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Nov 11, 2024 • Sam Shedden
The weekend edition, Friday 16 January | The Melbourne Snap ⚡
Flash flooding at holiday spot, spike in recreational use of date-rape drug, popular vegan restaurant closed, new rooftop bar, Midsumma Festival and AI…
Jan 15 • Melbourne Snap (Sam Shedden)
The Melbourne Snap⚡- Thursday 15 January
Soaring education costs in Melbourne revealed, hackers access school data, the suburbs where house prices are falling, cabana war, supergroup coming to…
Jan 14 • Sam Shedden
The Melbourne Snap⚡- Wednesday 14 January
Melbourne tobacco kingpin caught, how to support bushfire communities, comedians' new sandwich shop, Waterfront Festival, no-phones night out and…
Jan 13 • Melbourne Snap (Sam Shedden)
The Melbourne Snap⚡- Tuesday 13 January
Three-year-old dies in fire, $1 million reward in cold case, cause of bushfire revealed, new Metro Tunnel timetable, sci-fi film festival and best eats…
Jan 12 • Sam Shedden
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The Melbourne Snap⚡- Monday 12 January
Bushfire death, Aussie Open is back, fatal stabbing outside nightclub, pro-Palestine rally returns, Melbourne's YIMBY movement and the sunrise silent…
Jan 11 • Melbourne Snap (Sam Shedden)
The weekend edition, Friday 9 January | The Melbourne Snap ⚡
Victoria’s worst fire danger since 2019–20, City of Yarra wants tram extension, body found near pier, Kids Summer Festival and city named as top travel…
Jan 8 • Melbourne Snap (Sam Shedden)
The Melbourne Snap⚡- Thursday 8 January
Melbourne swelters, extreme fire risk, beach brawls, Metro delays, St Kilda Blues Festival and best swim holes to escape the heat.
Jan 7 • Sam Shedden
The Melbourne Snap⚡- Wednesday 7 January
Heatwave hits Melbourne, tunneling blamed for huge sinkhole, CBD transformed into New York for film, two teens ambushed, Shake Shack comes to the city…
Jan 6 • Melbourne Snap (Sam Shedden)
The Melbourne Snap⚡- Tuesday 6 January
Eastern Freeway to close, huge sinkhole on oval, the state's most popular baby names, two new apartment towers coming to inner city and first 7-Eleven…
Jan 5 • Sam Shedden
The Melbourne Snap is back for 2026⚡- Monday 5 January
Targeted drive-by shooting in Fitzroy, extreme heat forecast, controversial 500 new homes in city's west, echidna warning, school buys old factory…
Jan 4 • Melbourne Snap (Sam Shedden)
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