The mysterious disappearance of Samantha Murphy is the latest in a twisted list of unsolved cold cases from the gold rush region, with many heartbroken families still waiting for closure decades later.
CCTV footage has captured the moment a group of hooded offenders hurl molotov cocktails into a home in Mount Waverley in a series of arson attacks.
Victoria’s fire threat has eased after catastrophic weather sparked major fears across the state’s west — but the Premier has warned more challenging conditions are ahead.
Bayside residents have voiced fears to police at a community meeting about rising violent crime in their suburbs, with a senior officer conceding the state’s courts are “overflowing with cases”.
A country Victoria mayor has warned people living in high risk fire zones to take “the beast” of bushfire seriously, as soaring heat and winds hit on Wednesday. It comes as Ballarat fires spread.
Two teenagers on bail have been charged after allegedly stealing a luxury car in a home invasion in Melbourne’s southeast.
Hundreds of family members, friends and members of the water ski racing community have come together to farewell Luke Wentworth, who died in a horror accident on the Murray River.
A farmer who “lost the lot” when a raging fireball tore through his Raglan property says it turned from daylight to dark in 15 minutes, as communities in Victoria’s west brace for “a very dangerous” fire day on Wednesday.
Two children were asleep in Ballarat just metres from where their mother and her partner — who has ties to the Bandidos bikie gang — died in an apparent murder-suicide.
He may be 12,000km away but organised crime boss Kazem Hamad remains active in Victoria’s tobacco wars, allegedly striking fear into shop owners with threatening phone calls.
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