Police get power to hold offenders for longer
POLICE will be able to remand alleged offenders for longer under changes to strengthen the state’s bail laws, but indigenous persons and vulnerable adults will be exempted. Have your say.
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GET the inside track on the hottest Christmas sales as Victorians descend on retailers for what is tipped to be one of the biggest Christmas spending sprees in Australian history. Here’s all you need to know before you get shopping.
Workers’ port blockade a taste of ‘mayhem’
MORE than 1000 fired-up union workers have walked off the job in an industrial dispute over a casual worker denied shifts at the Victorian International Container Terminal.
Thugs turning Australia into US-style society: Milo
MILO Yiannopoulos has warned Australia could turn into a divisive US-style society if it allows violent protesters to hijack its streets. It comes as logistics company Toll claims protesters are wearing its uniforms to damage the brand.
Police failing to ‘divert’ radical youth: lawyer
A LAWYER for a man accused of a New Year’s Eve mass murder terror plot says authorities are waiting too long to intervene when they identify youths on a path to extremism.
Prison fire causes court chaos
DOZENS of court cases have been cancelled after a fire at Port Phillip Prison meant prisoners could not be taken to court. Taxpayers could be forced to pay the costs of lawyers who were supposed to appear in court.
Melbourne schoolgirl third at Junior Eurovision
MELBOURNE schoolgirl Isabella Clarke has thanked her fans who helped her take out third place in the Junior Eurovision international song contest. See her perform.
Dad’s haunting tribute to teen crash victim
A PROUD dad’s loving message about his son’s final VCE exams now stands as a heartbreaking farewell, after the schoolboy died in an early morning car smash at Malvern East.
Victoria the most pro-Yes state in country
CELEBRATIONS have begun for Victorian same sex marriage supporters after the state overwhelmingly said Yes.
Boy, 8, hid from mum in hot car
AN eight-year-old boy found unresponsive in a car in Melbourne had hidden himself in the back of his mum’s car as temperatures soared.
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