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Melbourne

Arcs in and about Melbourne from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Place · 150 stories · 464 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 11, 2023

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

Nothing ongoing. The last arc went quiet Aug 26, 2025.

All arcs1 named arc in 2024

Year: changes this list, the board and the stories below.

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Gone quiet · 1

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every arc in 2024 at its own dates · opens on month
Jan 1 – Dec 31, 20241 arc shown
  • Each row is an arc
  • A mark is a story, on the day it was first reported
  • Who covered it: left, center, right
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Australia's wave of antisemitic attacks and its finding that Iran directed some

2 of 6 stories this year · gone quiet

Australian police seek three suspects in synagogue blaze · 5 articles, Dec 6Melbourne synagogue attack to be investigated as a terrorist incident · 13 articles, Dec 6

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

202322 articles20241222 articles2025472 articles2026629 articles

Earlier years are still being indexed.

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Every week as a table
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Oct 9, 202367119
Jan 1, 202444113
Jan 15, 20240112
Jan 22, 202449547
Feb 5, 202426213
Feb 12, 20241139
Feb 19, 2024710333
Feb 26, 2024914672
Mar 18, 202428429
Apr 1, 20240318
Apr 8, 20240101
Apr 15, 2024913253
Apr 22, 20248131059
Apr 29, 202422116
May 6, 202435219
May 13, 20240309
May 20, 202412234101
May 27, 202416245114
Jun 10, 202405111
Jun 17, 202404218
Jun 24, 202410171272
Jul 1, 202426121
Jul 8, 202424222
Jul 29, 20240316
Aug 19, 2024710138
Sep 2, 202427320
Sep 9, 202454114
Sep 16, 20240315
Sep 30, 202427232
Nov 4, 2024712754
Nov 11, 2024111243
Nov 18, 202435418
Nov 25, 202410239103
Dec 2, 202437118
Dec 9, 202416011
Jan 13, 202585631
Jan 20, 202538750
Feb 17, 2025310432
Mar 3, 202537430
Mar 10, 202524014
Apr 7, 20250125
Apr 28, 20250219
May 5, 20250218
May 12, 20251419
Jun 30, 20251117
Jul 14, 20252139
Jul 21, 202507616
Aug 25, 2025210730
Sep 8, 202534118
Oct 6, 202557431
Oct 13, 20250011
Nov 24, 20250101
Dec 1, 202513111
Dec 8, 202508224
Dec 15, 2025716976
Dec 22, 20250409
Jan 19, 20260315
Feb 9, 20262217
Apr 13, 202656644
May 4, 20263306
May 11, 202606123
May 18, 20260215
Jun 22, 202605212
Jun 29, 20260209
Jul 6, 202604015
Jul 13, 20260101
Jul 20, 20260116
Jul 27, 202642314
Aug 3, 20261015
Aug 10, 202606064
Aug 17, 202626112
Aug 24, 202615112
Aug 31, 202628326
Sep 7, 2026133311198
Sep 14, 2026413646
Sep 21, 20261219772
Sep 28, 20260112

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else57 stories in 2024 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Melbourne that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Dec 1Australian woman finds deadly tiger snake at her feet while driving 50 miles per hour8 articles · 8 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right
  2. Nov 4Coldplay frontman Chris Martin falls through trapdoor on stage14 articles · 9 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 3 right
  3. Aug 19– 20Comedian Eric André says he was racially profiled at airport11 articles · 9 independent sources
    3 left, 1 center, 1 right
  4. Jun 23– 24Jerry Seinfeld Shuts Down More Pro-Palestine Hecklers During Set in Australia: You ‘Just Gave More Money to a Jew’8 articles · 7 independent sources
    0 left, 0 center, 5 right

Stories that name Melbourne

  1. Nov 28– Dec 5Australia is banning social media for people under 16. Could this work elsewhere — or even there?65 articles · 40 independent sources
    11 left, 14 center, 7 right
  2. Nov 25– 29Australian Senate passes a social media ban for young children58 articles · 36 independent sources
    4 left, 17 center, 3 right
  3. Nov 22Emperor penguin released at sea 20 days after waddling onto Australian beach8 articles · 7 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 1 right
  4. Nov 21Australia introduces bill to limit under-16s from using social media with tech companies facing huge fines14 articles · 14 independent sources
    3 left, 2 center, 3 right
  5. Nov 13– 15Australia's plan to ban children from social media proves popular and problematic12 articles · 7 independent sources
    0 left, 4 center, 1 right
  6. Nov 11– 12First emperor penguin known to reach Australia found on tourist beach32 articles · 16 independent sources
    1 left, 7 center, 1 right
  7. Nov 7– 9Australia wants to ban kids under 16 from social media as world governments seek to crack down on the 'addictive' apps44 articles · 35 independent sources
    6 left, 10 center, 7 right
  8. Oct 5– 6Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli crowds rally across the world on the eve of Oct. 7 anniversary33 articles · 24 independent sources
    2 left, 7 center, 2 right
  9. Sep 18Australian police infiltrate encrypted messaging app Ghost and arrest dozens6 articles · 6 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 1 right
  10. Sep 10Australia plans to ban kids from social media25 articles · 17 independent sources
    5 left, 4 center, 1 right
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