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Melissa Brown

Melbourne

Digital Producer, Radio News Producer, and Newsreader at ABC Melbourne

Digital Producer, Radio News Producer, and Newsreader at ABC News (Australia)

“Everything I had to know, I heard it on my radio” (R Taylor) Early morning news in Melbourne. Queenslander, HATES the cold! Opinions/RTs mine.

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  • 1 week ago | abc.net.au | Joseph Dunstan |Melissa Brown |Judd Boaz

    Skip to timelineErin Patterson's defence lawyer is continuing his closing address to the jury, as the Victorian woman's triple-murder trial nears the end of its eighth week. Ms Patterson has pleaded not guilty to killing three of her family members and the attempted murder of a fourth by serving them poisonous death cap mushrooms in a lunch at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow today's court hearing in our live blog. To stay up to date with this story, subscribe to ABC News.

  • 1 week ago | abc.net.au | Joseph Dunstan |Judd Boaz |Melissa Brown |Mikaela Ortolan

    Skip to timelineErin Patterson's defence lawyer is continuing his closing address to the jury after eight weeks of evidence in the triple-murder trial. Ms Patterson has pleaded not guilty to murdering three of her family members by serving them poisonous death cap mushrooms in a lunch at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow today's court hearing in our live blog as it unfolds. To stay up to date with this story, subscribe to ABC News.

  • 1 week ago | abc.net.au | Joseph Dunstan |Judd Boaz |Melissa Brown

    Closing addresses continue in Erin Patterson's murder trial. She's pleaded not guilty to murdering Don Patterson, Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson and the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson by serving them poisonous death cap mushrooms in a lunch at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow today's court hearing in our live blog as they happen. To stay up to date with this story, subscribe to ABC News. Crown prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC began summing up her case to the jury yesterday.

  • 1 week ago | abc.net.au | Joseph Dunstan |Judd Boaz |Melissa Brown

    Skip to timelineClosing addresses are due to begin in Erin Patterson's murder trial which is in its eighth week in the regional Victorian town of Morwell. She's pleaded not guilty to murdering three relatives and the attempted murder of a fourth by serving them a beef Wellington meal that contained poisonous death cap mushrooms. Follow the proceedings in our blog as they happened. To stay up to date with this story, subscribe to ABC News.

  • 2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Joseph Dunstan |Melissa Brown |Mikaela Ortolan

    Skip to timelineThe Supreme Court hearing of Erin Patterson is now in its seventh week in the regional Victorian town of Morwell. She's pleaded not guilty to murdering three relatives and the attempted murder of a fourth by serving them a beef Wellington meal that contained poisonous death cap mushrooms. Follow the proceedings in our blog as they happen. To stay up to date with this story, subscribe to ABC News.

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Melissa Brown
Melissa Brown @News_Melissa
1 Apr 25

I'm loving Bob and Sharnelle's new @abcmelbourne brekkie show but going to see @sammyjcomedian's #MICF show on Saturday night, it hit me like a bullbar into a roo how much I miss hearing his voice at 530am

Sammy J
Sammy J @sammyjcomedian

Reviews rolling in for the Kangaroo Effect. Six shows left in Melbourne, then onwards we hop to the rest of the country. https://t.co/qAnSAYiWf6

Melissa Brown
Melissa Brown @News_Melissa
19 Feb 25

Why doesn’t the PTV app keep up with platform changes? Just missed my train again because it was showing Platform 10 when it had been switched to Platform 12

Melissa Brown
Melissa Brown @News_Melissa
29 Jan 25

RT @vitomattvm: Williamstown Road, Yarraville this morning. A truck and a tree. @MaribyrnongCC @VicRoads https://t.co/NQ5ScCHU7t