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One Nation fundraiser moved from Melbourne restaurant amid planned protests 12 June 2026 at 06:35

One Nation fundraiser moved from Melbourne restaurant amid planned protests

12 June 2026 at 06:35

Event to go ahead at an undisclosed location after Moonee Ponds restaurant cancelled at the eleventh hour

One Nation has been forced to move a planned fundraising event to an undisclosed location in Melbourne, after the venue decided not to hold it due to planned protest activity. The event was due to be attended by One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce.

A spokesperson for the party told Guardian Australia on Friday that it would move the fundraiser from Giorgio Casa, a bistro in Moonee Ponds, after Victorian police “did express concern about protest activity at the event”.

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Escaped prisoner who fled brother’s funeral believed to be in Melbourne, police say 11 June 2026 at 05:20

Escaped prisoner who fled brother’s funeral believed to be in Melbourne, police say

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By: Guardian staff

11 June 2026 at 05:20

Orijol Rukaj was on pallbearer duties when he evaded corrections staff – and has been on the run for the six weeks since

Police say it was a busy funeral – with about 300 people gathering at a Melbourne cemetery on Anzac Day to farewell the brother of Orijol Rukaj.

Before assuming his duties as a pallbearer, Rukaj was escorted to the Keilor East service by corrections staff. But corrections staff didn’t bring him back to prison.