#Bomb response unit determines #suspicious item at #Avalon #airport a laser hair removal device.

The bomb response unit conducted checks after emergency officials were called to the domestic #terminal around 6am, prompting the terminal’s #evacuation & #closure. #auspol #VicPol

Man arrested after evading police

HEIDLEBERG WEST, VIC. — A 29-year-old Wallan man has been arrested after allegedly evading police in a suspected stolen vehicle through Melbourne’s eastern suburbs this morning.

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Firearms and drugs seized

BROADMEADOWS, VIC. — Detectives from the North West Metro Regional Crime Squad today charged a man as part of an ongoing investigation into a firearms incident in Glenroy last month.

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Another day ... another arson attack

GLENROY, VIC. — Police are investigating a suspicious fire in Glenroy in an area locals say has been targeted by arsonists many times before.

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Curious thing today in The Age – there's a story with a photo of the Lord Mayor in Beijing, which echoes the famous meme photo of former Premier Dan Andrews in Beijing. But the photo editor seems unaware of the connection. Curious. I mean, the Lord Mayor must have been posing deliberately.

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Making sure you're not a bot!

#Victoria's #politicaldonation system remains a free-for-all ahead of #election.

The #JacintaAllan government is working to devise new donation laws after the #HighCourt last month found previous laws #unconstitutional.

Ahead of the #stateelection in #November, there are no #donationlaws in place - no laws banning #foreign donations, no #limit on donations, & no requirements to #disclose them.

#Labor sources say proposed laws will be brought before parliament next month. #auspol #VICpol

So it looks like there's a concerted effort to register fake parties to try to redirect preferences to One Nation in the upcoming Victorian elections.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/16/victoria-election-refugees-welcome-website-preferences-one-nation-ntwnfb

They're taking advantage of Victoria's Group Voting Ticket to do this.

#vicpol #auspol #elections #onenation

‘Refugees Are Welcome Here’ site could be part of ‘connected campaign’ to funnel votes to One Nation in Victoria

Exclusive: Rightwing activist denies responsibility for set of aspiring political parties and their potential preferences, as Guardian analysis suggests links

The Guardian

"There has been an uptick in party membership in Kooyong, which is all very good and most people think it’s just Josh Frydenberg making sure he has the option of running again...But I tell you what else is being talked about – and it is being talked about – is the idea of Abbott running in Kooyong"

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