Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Police believe driver was drag racing before plunging off Melbourne ... and other top stories.

  • Police believe driver was drag racing before plunging off Melbourne ...

    Police believe driver was drag racing before plunging off Melbourne ...
    A drag race has ended in tragedy when a ute lost control at more than 160kmh and careered off a bridge in Melbourne today, killing the driver and passenger in a fireball 55m below.Police are searching for the driver of the second car involved in the street race after a ute crashed through a one-metre-high barrier on EJ Whitten Bridge in Keilor East about 1.30am.Inspector Bernie Rankin said the second car, a silver 2003-2004 model Ford sedan with a green P-plate, had been seen earlier that night..
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  • A-League: Melbourne Victory beat Sydney due to Jurman own goal

    A-League: Melbourne Victory beat Sydney due to Jurman own goal
    Kosta Barbarouses of Melbourne Victory is challenged by Sydney FC goalkeeper Vedran Janjetovic. Photo: Getty Images Tense, taut, tight. Sometimes such games end up being terrific.More often they continue as tepid affairs producing only more tedium.This "Big Blue " between Melbourne Victory and Sydney tended to the latter. Yes, purists might see beauty in the tactical discipline and structured organisation that saw both sides cancel each other out for most of..
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  • Brooklyn rubbish blaze pours smoke over Melbourne's west

    Brooklyn rubbish blaze pours smoke over Melbourne's west
    IT took more than 50 firefighters to bring under control a huge rubbish tip fire that caused thick black smoke to cover the western suburbs last night. The firefighters and 14 trucks were fighting the Brooklyn tip fire when the blaze escalated just before 9pm.Smoke could be seen from the CBD, and a community warning was issued for residents living in the area around the Bunting Rd fire.The fire, measuring about 40 by 40 metres and consisting of recycled rubber and plastics, was brought under con..
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  • How to Wait for a Table in Melbourne

    How to Wait for a Table in Melbourne
    Ryan Shelton asks: is it possible to make a return-trip to a beachside holiday destination in the same time it takes to be seated at a popular Melbourne restaurant? This is going to sound insane. But not too long ago restaurants offered a service that allowed customers to call ahead and book a table for a time that suited them. The popular service was called making a booking and it was available to anybody at anytime. For a while, the nifty service was a huge hit. But eventually the convenienc..
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  • Clemenger BBDO Melbourne offers $100000 prize for most ...

    Clemenger BBDO Melbourne offers $100000 prize for most ...
    Ad agency Clemenger BBDO Melbourne is putting up a $100,000 prize with a new ‘Creative Incubator’ looking for the most ‘inspiring ideas in Australia’. Clemenger BBDO Melbourne has partnered with Australia’s premier creative, tech and business showcase, PauseFest, to offer an innovation prize worth up to $100,000. The Clemenger Creative Incubator will launch at this year’s festival and is looking for the most original, most inspiring ideas in Australasia. Budding tech entrepreneurs will have the ..
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  • Melbourne rail lines dangerously overloaded on morning peak hour

    Melbourne rail lines dangerously overloaded on morning peak hour
    Frankston, Sandringham, Craigie­burn and Dandenong trains are regularly carrying over 1000 people.MELBOURNE’S commuter crush won’t “improve overnight”, the State Government admits.New figures show more than half of rail lines are carrying more passengers than recommended.Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan told 3AW this morning train services had to operate “within the strictest safety standards” and the figures did “fall within the safety of the system”.She said the State Government had put..
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  • Public Transport Victoria 'fudging' train overcrowding statistics for ...

    Public Transport Victoria 'fudging' train overcrowding statistics for ...
    Public Transport Victoria 'fudging' train overcrowding statistics for Melbourne morning peak, Greens say Posted January 27, 2016 11:23:35 Half of Melbourne's morning peak train services are almost double their capacity and transport authorities are covering up the real statistics, according to the Greens. Key points:Services affected by delayed, cancelled trains not included in stats, Greens sayLines significantly exceeding 800-passenger capacity benchmarkVictorian G..
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  • ESPN producer dies while in Melbourne covering the Australian Open

    ESPN producer dies while in Melbourne covering the Australian Open
    ESPN producer dies while in Melbourne covering the Australian Open A producer for sports network ESPN has died while in Australia to cover the Australian Open tournament.ESPN confirmed Ted Brown, 36, died of a heart attack in his hotel room over night.Colleague and presenter Chris Fowler announced the news before the network began its coverage of the tournament."We are grieving today," Fowler said."We are sad and in shock, a member of our crew, of our tennis family, passed away last night..
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  • Weather promises welcome respite

    Weather promises welcome respite
    AU TAS: NSW Firefighters Deployed to Assist in Tasmania Bushfire Emergency January 240:11On Sunday, January 24, firefighters from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service departed Sydney for Tasmania, where they will help local forces battle more than 70 bushfires throughout the state. Some 140 people were deployed, including 100 remote-area firefighters, 35 incident management and liaison personnel and five paramedics, along with 30 trucks and two aircraft, ABC News reported. A total fire ba..
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  • Graham 'The Munster' Kinniburgh death: Terrence Blewitt fired fatal ...

    Graham 'The Munster' Kinniburgh death: Terrence Blewitt fired fatal ...
    Graham 'The Munster' Kinniburgh death: Terrence Blewitt fired fatal shot at Melbourne underworld figure, court told Updated January 27, 2016 12:54:03 Underworld figure Terrence Blewitt, whose body was last week found in a vacant Melbourne block, fired the fatal shot in the murder of the high-profile gangland player, Graham 'The Munster' Kinniburgh, a court has been told.Stephen John Asling, 55, has been charged with Kinniburgh's murder, who was shot outside his Kew home..
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Tributes flow for 'beautiful' Melbourne musician Karl von Bamberger .Usman Khawaja guides Sydney Thunder to nailbiting BBL final ... .
Suspicious fire guts disused North Melbourne warehouse .Melbourne weather: Storms and flash flooding set to hit city ... .

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