SOUTH WEST LOCAL NEWS- MONDAY JUNE 1ST-2026

This morning on south west local news

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an e-scooter hit by a car near a  bowls club parking lot

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south west motorists eligible for a 20 cut to their registration fees

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a milk spill in the bushfeild area, with caution urged for nearby drivers

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and in sport

allansford come out on top in the weekends clash with the old Collegians 

Transcript

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This morning on Southwest Local News, an inscrew will be hit by a car near a Bowls Club parking lot. Southwest Motorists eligible for a 20% cut off their registration fees. A milk spill in the Woodwell area with pork and urge formed by drivers. And in sport albums can come out on top in the weekend's clash with old collegiates.

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Live from Silver Bowl Studios in Warnerball. This is Southwest Local News with Shauna Rogers.

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Good morning and welcome to Southwest Local News. Warnaball Highway Patrol is seeking help to identify a driver involved in a collision with an e-scooter on Saturday, March the 14th. The male e-scooter rider was hit by a vehicle in the car park of City Memorial Bowls Club and sustained a broken arm. The incident was not reported at the time. The vehicle was described as a light blue sedan with a female driver, possibly in her 60s, with grey fuzzy hair. The female driver did not remain at the scene or exchange details with the rider. If anyone witnessed the incident, has dash cam footage or has any other information that could assist to identify the driver, please contact Warnable Police or Crime Stoppers. Southwest Motorists can now apply for a 20% cut on their car registration. The state government has today introduced the discount aimed at cutting down on the road costs for motorists. A motorist with one car could save up to $186 with a two-car family saving up to $372. Motorists will need to apply for the rebate, with those eligible to apply needing to have paid registration between July 1st last year and June 30th this year. The vehicle needs to be used for personal use only and must weigh under 4.5 tonnes. Applications will need to be made by creating a Service Victoria account. Driver caution is being urged for those using roads in the Woodford Bushfield area. CFA crews from Woodford, Winslow, Grassmere, and Warnable and Corroit have been busy this morning cleaning up a milk spill. The milk was spilt on Bridge Road and at intersections on Caramet, Mortlake and Fillmore Roads. Bridge Road was closed for an hour as the cleanup took place. The Hungry Jacks restaurant manager Brady Vickers is on a mission to raise a massive six figures for the Make a Wish Foundation through his fundraising efforts. The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants life-changing wishes to children facing critical illnesses. This year, the Warnable Hungry Jacks team is hoping to raise $30,000, bringing them to $100,000 in four years. In previous years, Mr. Vickers has put himself forward for challenges at each milestone in the amount raised. Tasks included a mini golf challenge, an ice bucket challenge, and getting a tattoo, each task with the purpose of raising more money. Starting in 2023, the store raised $18,524. In 2024, $33,448, and in 2025, $19,221. Mr. Vickers believes that this year is the time to tick off that six-figure milestone.

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See, crew members happy, like they're excited for it. They're like come in all this week, and they're like, oh, four days to go, three days to go, they're super excited. So it's great to have the whole team get behind it and for a good cause. To hit six figures would be never thought four years ago when I started pushing for this, that that was even a targeted goal. Like the first year, $20,000 was a stretch goal. To be able to hit that would be incredible.

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The Warnable Christ Church set the scene for the ARIA of Steadford on the weekend. Proceedings began on Saturday the 30th with 12 singers. Six finalists went head-to-head on Sunday. Amelia Warsum was announced the winner of the 2026 Aria, which came with a prize money of $5,000. With Hartley Tusler taking home the encouragement award of receiving $2,500. The Chris Hayes Memorial Trophy was formed to honour the late Chris Hayes, who contributed to the Warnable Aria of Steadford as convener for seven years. This was awarded to Alex Owens, a classically trained baritone singer.

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And I think that showed through.

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Constant rain has produced flooding in East Warnable. Water was laying across the road in Wrangle Avenue off Wanstead Street this afternoon. Up to five houses had water lapping at their front lawns, with one house under threat of flooding. The SES undertook sandbagging the house to ensure it remained safe. More rain is predicted for the rest of today and into Tuesday.

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We are not banning the Australian flag. Rule out and reverse that ban as Minister of the Crown of this Parliament for the people of Victoria that you support the Australian flag and will not ban that while keeping other representative flags and logos on the uniform of your staff.

