Insurance companies abandon small businesses amid crime crisis
Small business owners have been left to fend for themselves amid a cost of living crisis and a sharp increase in crime as insurance companies pull back on theft coverage.
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Accused weapons trafficker allegedly hid gun in PVC pipe
A South Morang man has been accused of weapons trafficking after a police sting on his northeastern home allegedly turned up assault rifles, shotguns, fireworks and more.
Exposed: Melbourne’s most wanted people revealed
These are the faces of people from Melbourne’s metropolitan suburbs that police are looking for. Have you seen them?
Full list: Private schools in Victoria offering scholarships in 2026
Time is running out for those vying for scholarships at Victoria’s elite private schools for the 2026 academic year, with some schools already closing their application processes.
‘You wage war for wages’: Weapons factory firebombed
An Oakleigh man who attempted to firebomb a weapons manufacturing facility gave police a fake name after being busted throwing molotov cocktails through broken windows.
‘Extraordinarily young’ teen trafficker told to turn life around
A teenager drug trafficker has been exposed after being caught up in a police sting on her boyfriend’s Mentone home.
Trio of accused fake cops to stand trial on home invasion
A trio of accused thieves who allegedly dressed up as cops and stormed an eastern suburbs home in a $400,000 jewellery heist will stand trial.
‘Highly manipulative’ woman basher appeals sentence
A Pakistani man whose savage attacks put a woman in hospital is appealing his jail sentence in an effort to avoid deportation.
Keilor man who drove through Israeli protesters ‘not anti-Semitic’
A Keilor man who drove through a crowd of Israeli protesters at a Palestine-Israel protest in Caulfield has said the attack “was not religiously motivated”.
‘Instinct’ told booze fuelled man to smash through CBD hotel
A man who broke into a hotel in Melbourne’s CBD and smashed through a breakfast area has given cops a bizarre explanation for his early morning tirade.
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