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Miles Proust is a court reporter for the Herald Sun.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, NOVEMBER 20, 2023. Trial continues for Di Sanh Duong, a former Liberal Party candidate, charged with preparing an act of foreign interference. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling

Ex-Libs candidate Di Sanh Duong facing jail for foreign interference

Prosecutors say former Liberal Party candidate Di Sanh Duong made an “insidious” attempt to influence a ex-federal minister to advance the aims of the Chinese Communist Party.

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Police have charged two men and seized four guns and a significant amount of illicit tobacco as part of an investigation by Taskforce Lunar into a series of suspicious fires across Melbourne last year connected to the current illicit tobacco dispute.48 year old Thomastown Man

Alleged tobacco war figure refused bail again

Alleged tobacco war figure Frederico Bruno has been refused bail a second time, appearing in court over firearm charges.

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Jamal Younan, 44, was stabbed while asleep in his Roxburgh Park home. Picture: Supplied

Triple reception stabbing saga set for trial

The effects of a triple stabbing that left one man in an induced coma will be settled at trial four years on from the alleged incident at a Somerton reception centre.

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Ash Gordon died in a violent home invasion in Doncaster on Saturday. Picture: Supplied

Teens charged with Doncaster doctor’s murder to undergo DNA tests

Police have been given the green light to obtain DNA from two teenagers accused of murdering young doctor Ash Gordon after an alleged home invasion.

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Damien Woods, 47, who was the director of music at Ballarat High School for the past 25 years, had his teaching registration suspended by the state’s teaching regulator on January 24 after multiple students came forward with allegations of child sex abuse.

‘No way I would hurt a kid’: Ballarat teacher’s abuse laid bare

The teenager groomed by former Ballarat High School music teacher Damien Woods has confronted him in court, saying his abuse robbed her of a childhood.

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Demons training. Clayton Oliver. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Demons star didn’t know he couldn’t drive after seizure

Melbourne midfielder Clayton Oliver has avoided a conviction after he was caught driving while suspended, saying he didn’t know “one head knock” meant he couldn’t drive.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 23, 2022 : Central Pier at Melbourne Docklands District. Picture NCA NewsWire / Ian Currie

State govt reaches multimillion-dollar settlement with Central Pier tenants

Development Victoria has reached a settlement deal with tenants of Central Pier in Docklands almost five years after the precinct was closed over safety issues.

Victoria

A small group of protesters clash with police who were marching in the Midsumma Pride Parade along Fitzroy Street St Kilda. Picture: Andrew Henshaw

Serial activists unmasked as group in violent Pride March clash

A group involved in violent clashes with police at the Midsumma Pride March has been revealed as a youth activist organisation which supported pro-Palestine protesters blockading the Port of Melbourne.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 01, 2024: Ibrahim Behluli leaves the Melbourne Magistrates' Court after being convicted over the attack on former North Melbourne captain Jack Ziebell on August 20 last year, just hours after his final match. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

‘Didn’t get away with anything’: AFL star’s basher blasted in court

A man who viciously assaulted retired AFL star Jack Ziebell has been warned by a magistrate over his “vile, repugnant” conduct as he learnt his fate.

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An alleged key player in Victoria's tobacco wars has been named as Majid Alibadi. , The Epping man, 25, fronted Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Wednesday afternoon following his arrest by Lunar Taskforce detectives in Bundoora.

Tobacco wars ‘ringleader’ accused of multiple arson attacks

A 25-year-old man who police allege was the ringleader and director of four arson attacks has faced court.

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