squad detectives investigate St Albans death

Firefighters respond to Pascoe Vale unit fire

Firefighters extinguish Sunshine house fire

Rooster locked away … other crooks come out to play

REGIONAL NEWS

Loddon

Fatal crash in Fiery Flat

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FIERY FLAT, VIC. — A teenager has died after emergency services responded to a car that crashed into a tree on Inglewood-Powlett Road, Fiery Flat, at 12.51pm.

Two more teens arrested for Stawell assault

Mock rescue yields emergency response advantage

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Person of interest identified after Cobden house fire

Fire restrictions to begin in Mildura

NATIONAL NEWS

News
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Sixth Victorian man charged with violent extremist material offences

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ROXBURGH PARK, VIC. — A sixth Melbourne man has been charged by the AFP’s National Security Investigations (NSI) team as part of an ongoing investigation into a group of Australian men accessing and distributing ISIS propaganda online. 
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Australia’s biggest-ever cocaine bust

Five Eyes law enforcement leaders united in call to better protect children and vulnerable people from serious online crime

Air Ambulance Victoria diverts to NSW in life‑saving mission

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13 Australians charged with Philippines-based child abuse offences

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

International News

Israeli terrorists torch cars and trees in West Bank villages

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ABU FALAH, WEST BANK, PALESTINE. — Israeli terrorists attacked Palestinian villages across the occupied West Bank on Friday (local time), setting fire to cars and trees and beating residents and a foreign journalist, in the latest Israeli terrorist attack disrupting the territory’s annual olive harvest this month.
International News

Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from White House

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WASHINGTON DC, USA. —  The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter.

Lettuce outlasts White House press secretary Katie Zacharia

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Global drug plot foiled in joint investigation

Starlink restrictions force Ukrainian drones to slow down

Saudi OpenAI engineer arrested by FBI for planting covert recording device

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Yarra Ranges Shire

Celebrate Children’s Week in Yarra Ranges

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YARRA RANGES, VIC. — Children’s Week is a national celebration recognising the talents, skills, achievements and rights of children. Held each year in October, it’s a chance to celebrate children and the important role they play in our families and in the community.
Yarra Ranges Shire

Local voices help shape Healesville’s future

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HEALESVILLE, VIC. — More than 30 community members have shared their ideas and local knowledge to help shape the future of Healesville through the development of the upcoming Healesville Township Design Framework.

Broadmeadows Festival: community, culture and celebration at Town Park

Community voices sought for Murrindindi’s Recovery Committee

Fire restrictions to begin in Mildura

Darebin Council partners with TechnologyOne for AI

STATE GOVERNMENT

Victoria

Labor pledges to cap road tolls

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SPRING ST, MELBOURNE. — Victorian motorists could be better off after this state election, with Labor pledging to cap tolls at $30 a week next year to match similar plans announced by the Liberal Party.

Nicola Rooks elected councillor of Banyule Council’s Beale Ward

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Please explain …

Lighting problem on Yan Yean Rd

Victorian state election timeline

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Opinion

Conservative right-wing commentator Andrew Bolt turns on Trump

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MELBOURNE, VIC.— Herald Sun and News24 journalist and right-wing commentator has finally 'turned on his own type' in a blistering op-ed stating: "Lying blow-hard Trump has betrayed us all — and Australians should be afraid."

AI models may soon self-replicate and wreak havoc on the web

We can’t block a livestream, but Australia could ban execution footage from the US – to an extent

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Please explain …

Bruce Woodley cracks it with racist bigot Pauline Hanson

CORRUPTION

Melbourne

Police Sergeant charged with on-duty assault

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MELBOURNE, VIC. — A 41-year-old on-duty male Sergeant from the North West Metro region has been charged with intentionally causing serious injury, reckless assault causing injury, common law assault and two counts of unlawful assault in October 2025 following an internal investigation.
News

Police public service employee charged with accessing child abuse material

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MELBOURNE, VIC. — A 57-year-old male Victoria Police public service employee from the Crime and Counter Terrorism Investigation Services has today been charged following a Professional Standards Command investigation into misconduct.

