The Melbourne Snap⚡- Thursday 16 January
Melbourne ranked fourth best city in the world, city's melanoma hotspot revealed, another firebombing attack and free burgers.
G’day and welcome back to The Melbourne Snap. It was a bit of a quiet one overnight so the newsletter is a little shorter than usual. Do let me know if I’ve missed anything. Now on to Thursday’s edition.
4️⃣ Let’s start with some positive news. Melbourne has been recognised as the fourth best city to live in the world in Time Out magazine’s annual ‘best cities’ list. 18,500 city-dwellers shared views of everything from food, nightlife and culture to affordability, happiness and the overall city vibe. - Time Out
➡️ What about Sydney? They’re way, way down in 15th place. So let’s put the Sydney vs Melbourne debate to bed.
☀️Australia has long had one of the highest skin cancer rates in the world. Now using analysis of a decade-worth of medical data, Melbourne’s melanoma hotspots have been identified. - Hannah Hammoud and Broede Carmody, The Age
➡️ Across the whole of city, the highest rates of melanoma can be found in Beaumaris, in the Bayside district.
⛅ Thursday weather
Crime Watch
This section is dedicated to crime news. Scroll on if you want to skip to lighter news.
👮A man has been arrested following a siege in the north-east of the city overnight. Police responded to reports of a man making threats towards another man on Napolean Street, Eltham around 9pm. He would not leave the property. After three hours of negotiation, the police finally got the offender out and arrested him. - Victoria Police
🧨There’s been another firebombing attack on Chapel Street. Emergency services were called after three males set a Prahran dessert shop alight around 4:15am on Wednesday. One was critically injured in the resulting explosion - Victoria Police
➡️It was first believed to be another targeted attack in Melbourne’s ongoing ‘tobacco war.’ However, the incident involved The Golden Lounge shop, located next door to a tobacco store. - Molly Magennis, Seven News
➡️The incident was partly captured on video and posted to Reddit.
🚧A pedestrian died and two others were sent to hospital after two out-of-control cars crashed in Narre Warren North in Melbourne's south-east yesterday. - Victoria Police
🏛️A young man accused of killing a model and injuring others while trying to leave a Melbourne rave has requested a bail change to allow him to continue to work at a fish and chips shop. - Liam Beatty, news.com.au
🧪Four men have been charged in relation to trafficking 1,4 Butanediol via postal mail. On Tuesday, the men were arrested at a domestic mail delivery centre in St Kilda. The industrial chemical is sometimes used illegally as a substitute to gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB). - Victoria Police
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🚢Australia’s first five-star river cruise is one step closer to welcoming passengers on board thanks to a refurbished 1907 wood-fired steam engine that has been installed. Scheduled for launch in 2025, the PS Australian Star will offer year-round, all-inclusive trips along the Murray River, commencing from the town of Echuca in northern Victoria. - Vic Gov
🍔Popular burger joint YOMG is opening a ninth store and this one will be in Doncaster. Free burgers and free fro-yo will be on offer to celebrate the opening on the 25-26 January. - YOMG
🔒Punch Lane restaurant Sunda is set to re-open today after a two-week holiday break. But it will be bittersweet. The restaurant will serve its beloved Southeast Asian dishes for just two weeks, before permanently closing after service on Saturday January 25. - Audrey Payne, Broadsheet
🏗️Construction has kicked off on 408 modern, accessible, energy-efficient and sustainable new homes in Port Melbourne. Apparently with 200 social and affordable homes included. - Vic Gov
🎵Palace Foreshore returns to St Kilda from February 27 to March 16, hosting outdoor gigs with international and local artists, festivals, and special performances. You’ll find it at the St Kilda Triangle, between the Palais Theatre and Sea Baths. - Nicole De Souza, Secret Melbourne
🔥 Firefighters responded to a building fire on Dover Street in Truganina (western suburb) in the early hours of this morning. - Vic Emergency
📢Community Noticeboard📢
📌”Safety Beach urgently needs a wheelchair ramp..My son (24) is in a wheelchair and I carry him down the man-made rock stairs for the past seven years. I have been advocating for not only Wheelchair users but mums with prams and the elderly etc so they have access to our beautiful beaches. I am desperately seeking community help to get this over the line.” - Sign the petition
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📰And finally…All is not well over at Guardian Australia, the Aussie news site for the British newspaper The Guardian. There are reports of turmoil after its two most senior political journalists hurled allegations of workplace misconduct at each other, amid a staff exodus. - Calum Jaspan, The Age
Thank you for reading edition 42 of The Melbourne Snap. I write The Snap in the early hours every weekday morning. If you can afford to support the newsletter you can do so for as little as $10 a month. Thank you, see you tomorrow.
Cape Town number one city??!! The one in South Africa? I have questions