By Cam Lucadou-Wells
A man and a woman have been injured during an aggravated burglary in Dandenong South early on Wednesday 7 July.
The 39-year-old Harkaway man was reportedly stabbed and the 27-year-old Pakenham woman assaulted at an industrial property about 12.30am, police say.
The woman was found in grassland at Ventura Place and was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The stabbed man was also taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Police say that a 43-year-old Dandenong man, who is known to the woman, is wanted in relation to the incident.
He was last seen by police driving a white-coloured van on Remington Drive, Dandenong South.
2 June 2021 9:46am
Victoria’s fourth lockdown will most likely be extended, according to a leak to the mainstream press on Wednesday morning, where it is suggested that tough restrictions would remain in place until at least early next week.
Six new COVID-19 cases were recorded overnight, bringing Victoria’s active caseload to 67 after more than 51,000 people were tested for the virus on Tuesday.
The state government and health officials debated the length of the extension in a cabinet meeting on Tuesday night amid fears of more infections.
COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar expressed fears on Tuesday that the new strain of the virus sweeping through Melbourne is one where transmission occurs aftert “fleeting contact”.
Maree Piacente was due to marry Kevin Magrin this Saturday in Victoria - but their wedding was cancelled as the state looks to contain the last growing Covid outbreak.
Shocking video uploaded to social media showed patrons packed into a bar on Chapel Street in Melbourne s CBD 10minutes before the state entered Lockdown 4.0 at midnight on Thursday.
The postcodes where Australians can t pay off their mortgage have something in common - they are a long way from the city centre.
Consumer group CHOICE has revealed the suburbs where borrowers can t meet monthly repayments despite the big banks offering fixed mortgage rates under 2 per cent.
Digital Finance Analytics, which provided CHOICE the data for April 2021, defines mortgage stress as a situation where home owners can t meet their mortgage obligations - and not just spending a third of their income on their loan.
CHOICE chief executive Alan Kirkland said borrowers in these outer suburbs and regional areas were struggling to even put food on the table.