Victoria Police officer probed over alleged cover-up of schoolboy assault

Two CMFEU officials charged

Former Victorian cop accused of tracking & stalking women

Setka bailed again

MOIR'S VIEW ...

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SPORT

Kingston City Council

Rossdale Golf Club tears up agreement

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ASPENDALE, VIC. — Kingston Council has welcomed the announcement by Rossdale Golf Club that it has terminated its agreement with the developer who proposed redeveloping the site.
Golf

Yea Golf Club Championships

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YEA, VIC. — Saturday saw 24 men take to the course for the Club Championships at Royal Yea, down from last year’s field of 32. Those who turned up were rewarded with superb weather and a course in excellent condition.

Northcote Dancers

Secret recording in Sydney Swans Pullman Hotel scandal

Heidelberg history breakers earn fifth-straight flag

NFNL Division 1 – Grand Final Preview

ART & CULTURE

Whittlesea City

Lalor’s laneways set for colourful transformation

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LALOR, VIC. — Meet the artists and help shape Lively Lalor at a free community pop-up on Saturday, October 24, 2026.

Hero Complex

Ben Lee to headline Bundoora Beats for a night of music under the trees

October 12, 1918: “The Magic Pudding” is first published

Gugu Dindi Gunyah

SPOTLIGHT

OPINION

Science & Technology

International News

Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from White House

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WASHINGTON DC, USA. —  The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter.

Darebin Council partners with TechnologyOne for AI

Who’s paying whom? The circular money machine behind the AI boom

Saudi OpenAI engineer arrested by FBI for planting covert recording device

AI models may soon self-replicate and wreak havoc on the web

MEDIA MATTERS

Opinion

Conservative right-wing commentator Andrew Bolt turns on Trump

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MELBOURNE, VIC.— Herald Sun and News24 journalist and right-wing commentator has finally 'turned on his own type' in a blistering op-ed stating: "Lying blow-hard Trump has betrayed us all — and Australians should be afraid."

MEAA calls for stronger worker consideration as Nine’s ‘Future News’ continues rollout

MS NOW, CNN and Politico journalists denied access to White House

Trump bans CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House

00:03:39

9/11 transformed our relationship with news – and laid the groundwork for today’s crisis of trust

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Artificial Intellegence

Who’s paying whom? The circular money machine behind the AI boom

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MELBOURNE, VIC. — Imagine a company that sells you equipment, invests money in your business, and then rents back what you build with it. It’s your supplier, your investor and your customer all at once.
Business & Finance

Interest rates hit 15-year high

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CANBERRA, ACT. — The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board, in a unanimous decision, lifted the cash rate to 4.6 per cent, raising interest rates by 25 basis points to the highest level since 2011, as it wrapped up its two-day meeting this afternoon.

Nillumbik’s Great Business Connect is back

July 16, 1914: Australia’s first interstate air mail departs Melbourne

July 15, 1912: The first branch of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia opens

Optus in government’s sights

COOKERWATCH

Editorial
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Please explain …

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CANBERRA, ACT. — We look back at the now all-too-familiar modus operandi of Pauline Hanson on ABC Media Watch from 1998 to 2026. What Hanson presents to the media today, such as at a Saturday, October 3, 2026, Victorian election campaign launch at Crown in Melbourne, is similar to what Hanson was stating from 1998 onwards.
Editorial

Bruce Woodley cracks it with racist bigot Pauline Hanson

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BRISBANE, QLD. — A furious Bruce Woodley, legendary member of Australian musical group The Seekers and co-writer of I Am Australian, took aim at Pauline Hanson's racist and grifting Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) after the iconic song was used during its opening ceremony in Brisbane on Saturday without Mr Woodley's permission.

Monica Smit being investigated by ScamWatch

Moir’s View …

Make ‘em laugh: how One Nation uses comedy to normalise harmful ideas

Moir’s View …

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ON THIS DAY

October 18, 1909: The Australian Capital Territory is created

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MELBOURNE, VIC. — On January 1 1901, following federation of the six colonies in Australia, arose the need to build a federal capital. It was decided that the national capital would not be one of the existing state capitals, in order to prevent rivalry between the cities. It would, however, be positioned between Australia’s two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne.

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