Hughie Wilson’s ugly end is not well known outside the district where he lived and died. What happened to the World War II veteran still hangs over Colac and Victoria Police, a shameful chapter in the history of both.
When Cam Stuart saw a photo of the man who had been arrested over the deaths of campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay, he knew his face. They had shared a campsite almost two decades before — and the encounter was chilling.
Outlaw motorcycle gangs are a ruthless racket rigged to favour the powerful, manipulative and greedy — and the lowest in the ranks are expendable pawns. The bitter truth is, it’s tough at the bottom.
For every long-range arrest set up overseas — after many years and much money — plenty of fugitives remain one step ahead of the law and out of reach.
Stan James was never convicted of a serious crime in a long and seemingly law-abiding life — but after his burial last week, his role as a criminal mastermind can finally be revealed.
Smoke from a canon salute mixed with the embers from a welcome to country, as the crowd gathered at the Shrine of Remembrance’s 90th anniversary. Watch the livestream.
Not every rapper is a wannabe gangster but a lot of wannabe gangsters tap into rap’s “street” culture of violence, sex, guns, drugs and prison.
The race that stops the nation is also the race that has broken many a champion’s heart. But who needs champions when you have great characters?
He was a Cox Plate king who rode the doomed Dulcify to a historic win. Now, 45 years later, he’s taking to the turf again.
Jamie Kah’s career has not been without controversy but the talented jockey is back on track and racing in The Everest today. Andrew Rule looks at what makes her a force to be reckoned with.
Jockey Jamie Kah emerged from South Australia in 2019 to take Victorian racing by storm, but along with the sublime rides and big-race success came all the usual temptations, distractions and challenges of life in the sporting limelight.
Former Victoria Police chief commissioner Kel Glare has raised questions over the apparent disappearance of up to 64 firearms seized by the force.
Australia will lose one of its few remaining true originals when Flemington’s longest-serving clerk of the course John “Patto” Patterson passes the ultimate final post.
The search for missing Ballarat mum Samantha Murphy and the case of the mushroom lunch deaths in South Gippsland underline Victoria’s puzzling lack of trained sniffer dogs.
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