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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.

NEW ORLEANS, USA. (AP) — U.S. Immigration officials arrested controversial British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos on Thursday in New Orleans, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

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).

MURRINDINDI SHIRE, VIC. — Council has welcomed additional Australian and Victorian Government funding to support bushfire recovery, while warning that significant recovery needs remain across the Shire seven months after the January 2026 fires.

WHITTLESEA, VIC. — Former Whittlesea Mayor, Cr Aidan McLindon, is demanding Victoria’s former local government minister pay $3.5 million over an 'unlawful' suspension.

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WARNING: This article contains video and references to Nazi's that may offend readers. 

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). — Laurimar won its way into the Northern Football Netball League's Division 3 grand final with an impressive 56-point win over Watsonia in the preliminary final at Lalor Reserve in fine conditions.

BUNDOORA, VIC. (NFNL HQ). — The final round of the Northern Football Netball League's Division 1 home-and-away season has arrived, with the top five all but locked in for September action.

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. — Francis Leach was a former ABC Grandstand sports commentator and sports programming host. Kate Meade is the ABC Radio Melbourne (3LO) station reporter. Francis Leach describes a sports commentary box as a "hypermale environment" where mostly male sportcasters did not have the tools, the language, the education, the knowledge or the understanding of these issues to be able to honestly reflect on them.

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. 

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MELBOURNE, VIC. — On Monica Smit's Telegram channel 'Reignite Democracy', Smit stated that "I'm saddened to admit that we've had two cancel on us. It feels like the good old COVID days when we had to sneak around."