Melbourne Observer on Facebook
RSS Feed
A unique Nillumbik residency program is proving home is where the art is. Thirteen home-grown artists have been selected to share in $30,000 in funding as part of the Nillumbik Artist in Own Residence Program. “Developed in response to the continuing challenges of COVID-19 for local arts, the culture economy, creatives and creative organisations; the
Detectives have issued a number of Firearm Prohibition Orders as part of an operation to disrupt and deter illicit firearm use linked to the Rebels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMCG) across the state. Police carried out searches at twelve addresses on Wednesday 19 January, including properties at Lilydale, Kilsyth, Point Cook, Elsternwick, Tarneit, Lockwood, Huntly, North
Detectives from the Southern Metropolitan Crime Team have arrested three males in relation to a serious assault that occurred in Cranbourne earlier this year. Investigators allege a 21-year-old male was parked outside a venue in Stawell Street Cranbourne, when a group of approximately 20 males approached him on Friday 7 January at about 1.40am. It’s
Richard Wynne, State Planning Minister, has authorised Mornington Peninsula Council’s proposed Planning Scheme Amendment to rezone 10 parcels of land outside the urban growth boundary within the Mornington Peninsula Green Wedge. The rezoning aims to protect the Shire’s highly valued Green Wedge from inappropriate development, resolve anomalies in the planning scheme, and ensure the zoning
Former Casey Council Mayor Amanda Stapleton, 58, has been found dead. She was involved in a corruption investigation. Ms Stapleton, who had State Parliamentary ambitions, was reported to have received a $25,000 donation from developer John Woodman. Police say a Cranbourne North’s woman body was found in a car in the Royal Botanic Gardens earlier
