VICTORIA Police is amazed no fatalities were recorded over the unofficial long-weekend, after more than 10,000 offences were detected on the state’s roads.
Speeding accounted for almost 40 percent of all offences and 46 vehicles were impounded during Operation Furlong, a five-day operation.
THE remains of a man found in the boot of a burnt out car in Melbourne’s north-west last Friday morning have been identified.
Kenan Balikel, a 42-year-old from Footscray, was positively identified through fingerprint records over the weekend.
A man and a toddler have been rescued from the balcony of their burning home in Melbourne’s north early this morning.
The duo became trapped on the balcony of their double-storey home after fire engulfed the top level just before 3am.
AUSTRALIANS travelling to Turkey next year for centenary Anzac Day commemorations are being urged to exercise a high degree of caution, with the country on the front line of the ongoing wars against the Islamic State.
Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop said the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s preliminary bulletin on the security risk for the Anzac Day commemorations, issued on the Smarttraveller website, will be updated a month out from the April 25 commemorations.
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