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Jordan McCarthy is a general news reporter for the Herald Sun.

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(Claire child was sick- I was allowed to photograph other kids as background) Mother Claire Saliba at the Gardiner Kinder in Glen which caters for kids with autism and is under threat of closing down. Friday, March 14. 2025. Picture: David Crosling

Families in limbo as beloved kinder faces closure

Devastated families are fighting to save an 80-year-old Glen Iris kinder from closing, after the Uniting Church announced plans to sell the site.

Police & Courts

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 1, 2025: Melbourne City streets, generics. Spencer street facing south.Picture: NewsWire/ Nadir Kinani

Elderly tourist among five people assaulted in CBD crime spree

An elderly man visiting Melbourne for the Grand Prix was one of five people allegedly punched by a 22-year-old man who is accused of going on a violent spree in the city.

Police & Courts

Kate Murphy,the president of Berwick Junior Football Club, is set to face court for crimes committed while she worked at a prominent Pakeham law firm. Picture: Facebook/Berwick Junior Football Club

Berwick Junior Football Club president accused of embezzling $150k

Berwick Junior Football Club president Kate Murphy has been accused of embezzling more than $150,000 from her former job at a Pakenham law firm.

Victoria

A man with a gun is apprehended on a passenger jet at Avalon Airport. Picture: Channel 7

Airports Association chief says Avalon breach ‘can’t be allowed to happen again’

A major security breach at Avalon Airport has sparked concerns over security protocols at smaller regional airports nationwide.

Victoria

Escoteric Music Festival. A popular music and arts festival has been axed a day before it was intended to start, shortly after receiving council approval. Picture: Supplied

Good news for Esoteric ticket holders following festival cancellation

Esoteric Festival ticket holders will have a chance to “dance away the pain” at a one-day party in Melbourne this Sunday after the festival was cancelled at the last minute this week.

Victoria

Beach scenes near the boatshed at 35 Jetty Rd Sandringham (2)

Tragic discovery as man found dead at Sandringham beach

A man has died at Sandringham beach after he was pulled from the water on Friday afternoon.

Victoria

MELBOURNE, JANUARY 10, 2024: Acland Street, St Kilda. Picture: Mark Stewart

Blood, urine, rape threats: Acland St workplace horror revealed

A former Acland St retail manager has written a harrowing open letter to her local MP, detailing violent threats and shocking incidents on the job — including finding blood and urine in fitting rooms.

Victoria

, A fellow passenger and a pilot tackled a man who allegedly brought a shotgun onto a Jetstar plane at Avalon Airport. Picture: 9NEWS,

No police stationed at Avalon Airport, calls for security review

Victoria’s second-largest airport has no federal or state police based at it, as a major union calls for a security review after a teen allegedly carrying a shotgun attempted to board a Jetstar flight.

Victoria

‘Absolute disgrace’: Greens MP blasted for criticising crime crackdown

Greens MP for Richmond Gabrielle de Vietri has been slammed as “delusional” and told to resign after revealing where police were setting up a “designated” weapons search area in her suburb.

Police & Courts

CCTV Alexandra Man killed in Dandenong Feb 28 - Source Vic Police.

Hope CCTV clue can solve mysterious Dandenong death

Homicide Squad detectives have released CCTV footage of a man mysteriously killed in Dandenong last week in a plea for public help.

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