Teens arrested after Diamond Creek aggravated burglary

DIAMOND CREEK, VIC. — Banyule-Nillumbik Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) detectives have arrested four youths in a stolen car following an aggravated burglary after the youths gained entry to a home on Penton Court, Diamond Creek, and a Ford Ranger and a Kia Sportage were stolen from a carport at about 1.25am.

Eighth person charged with 2025 fatal stabbing

Learner learns the hard way

REGIONAL NEWS

Harrow bolsters defences ahead of fire season

HARROW, VIC. — Strategic mulching works aimed at reducing fire risk and protecting vulnerable residents have been completed around the small town of Harrow ahead of what is expected to be a challenging fire season.
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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

Commitment for Beveridge

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.

Making Hampton foreshore more accessible for all

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.

Celebrate Children’s Week in Yarra Ranges

Local voices help shape Healesville’s future

Labor pledges to cap road tolls

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.
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Lighting problem on Yan Yean Rd

Victorian state election timeline

Brendan Nugent to face Wangaratta Magistrates’ Court today

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

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

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.

Two CMFEU officials charged

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

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

Heidelberg history breakers earn fifth-straight flag

NFNL Division 1 – Grand Final Preview

Clue: On Stage

HEIDELBERG, VIC. — A hilarious adaptation of the 1985 movie and classic 'Cluedo' board game. This madcap farce-meets-murder-mystery, set in a far-flung mansion, finds Miss Scarlet, Professor Plum, Mrs White, Mr Green, Mrs Peacock, and Colonel Mustard as guests at a bizarre dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. Suddenly, their host turns up dead, and everyone's a suspect!

‘Shine’ to show at Adelaide Film Festival

Straight to Her Majesty’s Theatre pool room

Lalor’s laneways set for colourful transformation

Hero Complex

SPOTLIGHT

OPINION

Science & Technology

October 22, 1872: The first overseas telegraph messages are received in Adelaide

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.

MEDIA MATTERS

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).

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

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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.

Bruce Woodley cracks it with racist bigot Pauline Hanson

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

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October 23, 1823: Oxley departs Sydney to search north for a site for a new settlement

SYDNEY, NSW. — On October 23, 1823, John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley set sail from Sydney to travel north along the coastline. He aimed to find a suitable settlement for convicts who had not been reformed, but continued to re-offend. Reaching Port Curtis (Gladstone), Oxley rejected the harbour as unsuitable due to its many shoals and mangrove swamps.

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