Once heralded as a hero of the Aboriginal people, Geoff Clark has been sentenced to six years and two months in jail for robbing his highly disadvantaged community of almost $1m in a “carefully calculated” manner.
A homeless man with an 18-page criminal history was able to steal four Olympic medals from a member of Australia’s “Oarsome Foursome” rowing team due to a faulty car lock.
A syndicate accused of stealing more than $320,000 worth of booze has been dismantled, while its alleged ringleader was arrested with 40 bottles of alcohol in his car.
The mother of a violent murderer says she does not want to raise any child born as a result of the imprisoned killer being granted approval to have IVF.
Australian authorities are being forced to comb through massive industrial imports arriving from Europe for stashes of the illegal party drug ketamine — and one country has emerged as a hotspot for supply.
A judge has found Victoria Police used “unjustified violence” to make arrests during a Covid lockdown rally, in which protesters were thrown to the ground and one man was left with a dislocated arm.
A Morwell man with a shocking driving history has been jailed after he fled the scene of a crash while a dying woman lay trapped in her car.
Two tobacco shops were suspiciously razed by fire early on Saturday morning, onlookers convinced the blazes are linked to the ongoing Melbourne tobacco war.
A driver who blamed her Tesla for failing to brake on “autopilot” when she crashed into a nurse has been jailed.
A Pakistani man faces deportation over pressuring an associate to make false court statements while he was on remand for bashing a woman.
A Melbourne man has been refused bail over his alleged role in smuggling 100kg of meth into Australia hidden inside leather sandals.
Two brothers who sparked an interstate manhunt after a deadly house party in Melbourne’s southeast have faced court as one was accused of murder and the other granted bail.
A man who allegedly posed as a ride share driver when he picked up a woman outside a licensed venue in St Kilda has been charged with rape.
The family of a Melbourne man fighting for life after he was stabbed on a Fiji holiday is pleading for financial assistance to help fund his lifesaving trip home.
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