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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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KARAMWORLD'S BIGGEST ECSTASY BUST *WARNING - DO NOT USE WITHOUT CONTACTING KEITH MOOR*

Question that could decide drug lord’s freedom bid

Drug lord Rob Karam’s marathon bid to walk free from jail hinges on the answer to this highly contentious issue.

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DO NOT CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER The Comanchero national rally at the start in Hallam. Club President Allan Meehan. ( gold chain around his neck) Picture: Craig Hughes

‘Bathrobe bikie’ leads Comancheros on run

Sporting a diamond-encrusted neck chain, the new boss of the Comancheros has led his club on its national run ahead of a grand final bash.

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Generic crime scene images showing Police crime scene tape across road. Crime scene was at Woolloomooloo. Pics Bill Hearne

Gang member’s dramatic arrest in Southbank

Detectives have raided a Southbank apartment and arrested a gang member wanted over an attempted murder in Queensland.

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09/01/2013 NEWS: An undated handout photo received on September 24, 2012, shows Jill Meagher who works for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Australian homicide detectives took over an investigation into the disappearance of a young Irish woman in Melbourne on after her handbag was found in a nearby street. Meagher was last seen at about 1:30am on September 23 morning when she left friends at a bar to walk the short distance home in Brunswick, the inner-city Melbourne suburb in which she lived. AFP PHOTO --EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT 'AFP PHOTO / AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

How Jill Meagher’s death still haunts Melbourne

It’s 10 years since Jill Meagher was raped and murdered by a man who shouldn’t have been free – and the harrowing crime still haunts the city.

VideoPolice & Courts

CCTV reveals an arsonist setting fire to a Ballarat tobacco store. Picture: Victoria Police

Bikies link probed in tobacco store firebombing

Police are investigating if Bandidos bikies are linked to the firebombing of a tobacco store in Ballarat after four men were arrested in raids.

Police & Courts

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing Melton woman Jessica.The 22 -year-old was last seen in Southbank at 3am yesterday and has not been in touch with her family or friends since.

Fears for missing woman last seen in Southbank

Police are calling for help to track down a 22-year-old Melton woman who has not been sighted since 3am on Tuesday.

Police & Courts

Jason Roberts learns fate over armed robberies

Jason Roberts has learned his punishment over a series of robberies committed with killer Bandali Debs, bringing an end to a 24-year saga.

Police & Courts

Generic crime: Queensland police crime scene tape. Picture: QPS.

Toddler killed in horror driveway tragedy

A two-year-old boy has been killed after he was struck by a car in the driveway of a Point Cook property, with policing probing the tragedy.

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EMERGENCY crews are responding to a potentially fatal incident after a tram struck a pedestrian in South Melbourne. Fire, police and ambulance crews are at the scene near the corner of Kings Way and York Street. Ambulance Victoria say paramedics were called to the scene about 1.40pm. picture: Regan Hodge

Pedestrian hit and killed by tram in South Melbourne

A person has died after being struck by a tram near the corner of Kings Way and York St, causing traffic delays across the city.

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Vic gangland convicted hitman Evangelos ''Evan'' Goussis, found guilty of the shooting murder of Lewis Moran.

Secret files critical to hitman’s appeal

The gangland hitman convicted of killing Lewis Moran is fighting to expose secret police dealings that could be key to clearing his name.

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