Ambulance Victoria graduate paramedic recognised

EPPING, VIC. — Ambulance Victoria’s May Sheldon has been commended with the prestigious Rod Moore Memorial Award for demonstrating resilience and determination on the path to graduating as a paramedic.

REGIONAL NEWS

Four Cobden shops damaged in suspicious fire

COBDEN, VIC. — Police are investigating a suspicious fire that gutted a tobacco store that opened only two months ago in Cobden.
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Sixth Victorian man charged with violent extremist material offences

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. 

Judge orders Trump to sit for a deposition in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC

MIAMI, FLORIDA, USA. — A federal judge on Thursday (Friday Australian time) ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by December 11 (December 12 Australian time).

Hacker used AI agents and a few thousand dollars to break into scores of sites

WASHINGTON DC, USA. — Over the past couple of weeks, a cybersecurity researcher watched as a Chinese-speaking hacker broke into websites belonging to more than 100 companies, including farm equipment maker Deere, home appliance ​company SharkNinja and engine manufacturer Cummins, yet the hacker did almost none of the work.

Trump endorses Netanyahu

Trump touts his power at Kentucky MAGA rally

Police Chiefs endorse PACPOL

Victorian Mayors stand with Murrindindi

ALEXANDRA, VIC. — Victorian Mayors united in Murrindindi to turn solidarity into action, strengthening relationships and exploring opportunities for collective advocacy to improve how communities prepare, respond to, and recover from disasters.

Koala habitat restoration effort boosted by 2,000 trees

YARRA RANGES, VIC. — Yarra Ranges Council has planted 2,000 trees to support koala habitat restoration and increase native vegetation in the Yarra Valley.

Give local birds a helping hand

Enforcement alone not enough amid illegal dumping

Hume council launches GoGet car share trial

Murrindindi’s pool season is almost here

Yan Yean Liberal candidate Amanda Dow’s husband assaulted

MERNDA, VIC. — Liberal Party candidate Amanda Dow's husband was allegedly bashed in Mernda after confronting a 59-year-old Mernda man who was trying to tear down a campaign sign.

What would Helen Haines do?

Labor pledges to cap road tolls

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Please explain …

What would Helen Haines do?

WANGARATTA, VIC. — The shocking attack on independent MP Helen Haines is a turning point. To honour her work, let it mark a positive shift in the way politics is done in Australia.

Cop charged with stalking whilst on duty

MELBOURNE, VIC. — A 40-year-old male Senior Constable from Victoria Police's North West Metro region has been charged following an internal investigation with stalking, installing a tracking device to locate a person, attempting to pervert the course of justice and two counts of unauthorised access to police information.

Victorian cop charged with sending child abuse material

VICTORIA. — A 28-year-old Victoria Police constable from the Western Region has been charged with one count each of transmitting material using a carriage service - the material being child abuse material – and using a carriage service in a way that a reasonable person would regard as being, in all the circumstances, offensive, following a Professional Standards internal investigation.

Police Sergeant charged with on-duty assault

Two CMFEU officials charged

AFLW Emergency Services Match

DINGLEY VILLAGE, VIC. — A special emergency services game will be held as the curtain-raiser to the Hawthorn vs Essendon AFLW match at the Kennedy Centre from 12.30pm today, with Fire Rescue Victoria and the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) taking on a Victoria Police/Ambulance Victoria team.

Rossdale Golf Club tears up agreement

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.

Yea Golf Club Championships

Northcote Dancers

Heidelberg history breakers earn fifth-straight flag

‘The Singing Garden’ launch at Toolangi Tearooms

TOOLANGI, VIC. — Music and poetry will come together in Toolangi on Sunday, November 8, when musician Maggie Somerville launches The Singing Garden, a new CD celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of one of Australia’s best-loved poets, C.J. Dennis.

Metropolitan Opera

Essendon Theatre Company celebrates 50 years

Closer

The Gospel According to Paul: The Second Coming

SPOTLIGHT

OPINION

Science & Technology

Police help recover $118,000 for scam victim

MELBOURNE, VIC. — The victim, Kate, was conned into transferring $118,000 from a family business to fraudsters and has recovered the money after reporting the scam to police.

MEDIA MATTERS

ABC Radio Melbourne Drive program coming to Broadmeadows

BROADMEADOWS, VIC. — Ever wanted to speak on the radio about issues impacting you and the Hume City Council community?

BUSINESS & FINANCE

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

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.

Interest rates hit 15-year high

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

Optus in government’s sights

COOKERWATCH

Keep your politics out of this tragedy

The attack on Helen Haines is so shocking. The reaction to it by too many politicians, activists and journalists just makes it worse. Talk about opportunists. 
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Please explain …

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.

Monica Smit being investigated by ScamWatch

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October 28, 1916: Australia’s first referendum on conscription fails

CANBERRA, ACT. — One of the most controversial of Hughes’s policies was conscription, an issue which not only created a rift in the Labor Party, but also divided the young nation. On October 28, 1916, the first referendum to introduce compulsory military enlistment was voted on and narrowly defeated.

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