Allan ‘passes buck’ on lifesaving domestic violence reforms
The Allan government has been accused on passing the buck on a lifesaving domestic violence reform, as advocates fear the bureaucratic “merry-go-round” could place victims’ lives at risk.
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Military-style night vision goggles and thermal image cameras are helping the Victoria Police Air Wing nab about 1000 fleeing criminals a year, with the fleet notching up 50 years of fighting crime from the sky.
Australia’s biggest gangland names revealed
From senior Mafia figures to outlaw bikies, meet the hard men pulling the strings in Australia’s underworld.
Yea man doused in petrol, house set alight in violent home invasion
A man has been doused in petrol and dragged into the boot of his own car at gunpoint by a group of machete-wielding thieves in a horror home invasion in regional Victoria.
Terry was murdered 25 years ago. His family say police forgot about him
Terry Black’s siblings are clutching onto the last hope of uncovering who murdered their brother 25 years ago — but say the case slipped through the cracks while the nation was gripped by Melbourne’s underworld killings.
Youth crime up 18 per cent over past year, arrests at record high
Offending by children surged 18 per cent in the year to March as Victoria Police carried out the most arrests ever in its 172-year history.
Lib’s plan for dealing with inmates who attack prison staff
There have been more than 440 attacks on prison staff over the past year. Victoria’s Opposition says this now needs to happen.
Police raid home in hunt for arsonists who killed innocent housesitter
Police have raided a home in Dandenong and seized several mobile phones as they hunt for the arsonists who killed an innocent woman in a botched tobacco war firebombing in Truganina.
This could save women’s lives. Police say they don’t have the resources
Victoria Police has rejected a coroner’s recommendation to warn battered women when their violent partner is about to get out of jail, saying it doesn’t have the resources to do so.
‘Best mates gone’: Heartbreak for teens killed in Orbost crash
Two teenagers, a 15-year-old and 18-year-old, have been remembered as “best mates” who would be “loved forever” after they were killed in a horror car crash in East Gippsland.
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