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Tourism jackpot as 'marvellous' long weekend rush packs most motels, cabins
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (550+ words) Accommodation providers are being inundated with bookings as visitors enjoy easing fuel prices, whale spotting and annual events. Moyne Shire mayor Jordan Lockett said bookings at the council's two caravan parks in Port Fairy across the 2026 King's Birthday long weekend…...
US criticises 'two-tiered policing' over UK murder case
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (433+ words) The US State Department has waded into a British political storm that has erupted over the murder of a student in England, condemning what it calls "ideological conditioning and "two-tiered policing" as a symptom of civilisational decline. In 2025, Henry Nowak,…...
Australia urged to step up climate leadership on oceans
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (496+ words) Australia is being urged to use its prominent international climate diplomacy role to show leadership on ocean health and fill a void left by the United States. Ahead of mid-year climate talks in Germany, oceans expert Terry Garcia said the…...
Trump's lawyers want to halt discovery in BBC lawsuit
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (359+ words) US President Donald Trump's lawyers have asked a federal judge in May for a stay of the discovery process in his $US10 billion ($A14 billion) defamation lawsuit "against the BBC, pending the outcome of a request to shift such matters to a…...
Iranian-French author known for Persepolis dies at 56 | The Standard | Warrnambool, VIC
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (373+ words) Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French artist, filmmaker and author of the autobiographical graphic novel Persepolis, has died aged 56. "Her passing is that of a figure of French culture and of an artist enamoured of "freedom, whose work carried a universal message…...
Can this crowd-favourite senior sausage chase a trifecta before retirement?
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (272+ words) She's won, she's finished second, now a bronze finish at the upcoming Dachshund Dash could be the crowning glory for this 12-year-old pup. It'll be veteran racer Winter's third time entering the iconic Port Fairy Winter Weekends event on Sunday,…...
Another incident at major intersection after day of high drama in heavy rain
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (389+ words) A driver has been transported to hospital after a two-car collision at a major Warrnambool intersection on Friday morning, June 5. Warrnambool police Sergeant Bec Goosen said it was reported there was a collision at the intersection of Raglan Parade and…...
Offender admits drug dealing, but lack of security at rehab worries magistrate
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (865+ words) A 22-year-old Warrnambool man allegedly busted with a smorgasbord of illicit drugs is trying to get his sentencing adjourned so he can attend at a rehabilitation facility. Jyden Alberts appeared in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court on Friday, June 5, for a…...
Driver who crashed through inner-city fast-food fence banned for four years
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (243+ words) A Hamilton driver crashed through a fence between a fast food outlet and a Masonic Lodge causing $1750 damage. Robert Nield appeared in the Hamilton Magistrates Court on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, pleading guilty to a number of charges, including driving in a…...
Best way to end US trash talk? Win: former Socceroo
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (409+ words) The best way for the Socceroos to shut down the trash-talking US at the World Cup? Beat them. Australia will let their actions do the talking at this month's World Cup, while Socceroos great Mark Schwarzer takes on proverbial blows…...