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Anthony Dowsley is a senior journalist based in Melbourne for the National News Network who has a special interest in investigating crime and the justice system. In 2018 he was named the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year and won the Gold Walkley the following year for his investigation into the Lawyer X scandal involving lawyer-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo. Contact Anthony at anthony.dowsley@news.com.au

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 13, 2022: An ambulance speeds away from the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Ambulance, Generic.Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Geraghty

Toddlers rushed to hospital after nasty Fawkner crash

Two toddlers have been rushed to hospital, along with a male driver, after a frightening crash in Fawkner in Melbourne’s north.

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Matthew Hodder, 31, charged with conspiring to deal an A-class drug over the alleged cocaine shipment. Picture: Instagram/@mattythunder

Melbourne stripper allegedly lured into global drug scheme

A Melbourne stripper allegedly donned scuba gear to help retrieve a massive cocaine haul as part of a deadly global “parasite” drug smuggling scheme.

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*UPSIZED FOR PRINT* Bruno Borges in scuba diving gear under a ship. Picture - Supplied

Drug runners adopt ‘parasite smuggling’ to breach borders

Super magnets, secret sea chests and parasite smuggling — the extraordinary lengths drug syndicates are adopting to breach our borders.

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ID HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED....Picture leaving King Street Court in custody, cop killer Bandali Debs (NEEDS TO BE CONFIMED!)

Serial killer may avoid extra charges

Cop killer Bandali Debs has admitted under oath he committed dozens of unsolved armed robberies and shot at two policemen – but he is unlikely to ever be charged.

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Victoria Police members walk in the Pride March along Fitzroy Street St Kilda. Picture: Andrew Henshaw

Cop sacked for ‘disgraceful’ social media posts

A Victoria Police sergeant has been fired after an investigation into what was described as “discriminatory and racist” online commentary.

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Jason Roberts freed after being found not guilty at the Melbourne Supreme Court. Picture: David Caird

Roberts never gave up hope truth would set him free

Jason Roberts says he never gave up hope he’d eventually walk free from jail: “The saying goes, the truth will set you free. But leave out the part it will take 22 years.”

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They knew I didn’t shoot cops: Roberts

Finally free after 22 years in prison, Jason Roberts claims police always knew he wasn’t involved in the shooting of two officers, but prosecuted him anyway.

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How new Vic police laws could hide the truth

Proposed new laws to protect police informers could serve to undermine the justice system and cover up abuses of secret power, like we saw in the Lawyer X scandal.

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This image has been ID-ed by Paddy Murphy. Gavin Preston arrives at Supreme Court for the beginning of his murder trial on Monday, May 18, 2015, in Melbourne, Australia. Picture: Hamish Blair

Criminal capable of mayhem to walk free from jail

One of Melbourne’s most feared criminals is about to walk free from prison, with both police and gangland figures watching on with interest.

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Bandali Debs's daughter Nicole at Dandenong Court.

Police take Nicole Debs document fight to court

Victoria Police is taking a case to the Supreme Court for review after financial fraud charges were laid against the ex-girlfriend of wrongly convicted police killer Jason Roberts.

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