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Genevieve is Chief of Staff at the Herald Sun. She was previously a court reporter covering crime and civil cases in Melbourne. Prior to that she was a general news reporter after joining the paper in 2015.

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VIC News

Senior Customer Service Officer Carmen Main with Luigi the 5-year-old Pomeranian, for RSPCA story about surrender stats for 2016/17. Picture: Mark Stewart

Strict laws see renters dump pets

NEARLY 3000 pet cats and dogs were sent to the RSPCA last year, with strict rental laws the No.1 reason.

VIC News

COBURG, VICTORIA - NOVEMBER 05: Police closely examine the scene around the bike. CNR Sussex Street and Bell Street on November 05, 2017 in Coburg, Victoria. (Photo by Patrick Herve) Fees Exist.

Off-duty nurse: How I kept young girl breathing

A NURSE has told of how she rushed to the aid of a teenage hit-run victim in Coburg and worked to keep the young girl breathing.

Law & Order

A supplied undated image obtained Monday, November 6, 2017 of a BMW E87 1 Series car, the same model of car that was involved in a hit and run incident in Coburg. A 13-year-old girl was riding her bike when she was struck at the corner of Bell and Sussex streets just after 8pm on 5 November. The driver fled the scene. (AAP Image/Supplied by Victoria Police) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Police release CCTV of alleged hit-run car

POLICE have released CCTV footage of a vehicle involved in a hit-run which had left a teenage girl fighting for life.

Law & Order

Checking out the streets of Richmond and Abottsford looking for drug deals etc. A drug deal going down. The dealer, in the denim jacket, faces the wall while he fishes out the drugs from down his pants. The shopper (on right) is oblivious to transaction. Picture: Jay Town

Richmond still can’t see drug evil

THE installation of CCTV cameras at a notorious Richmond intersection has been delayed by more than six months by the local council while brazen drug deals continue to take place in broad daylight.

VIC News

Samuel Johnson our Victorian of the year

GOLD Logie winner and cancer crusader Samuel Johnson says his “super proud” sister Connie will be “smiling somewhere right now” after he was named the 2018 Victorian Australian of the Year.

VIC News

Protestors demonstrate outside AFL House at Docklands after the recent AFLW decision to not allow transgender players in the draft. Picture: Andrew Henshaw

Fans protest at AFL House for Hannah

PROTESTERS have gathered outside AFL House in Docklands to protest the exclusion of transgender player Hannah Mouncey from the AFLW draft.

Law & Order

R.S.P.C.A officer Kate in the quarantine area holding a 6yr old Chinese Crested Powder Puff dog which was one of the surrendered dogs from the Longwood properties.Picture:Ian Currie

Disgraced breeders banned from owning dogs

BREEDERS at the centre of one of Victoria’s largest ever puppy farm raids have been slapped with a decade long ban on owning dogs and fined more than $7,000.

VIC News

Jill Hennessy Health Minister. State Parliament sitting has an all nighter during a marathon debate on voluntary euthanasia. Picture: Nicole Garmston

Text controversy continues after all night vote

VICTORIA’S first voluntary euthanasia laws have passed the Legislative Assembly in a marathon parliamentary session, as Labor defends a crude text inadvertently sent to Deputy Premier James Merlino.

VIC News

Firefighting equipment is seen during an announcement in Melbourne, Friday, May 19, 2017. After a long running pay dispute, the Andrews government cabinet has endorsed a plan to split the CFA into volunteer and paid firefighters. (AAP Image/Joe Castro) NO ARCHIVING

CFA bullying claims referred to IBAC

THE head of the CFA says allegations of bullying, assault and corruption have been referred to police and the anti-corruption watchdog following a damning report into the Victorian fire services.

VIC News

Deputy Premier and Minister for Education James Merlino holds a media doorstop outside Parliament House in Melbourne, Wednesday, October 18, 2017. Mr Merlino wants parliament to vote to put an indefinite hold on the government's Voluntary Assisted Dying scheme until concerns about protections for vulnerable Victorians are resolved. (AAP Image/Joe Castro) NO ARCHIVING

Victorian voluntary euthanasia a step closer

DEPUTY Premier James Merlino’s bid to derail proposed state voluntary euthanasia laws has failed, with the Bill now appearing set to pass the Legislative Assembly late today or Friday.

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