Melbourne emergency
‘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
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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
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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
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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
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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‘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
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
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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
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
Woman dead, three-year-old injured after truck crashes into preschool at Riddells Creek
A 43-year-old speech pathologist is dead and a three-year-old boy has been seriously injured after a water tanker ploughed into a preschool’s playground in a small town north of Melbourne.
- Erin Pearson and Caroline Schelle
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