{"id":716956,"date":"2026-06-05T12:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T12:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/716956\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T12:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T12:53:12","slug":"hanson-tries-to-clear-confusion-over-one-nations-housing-policy-hezbollah-rejects-ceasefire-darkening-prospects-of-ending-iran-war-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/716956\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanson tries to clear confusion over One Nation\u2019s housing policy; Hezbollah rejects ceasefire, darkening prospects of ending Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fight to stop attacks on Melbourne\u2019s nightspots continues, with police arresting two men and searching seven properties today.<\/p>\n<p>At least 35 bars, nightclubs and adult entertainment premises in the city have been targeted by arson attacks, shootings and kidnapping attempts in the past four months. The identity and motivations of the perpetrators remain largely a mystery.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police searched seven properties across Melbourne this morning as part of the Operation Eclipse investigation into incidents targeting Melbourne hospitality venues.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ba451fa1704b32d8a33d5841072bba83169b568c.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>Police searched seven properties across Melbourne this morning as part of the Operation Eclipse investigation into incidents targeting Melbourne hospitality venues.Victoria Police<\/p>\n<p>In addition to charging the men with various offences, police seized a range of items from the properties including illicit tobacco, cash, steroids, a tomahawk, mobile phones and other electronic devices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver 65 people have been arrested and charged with about 370 offences in relation to these incidents,\u201d police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestigators are continuing to look at all possible motivations behind the offending, including who is involved and why.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/victoria\/we-will-hurt-you-in-ways-your-brain-can-t-comprehend-venues-hit-with-10k-extortion-demand-20260521-p5zzd6.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Last month<\/a>, this masthead revealed that some venue owners had begun receiving an extortion demand for $10,000 a month to avoid being targeted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fight to stop attacks on Melbourne\u2019s nightspots continues, with police arresting two men and searching seven properties&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-716956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}