Jerry cans located inside stolen vehicle

OAKLEIGH EAST, VIC. — Monash Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged two men after an alleged stolen car containing jerry cans and baseball bats was tracked across Melbourne on Friday morning.

11 charged after Oakleigh affray

Dandenong and Cranbourne carjackings

Charges follow Lalor fatality

REGIONAL NEWS

Police investigate shot fired

CORIO, VIC. — Detectives are investigating after a shot was fired in Corio last Saturday, June 13.

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

CANBERRA, ACT. — Crime has fundamentally changed, and the pace of that change is increasing rapidly.  It will not slow down.  We (law enforcement) need to work differently to keep up.

Hells Angels members targeted

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND. — Across Australia and New Zealand, police have arrested 40 people and laid 145 charges as part of a national day of action targeting the Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG).
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Senator Ted Cruz Praises Amateur Radio Volunteers for Emergency Preparedness

W1AW HQ, NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT, USA. — Senator Ted Cruz, in a strong pre-Memorial Day message, publicly highlighted the critical role that Amateur Radio Service volunteers play during disasters, praising and thanking ham radio operators who provide essential communications when storms and emergencies knock out power and cellular networks and communities are cut off.

Reports of shots fired near White House

NEWS-BREAKER

Nourishing Neighbourhoods supporting local food systems

MURRINDINDI SHIRE, VIC. — Murrindindi Shire continues to grow stronger, healthier and more connected through the Nourishing Neighbourhoods program, now in its second year of a three-year partnership with Mitchell Shire Council funded by VicHealth.

Advocacy ahead of election

WYNDHAM CITY COUNCIL, VIC. — Wyndham City Council launched A Way Forward for Wyndham on June 9, a community-led election advocacy campaign calling on all candidates at the 2026 Victorian State Election to commit to 16 priority infrastructure and investment projects across roads, rail, recreation and health.

Hide + Seek Pathways open to local creatives

Fortnightly bins on the way

Inland rail works at 3 sites

Tiwari voted onto council

Gary Maas will not re-stand as MP

NARRE WARREN SOUTH, VIC. — Gary Maas, MLA for Narre Warren South, has advised Premier Jacinta Allan that he will not be seeking re-election in 2026.

Concern over local roads

$60,000 pay drop for Craig Lloyd?

Whittlesea Council CEO flees again

Hanson lays down law in feisty press club address

CANBERRA, ACT. —Pauline Hanson nailed her address at the National Press Club on Wednesday as a new poll revealed the majority of Australians believe One Nation is ready to govern.

Victoria Police busted lying

MELBOURNE, VIC. — In an ABC News report by Alex Sinnott, the report states that: "Victoria Police are still able to conduct licence and registration checks via LEAP and there is minimal impact on operational policing," she said.

Former Greensborough cop who harassed woman online sentenced to six months’ prison

GREENSBOROUGH, VIC. — A former Greensborough-based Victoria Police officer has been sentenced to six months in prison after repeatedly harassing a woman on social media over an almost 18-month period.

NFNL Division 1 – Round 10 preview

BUNDOORA, VIC. (NFNL HQ). — The second half of the Melbourne Greyhounds Division 1 season begins with a crucial round of football that could have a significant impact on both the top five race and the battle for ladder position heading towards finals.

NFNL Division 2 – Round 10 Preview

BUNDOORA, VIC. (NFNL HQ). — What an exciting week of football we have on our hands, plenty of great games to look forward to.

NFNL Division 3 – Round 11 Preview

NFNL Division 3 – Round 9 Review

NFNL Division 3 Round 9 Preview

Hide + Seek Pathways open to local creatives

MOORABOOL SHIRE, VIC. — Hide + Seek Pathways is now open to all artists, musicians, writers, performers and collectives connected to Moorabool, providing support in the development of their ideas, practices and careers.
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Nordic Film Festival

Palace of Lost Virtue

42nd Street

Sarah Rule’s Eurydice

SPOTLIGHT

OPINION

Science & Technology

Tassie students to speak to astronauts on the ISS tomorrow

LATROBE, TASMANIA. — Forget Starlink, mobile phones, the internet and wi-fi. Real communications is coming to Tasmanian students. You can't call the ISS on a mobile phone or via Starlink, but you can (if licensed) call the International Space Station. An amateur radio operator's licence is not required if you are only listening and not transmitting.

MEDIA MATTERS

Hanson lays down law in feisty press club address

CANBERRA, ACT. —Pauline Hanson nailed her address at the National Press Club on Wednesday as a new poll revealed the majority of Australians believe One Nation is ready to govern.

Murdoch’s pay mismanagement

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There’s ‘Snow Complications’

NEWS-BREAKER

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Optus in government’s sights

CANBERRA, ACT. — Embattled telco Optus has been put on notice as the federal government prepares to push through new laws beefing up oversight of the industry.

New play area for Kinglake Pub

The Kinglake Pub last week opened its indoor children's play area. 

COOKERWATCH

Panhandler Panahi

MELBOURNE, VIC. — Rita Panahi firstly claims in her op-ed that "a new poll revealed the majority of Australians believe One Nation is ready to govern." This poll was removed by 6 News, but remains on Sky and Murdoch print newspapers are using the inaccurate poll as 'the gospel truth'. It isn't.

Hanson lays down law in feisty press club address

CANBERRA, ACT. —Pauline Hanson nailed her address at the National Press Club on Wednesday as a new poll revealed the majority of Australians believe One Nation is ready to govern.

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June 21, 1869: The first telegram is sent in Western Australia

PERTH, WA.  — Australia’s first telegraph line, which ran from Melbourne to Williamstown, opened in 1854. Each of the other states followed suit within seven years, but Western Australia’s relative isolation delayed the development of the technology.

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