True cost of Melbourne’s fiery tobacco warfare
The damage bill for Melbourne’s tobacco turf wars is at least $10m – and it’s quickly rising, as the real cost of the destructive rampage is tallied up.
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Woman critical after suspected overdose at music festival
A woman is in a critical condition after a suspected drug overdose at Juicy Fest music festival — a week after a mass overdose at a rave in the same location — while two men have been charged with drug offences.
Cause of mass overdoses at Melbourne rave revealed
The health department has revealed the cause of eight overdoses at Hardmission Festival — and drugs weren’t solely to blame.
Five charged after wild police pursuit through southeast
Police have charged five males, including four teenagers, after they cut their joy rides in two stolen luxury cars short on Thursday morning.
‘Harrowing’ screams: Moment cliff jump went horribly wrong
The 12-year-old girl who broke both her legs and an ankle in a gruesome cliff-jumping accident on the Mornington Peninsula thought she was paralysed the minute she hit the water.
Missing kayaker found alive in ‘good spirits’
Emergency crews have found a kayaker 24 hours after he was reported missing along the Mitchell River near Dargo.
Homemade guns seized in northern Victorian raids
Homemade guns and stolen cars have been seized in several northern Victorian towns as part of an operation targeting illegal firearms
Organised crims paying the poor to steal for them
Organised criminals are paying disadvantaged and vulnerable Victorians in cash and drugs to steal from stores for them — sometimes even giving them “shopping lists”.
Crazed attack on speed camera, caught on camera
Police have released images of an attack on a speed camera car in Coburg.
Man drowns at popular Mornington Peninsula beach
A man has drowned near the pier at Rye on the Mornington Peninsula, days after a kayaker was pulled from the water at Rosebud.
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