Police have been called to an area in Moonee Ponds in Melbourne’s north-west to secure an area for safety checks.
The Bomb response unit has responded to situations in Kellaway Avenue and Mt. Alexander Road.
Police urge locals to avoid the area while it is secured at this time.
Source: Bomb Squad Called To Melbourne’s North | Triple M Melbourne
AN umpire has been attacked by spectators in a wild brawl at a junior football grand final in Hoppers Crossing.
Police say the brawl erupted at the under15s match at Hoppers Crossing Sports Club on Hogans Rd about 4.30pm yesterday.
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The umpire was reportedly attacked after two consecutive 50-metre penalties were paid to Point Cook late in their game against Albion.
Point Cook then goaled and won the premiership.
Witnesses have said the umpire was attacked in the immediate aftermath of the match.
“We saw that umpire run for his life,” one man told 3AW.
“I would have hated to see what happened if that umpire fell.”
Source: Junior footy brawl: Fight erupts at grand final in Hoppers Crossing | Perth Now
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Justine Damond, 40, from Sydney was killed by police in south Minneapolis on Saturday night.
Minneapolis mayor Betsy Hodges said the incident has made her “heartsick”.
Ms Damond, previously known as Justine Ruszczyk, died following an officer-involved shooting, according to Minneapolis police.
The shooting occurred on the 5100 block of Washburn Avenue South in the city’s Fulton neighbourhood.
The incident is the subject of an investigation but authorities have said the officers who responded to the 911 call did not have their body cameras turned on.
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The dead woman’s partner was Don Damond, vice president and manager of Little Six Casino in Minnesota.
His son Zach Damond said Ms Damond “heard a noise in the alley and called the police”.
“She was out on 51st Street and she was shot,” Zach said.
Mr Damond said the woman was “passionate” and his “best friend”.
“Basically my mum was shot for reasons I don’t know,” Mr Damond said in a video posted on Facebook on Monday morning (AEST).
“I just know she heard a sound in the alley so then she called the police and the cops showed up and she was a very passionate woman.
Source: Justine Damond: Australian woman killed by US police in Minneapolis | Perth Now
A number of dockless bike startups, modelled after services that have become extraordinarily popular in Asia, are launching or have recently launched in Australia.
Reddy Go, founded by Sydney resident Donald Tang, will start in Sydney next month, Fairfax Media reported, while the Singaporean company Obike launched in Melbourne last week in competition with the state’s publicly funded Melbourne Bike Share program.
The companies allow users to locate bikes on a smartphone app and leave them wherever their journey ends, instead of returning them to a fixed docking station as in long-established schemes such as those in London and Paris. The bikes are locked and unlocked with a QR code or combination generated by the app.
Mr Rau said nothing has changed since 2014 that gave him confidence another major fire could be avoided at Lacrosse, and warned the original blaze could have easily proven fatal.
“We were really lucky,” he said, citing strong water pressure that allowed the sprinklers to douse the flames more efficiently than expected.
Mr Rau called for signs to be placed in the foyer of the Lacrosse building, warning residents or visitors about the risk posed by the cladding “and the need to evacuate quickly should a fire occur”.
“People have the right to know,” he said.
“I wouldn’t allow my kids to live in the building. It’s just too a big a risk in its current state.”
The imported Chinese cladding installed on the Lacrosse building was tested by the CSIRO and found to be so combustible that the test was abandoned at 93 seconds due to fear excessive flaming and smoking would damage equipment.
It is suspected a similar cladding could have been installed on the Grenfell Tower in London, where this week’s inferno killed at least 17 people…
Source: Former fire chief says Lacrosse tower is unsafe
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