A weather system moving in from the south-west will bring rain across southern regions from Monday, according to the Bureau of Meteorology
The long weekend has brought fine weather to Australia’s capitals – but most cities will see a soggy return to work on Tuesday.
Despite a foggy start to Saturday morning in Melbourne and rain across Brisbane and Darwin, sunshine is forecast for Sydney, Canberra and Adelaide with similar conditions to continue through Saturday and Sunday.
Continue reading...Victoria police launch investigation after Indigenous star posts CCTV footage on Instagram and states ‘Aboriginal kids deserve to be able to play safely’
Victoria police are investigating after Indigenous AFL great Eddie Betts shared footage of children being racially abused in their own yard while stating “we are not even safe in our own homes”.
Betts shared security camera footage on social media on Thursday night showing a white car driving down a street before slowing down in front of a home. A person then yells out racial slurs.
Continue reading...Victoria police say victim of Glenroy shooting was known to them and had a criminal record
Police are treating the fatal shooting of a man at a strip of shops in Melbourne’s north as a targeted attack.
The man was shot dead in a car park outside shops on Justin Avenue at Glenroy just after 4.30am on Good Friday.
Continue reading...Former MP held the seat in Melbourne’s bayside suburbs from 2016 to 2022
The former MP Tim Wilson has won preselection to become the Liberal party candidate in his former seat of Goldstein, setting up a rematch with the “teal” independent Zoe Daniel.
Wilson, who held the seat in Melbourne’s bayside suburbs between 2016 and 2022, won the vote of Liberal party members on Sunday afternoon, beating out two female challengers, Colleen Harkin and Stephanie Hunt.
Continue reading...Emergency services called to an accident scene in Preston about 7.30am
A man has died after falling from a hot-air balloon in Melbourne’s north-east.
Emergency services were called to Albert Street in Preston where a man’s body was located about 7.30am on Monday.
Continue reading...Foot traffic near Melbourne’s town hall recorded at highest since 2015, as Eras tour concert coincides with busiest day of 2024
The pre-pandemic hustle and bustle of the central business districts of Sydney and Melbourne is returning, and in Melbourne’s case it’s busier than it’s been for nearly a decade.
But the weekend crowds appear to be doing most of the heavy lifting.
Continue reading...Victim tells court she thought she was going to die when she realised Francesco De Luise was not her Uber driver
A father-of-three who lurked outside Melbourne nightspots pretending to be an Uber driver to pick up and sexually assault three young women will be locked up for at least six years.
Francesco De Luise, 60, faced Melbourne’s county court on Thursday after pleading guilty to six sex offences, including rape, sexual assault and sexual activity directed at another person.
Continue reading...A Brazilian artist will have her body manipulated while passed out, in a lauded work about sexual violence that headlines Melbourne’s winter festival
A theatremaker will be drugged unconscious on stage in Melbourne this year, in a controversial and highly lauded theatre work about sexual violence that will have its Australian premiere at Rising festival.
Cadela Força Trilogy: The Bride and the Goodnight Cinderella is directed by and stars Brazilian artist Carolina Bianchi, who recounts her experience of being drugged and sexually assaulted, before taking a drug on stage. Once unconscious, female performers then move her body around, even at one point inserting a speculum and camera into her vagina, with a live video feed shown to the audience in a simulation of a post-rape forensic examination.
Continue reading...Police say they ‘acted appropriately’ when they shot a 26-year-old woman who fatally stabbed her 53-year-old mother
A Victorian woman shot and killed by police officers on Friday evening was caught in the process of stabbing her mother, police say.
Police revealed details about the incident on Saturday, saying that an officer was called to a home in Melbourne’s north-east at about 6.30pm after neighbours mistakenly reported that a young woman was trying to set her mother on fire.
Continue reading...Hot weather will send temperatures soaring to 38C in Melbourne, 40C in Adelaide and the low 30s in Launceston, the BoM forecasts
Victorians, Tasmanians and South Australians will swelter through their long weekends, with the Bureau of Meteorology issuing heatwave warnings for the three states.
Melbourne is expecting maximum temperatures of 38C across Saturday, Sunday and Monday. If temperatures do reach 38C, it will be the highest temperature recorded across three consecutive days in March since 1942.
Continue reading...‘Change needs to be made’ on NSW police policies and procedures, premier says. Follow the day’s news live
‘Context has changed’ since NSW lit up Opera House to support Israel, Minns says
ABC News Breakfast host Michael Rowland:
You ordered the lighting up of the Sydney Opera House sails in support of Israel after 1,200 Israelis were murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7. Since then, 30,000 Palestinians have died. Will you consider lighting up the Sydney Opera House in support of Palestine?
