3+ hour, 50+ min ago   (269+ words) A 19-year-old Hoppers Crossing man has been charged with committing an indictable offence while on bail after two teenagers allegedly ran from a stolen car in Tarneit. A 16-year-old was cautioned over the same incident. Police allege they spotted a…...

22+ hour, 35+ min ago   (465+ words) Wyndham City Council’s $372,000 private security patrol trial in Truganina has ended with an inconclusive result, with council unable to determine whether it reduced crime. The evaluation has reignited debate over the value of one of Wyndham’s most controversial community safety…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (256+ words) A 39-year-old Williams Landing man has been charged with two counts of rape and one count each of aggravated burglary and threat to kill following an alleged sexual assault in Hoppers Crossing, and is due to face Melbourne Magistrates’ Court…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (318+ words) A 39-year-old man has been arrested after two sexual assaults in Hoppers Crossing — a knife-point home invasion on Whitsunday Drive on Thursday, and an attack outside a primary school on Langridge Street on Friday morning. A secondary crime scene has…...

2+ day, 18+ min ago   (416+ words) Victoria’s unemployment rate has risen to 5.1 per cent, the highest of any Australian state, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data. While more Victorians are out of work, employment and workforce participation also increased, highlighting continued growth in…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (200+ words) Victoria Police’s Sexual Crimes Squad is investigating an aggravated burglary and sexual assault in Hoppers Crossing after a knife-armed man forced entry to a Whitsunday Drive home about 11.30am on Thursday. The woman inside was assaulted before the man fled, and…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (266+ words) A Wyndham Vale household has been fined $2,035 after dumping rubbish in a car park ahead of a rental inspection — then dumping the same waste on another resident’s hard waste collection after being directed to clean it up. A household in…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (252+ words) Victorian small business owners can access free one-on-one mentoring through the expanded Business Skills Mentoring program, with additional funding available through two new grant initiatives. Expressions of interest close on 31 August 2026. Small and family businesses across Victoria will have access…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (396+ words) A Bureau of Meteorology weather balloon lifts off from the old RAAF Williams site at Laverton every day, carrying a small instrument box up to 35km into the sky before it bursts and parachutes back to Earth somewhere across Melbourne. Each…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (356+ words) Melbourne has topped Deutsche Bank’s Oasis Index as the world’s most expensive city for beer and cigarettes, with the cost of a night out rising sharply over the past decade. The report also ranks Melbourne 29th globally for its Cheap Date…...