FIRST with NEIL MITCHELL At least five generators have been stolen and looters have also ransacked multiple storm affected properties in Melbourne’s outer-east. Police are now conducting additional patrols in the area, deploying the Public Order Response Unit to the Dandenong Ranges. Chief Commissioner Shane Patton says the behaviour is “disgusting”. “It’s a real dog’s […]

(Image: Stephanie Anderson / Twitter) Four people have been injured in a worksite injury in Melbourne’s CBD. It’s believed a concrete pump exploded at the site on Bourke Street, near Spring Street, just before 9am. Nine News reporter on the scene Stephanie Anderson says two of the injured people had “quite obvious facial injuries”. All […]

Victoria Police has established a “soft border” with NSW, deploying extra resources to border towns to ensure nobody is entering the state from a “red zone” or without a valid permit. Chief Commissioner Shane Patton told Neil Mitchell it was also proving to be more effective than previous measures. Nobody from a COVID-19 red zone […]

An endangered butterfly has derailed a new section of railway tracks promised by the Andrews government. The $530 million track duplication on the Hurstbridge line has been halted after Eltham Copper Butterfly was found in bushland near Montmorency station. Associate Professor Michael Braby, entomologist from the Australian National University, told 3AW Breakfast it was possible […]

Victoria’s triple-zero call system continues to be plagued by frequent failures and crashes, despite an audit which found outages could, in the worst case scenario, result in 18 deaths a day. There have been several small upgrades to the system, which is run by the Emergency Services Telecommunication Authority, since the 2018 audit, but operators […]

With Sydney fighting a COVID-19 outbreak on a scale which would likely have seen a lockdown if it were in Victoria, Melburnians are watching on closely as the situation unfolds. There were 18 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 recorded in NSW yesterday. But restrictions in Sydney are still quite relaxed, with some visitors still […]