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Victorians are urged to not tie up ambulance services during the winter cold and flu season. Ambulance Victoria is asking people with colds and flu to access fast and free medical care and health advice through a range of options available. These include the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department, Nurse on Call, and urgent care clinics. This would free up the paramedics and first responders for the most critical life-threatening emergencies. Ambulance Victoria is calling for people to undertake preventative measures, including keeping up to date with vaccines. Tickets will go on sale this week for what will be a milestone Port Ferry Folk Festival. To be held on the weekend of March the 5th to the 8th, next year will be the year's 50th year. Festival subscribers will be able to buy their tickets from the 12th of noon this Wednesday. The milestone event is expected to bring with it some high-profile performers. Over its history, the festival has attracted international stars such as Sinead O'Connor, Steve Earle, Finn Bar Fury, and Luca Bloom. Big name Australian performers have included Paul Kelly, John Butler, and Missy Higgins. Moineshire Council joined with a number of community choirs to produce a special performance to mark National Reconciliation Week. The video, produced by local videographer Colleen Hewson, featured the choirs performing the midnight oil hit Beds Are Burning. The choirs include Kin Kali, St. Bridget's Community Singers, and St. Patrick's Primary School, Port Ferry, Emmanuel College Singers, St. Pyre's 3-4 singers, Warnable West Primary School. The Southwest Healthcare Reconciliation Choir also performed its version of the song, along with local Indigenous musician Lee Morgan. First making news in sport, Allensford continues to be the king of the jungle in Warnable and District League football. The Cats sit unbeaten on the top of the ladder after eight rounds. Their latest victory came on Saturday when they defeated Old Collegiance by 44 points. The loss has the Warriors remaining a game from the top five in seventh place on the ladder. In other games, Russell's Creek had a late comeback to defeat Timboon Demons by four points at Timboon. South Rovers defeated Klura Nurat by 57 points, while Naranda were 90-point winners over Pemua. There was more than four points to be collected at Allensford on Saturday when the home team took on old collegians. While the Cats celebrated wins in senior football and A-grade netball, the day also included a successful collection for the Heart Kids organization. One of the stars of the Cats win, Patrick Drake, pointed out the importance of the occasion after the game. Elsewhere in round eight, Russell's Creek defeated Timburn Demons by 15 goals. Merivale were 99 goal winners over Dennington. Naranda defeated Pair Mua by 30 goals, and Kalura Nurat won a close one over South Rovers by two goals. A key player in Allensford win over old collegians was defender Emma Stacy. Playing at goal defence, Stacy contributed to her team's all-round dominance across the court. Stacy has been an important player for the Cats this season, having played all eight games. Stacy said the team's hard work was paying off.

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I don't really know.

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Did you expect the scroll line for? Oh yeah, not that much.

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No, not really. Coming into it, we said it was going to be a tough game, but we just worked on everything, and that was good turnovers, tips, everything, so that was great.

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Now to the forecast. In Port Ferry, there are weather warnings for the abnormally high tides and severe weather warnings for damaging winds and a warning to sheep graziers. Tomorrow, Port Ferry will receive up to 20 millimetres of rain. On Wednesday, a top of 15 degrees with up to 15 millimetres to fall, 15 millimetres on the way for Thursday as well. Over in Malt Lake tomorrow there will be showers with a top of 16 degrees, 13 degrees on Wednesday with 10mm on the way with up to 40 kilometre winds. Thursday, showers with a top of 12 degrees and 10 millimetres with 30 kilometre winds approaching from the southwest. Tomorrow there are showers in Kolak with up to 15mm persisting through until Wednesday with a top of 13 and a cloudy day with 35 kilometre winds. On Thursday, a very high chance of showers and southwesterly winds, rains due to drop-off on Friday. Huge rainfall along the coast with a top of 15 degrees and 20mm up to 30mm to fall on Wednesday with 40km winds and overnight temperatures dropping to 9. Thursday, 14 degrees with up to 20mm to fall, and southwesterly winds coming in at 30 kilometers per hour. Home to Warnable tomorrow, 16 degrees with up to 20mm and 40km winds from the northwest. Wednesday up to 20mm to fall with 45 kilometer winds. 14 degrees on Thursday with a cloudy day and the rain to ease right off. There are weather warnings applied for abnormally high tides, which may lead to sea water flooding, and a separate warning for damaging winds for Port Ferry, Portland, Ocean Grove, Apollo Bay, Nelson, and Warnable named as towns affected. That's it from your Southwest local news team this morning, and thank you for tuning in. Remember that you can also watch this bulletin online at southwestlocalnews.com.au. Until Thursday morning with peace. Have a great day.