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Three people were rescued after their helicopter plunged into the ocean.

Three rescued after helicopter plunges into ocean off Bellarine Peninsula

The passengers were treated on the beach between Point Lonsdale and Ocean Grove for serious injuries before being taken to hospital.

  • Brittany Busch and Cassandra Morgan

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Glenn Collins was injured when his plane crashed during an aerobatics display at Avalon Airshow on Friday.

‘Praying and wishing he pulls through’: Pilot injured in Avalon Airshow crash named

Glenn Collins, an experienced pilot and keen skydiver, was critically injured when his plane plummeted to the ground at Avalon on Friday.

  • Ashleigh McMillan and Chris Zappone
Shocked spectators watched the aerobatics plane crash to the ground at the Avalon Airshow.

Pilot seriously hurt after plane crashes during aerial display at Avalon Airshow

A pilot is in a critical condition after his plane crashed into the ground while performing an aerial demonstration at the Avalon Australian International Airshow.

  • Brittany Busch and Chris Zappone
The January 14 landslide in McCrae resulted in the evacuation of 19 surrounding properties.

Premier slams Mornington Peninsula council’s ‘inaction’ over McCrae landslide

Announcing an inquiry into last month’s landslide, Jacinta Allan says too many questions remain unanswered. She has demanded the council take back responsibility of the site.

  • Sophie Aubrey, Adam Carey and Lachlan Abbott
Emergency services attend a house fire in Dover Street, Truganina, on Thursday morning.

Wrong address, innocent victim: Police hunt ‘two murderers’ over deadly firebombing

Police said the 27-year-old woman and her family were completely innocent and had no criminal history. Police are now hunting for “two murderers”.

  • Melissa Cunningham, Lachlan Abbott and Angus Delaney
landslip in McCrae

Surgery for injured worker as unsafe landslide homes remain off limits

The Age has obtained a recording of a meeting the Mornington Peninsula Shire council held with affected residents, at which authorities said work to identify the source of the landslide was ongoing.

  • Lachlan Abbott, Sarah Danckert and Angus Delaney
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An aerial shot of the landslide in McCrae.

‘Bloody lucky’: Owner of house destroyed by landslide tells of family’s near miss

Seven homes have been evacuated in the area near Penny Lane in McCrae amid warnings other properties could be in danger.

  • Adam Carey, Sarah Danckert, Lachlan Abbott and Angus Delaney
Emergency workers remove a branch that fell near the Shrine of Remembrance on Tuesday, injuring two people.

Two injured as large tree branch falls near Shrine of Remembrance

Police said two men and a woman were walking down steps towards St Kilda Road when they were struck just before 1.30pm on Tuesday.

  • Lachlan Abbott and Angus Delaney
Police arrest a man in Weir Views.

Man arrested after shots fired at police during siege in Melbourne’s west

A siege has ended after armed police arrested a man who allegedly shot at officers before barricading himself in a stranger’s home with a man and a toddler.

  • Alex Crowe
Eleanor Bryant.

Today presenter pays emotional tribute to ‘hero’ preschool worker killed in crash

Tearful Alex Cullen called Eleanor Bryant “generous, wonderful and caring” after she died saving preschool children from the path of a water tanker.

  • Jessica McSweeney

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