This is an international conflict now and I don’t want to further exacerbate or pull apart Sydney’s already quite volatile mix. I would make the point that much of what will be said in New South Wales will [not] affect the peace situation in the Middle East, but a lot of what could be said can affect peace right here in this state. So we need to be careful with our commentary, we need to focus on not exacerbating community tensions or divisions, and that’s going to be the NSW government’s approach over the coming months.
Continue reading...Police say the alleged attack occurred on the Dandenong Creek trail on 31 January, with the woman fighting off the teen
A teenage boy has been charged over the false imprisonment and sexual assault of a female jogger in Melbourne’s south-east.
The 13-year-old from Rowville was charged over the alleged attack of a woman on the Dandenong Creek trail in January.
Continue reading...Exclusive: The former PM has been enlisted to front a social media campaign to help Labor hold the Victorian seat
Julia Gillard has been enlisted to help boost Labor’s chances in the Dunkley byelection, with Australia’s first female prime minister fronting a social media push aimed squarely at women in the Melbourne seat.
In a sign of Labor’s effort to shore up every last vote in what is expected by both major parties to be a close-run contest, Gillard’s election-eve endorsement praises Jodie Belyea as a “strong local voice”.
Continue reading...This blog is closed. The once-in-a-lifetime show has finally come to Australia. For the millions who couldn’t get tickets, might a slightly chaotic blog be the next best thing? The night 1 setlist (spoilers), all the surprise songs, the atmosphere of 96,000 people at the MCG – if you missed it you can read it all again! Start at the beginning.
Taylor Swift sing-along on board Qantas flight to Melbourne
The Taylor Swift hype reached new heights earlier today.
Continue reading...Boroondara council moves to order the rebuilding of ‘Shenley Croft’ as condition for any bid to develop the property
The Edwardian-style house boasts a private ballroom and cellar. Located in Melbourne’s affluent, leafy south-eastern suburbs, the heritage-listed Canterbury house was last sold in 2019. A real estate advertisement at the time touted its potential for renovation as one of the 1,320sqm-property’s many selling points.
Within four years of its sale, the house – named Shenley Croft – mysteriously caught fire in December. There is an active police investigation but no charges have been laid.
Continue reading...Hot weather with 30C-plus temperatures forecast for three mainland state capitals, plus Canberra and Darwin, on Monday
Southern Australia is in for a hot, sunny start to the week, with three state capitals plus Canberra forecast to record temperatures in the 30s.
The Bureau of Meteorology was warning of extreme fire danger for parts of South Australia and Victoria on Tuesday before a cool change sets in midweek.
Continue reading...Shooting one of two separate incidents on Friday night after second man allegedly attacked four people with glass bottle
Police have alleged a man shot in the abdomen in the centre of Melbourne on Friday night had threatened and pursued protective services officers with broken glass.
It was one of two separate incidents in Melbourne’s CBD on Friday night after a 27-year-old man allegedly attacked four people with a glass bottle after a reported botched handbag robbery on a tram.
Continue reading...Victoria police launch fresh appeal for information on anniversary of death of Boronia woman Nanette Ellis
The family of a single mother murdered in her own home say their pain has been made worse by not knowing who killed her, as they launched a fresh plea for answers on the 40th anniversary of her death.
Melbourne woman Nanette Ellis was stabbed in her Boronia home by an unknown offender or group of offenders on the evening of 10 February 1984.
Continue reading...A man allegedly attacked people with broken glass before he was shot once by PSO working with police at the scene in Melbourne
A protective services officer has opened fire on a man who confronted them with broken glass after reportedly trying to rob people on a tram in the centre of Melbourne.
Police say the officers were responding to an incident on the Princes Street Bridge just after 5.30pm on Friday when they were approached by the man.
Continue reading...The council narrowly voted against a community consultation on the ‘location and context’ of the explorer’s Port Phillip memorial
A Melbourne council has narrowly voted against asking local residents whether it should restore or permanently remove a Captain Cook statue that was sawn off at the ankles just before Australia Day.
There was heated debate at a Port Phillip council meeting on Wednesday night over a motion to consult the community on the statue’s future, before it was voted down five votes to four. Some councillors were reprimanded and a member of the packed public gallery was asked to leave after several interjections.
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