VicNews

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. 

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.

WASHINGTON DC, USA. —  US President Donald Trump on Sunday (US time) endorsed his ally Benjamin Netanyahu ​as the longtime Israeli prime minister struggles for an edge in next week's parliamentary election.

BEVERIDGE, VIC. — Mitchell Shire Council has welcomed a Victorian Greens commitment of $15 million to plan and design a train station at Beveridge, the first commitment from any party to the project ahead of the November 28 state election.

HAMPTON, VIC. — A major accessibility upgrade at the Hampton foreshore is helping more people move through the area and enjoy the beach, just in time for summer.

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.

WANGARATTA, VIC. — Brendan Nugent remains in police custody at Wangaratta Police Station and will appear in person today at the Wangaratta Magistrates' Court.

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.

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.

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, 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.

MELBOURNE, VIC. — One of Australia’s most beloved films, The Castle, is taking to the stage at Her Majesty’s Theatre in March 2027. Here’s who has been cast as the Kerrigans, including the all-important ‘tell him he’s dreamin’ Darryl role.

ADELAIDE, SA. — The Overland Telegraph Line was a major feat of engineering that connected Australia to the rest of the world via a single wire. The motivation for building the Overland Telegraph Line came from the fact that a submarine cable already reached from England to Java, and the British-Australian Telegraph Company was prepared to lay a submarine cable from Java to Darwin.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM. — The Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) head of news threatened journalist and unionist Michael Slezak with disciplinary action over a Monday, October 5, opinion piece in the Australian Financial Review (AFR), written in his capacity as a union official.

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.

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.

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.

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.