Gatekeepers, Holdovers: Four family types make up our mafia
Australia’s Honoured Society can be broken down into four types of families: Gatekeepers, Newcomers, Holdovers and Vanishers. Here is how they work.
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Victoria’s former top traffic cop Ray Shuey dies
The high-profile road safety campaigner who served as Victoria Police’s assistant commissioner for road policing passed away at the Epworth Hospital.
Possible link between Punisher house and hair salon blazes
Police are probing if brazen arson attacks on a Thomastown home linked to underworld figure and boxer Sam ‘The Punisher’ Abdulrahim and a Port Melbourne hairdressing salon are linked.
12-year-old girl among state’s 20 worst young offenders
A girl of year seven school age can be revealed to be among Victoria’s 20 worst young offenders – with concerns females are increasingly becoming a part of Melbourne’s youth crime chaos.
Man found dead in Cranbourne East park
Police have been called in after the discovery of a man’s body in parkland in Melbourne’s southeast.
Old judge learns new trick on Victoria’s youth crime wave
Lex Lasry once took to social media to mock suggestion of a youth crime issue in Victoria. Now the former Supreme Court judge is on the airwaves speaking of the “horrifying” problem plaguing the state.
Beach Rd hit-run teen arrested after terrifying carjacking in Mordialloc
A 14-year-old on probation for filming a hit-run that injured two cyclists on Beach Rd was allegedly among a group of thugs who used machetes to force a woman from her Mercedes-Benz.
Prominent Melbourne barrister charged with drug trafficking
A Melbourne barrister and former state prosecutor has been charged with drug trafficking and held in custody after a raid on Queens Rd property.
‘Full force of the law’: Anti-war protesters warned on blockade
Victoria’s police minister has warned anti-war activists will be met with “the full force of the law” if they resort to violence, as up to 25,000 protesters prepare to blockade an international military fair in Melbourne.
Lawyer for accused killer freed by Lawyer X lashes compo block
A lawyer for Faruk Orman, whose conviction over the murder of Victor Peirce was quashed following the Lawyer X scandal, says a government move to block compensation claims is an “erosion of the rule of law”.
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