Queensland force luring Victoria Police north with fat cash bonuses
Victoria Police members are increasingly being enticed to leave the state as the Queensland force offers cash bonuses and incentives for recruits to make the move up north.
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Fed-up St Kilda locals say crime, drug use worse than ever
St Kilda residents and business owners say they’re living in fear, claiming their suburb looks more like a lawless crime zone than a beachside tourist hotspot.
‘I’ve been shot’: Gangster killed by hit team posing as police
Gangland figure Hawre Sherwani — who had a $1m-plus murder contract on his head — was killed in a hail of bullets after he was pulled over by a hit team posing as police.
Remains of Adrian Romeo found almost a year after he vanished
Human remains belonging to a Craigieburn man suspected of being murdered have been found almost a year after he disappeared.
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Allan set to crack down on youth crime
Teens who recruit children to commit crimes will face up to a decade in jail under a youth justice shake-up. And that’s not all young offenders can expect under a looming crackdown.
Granny killer unlikely to be guilty if ‘sadistic’ stepdad attacked instead
Hayden Kidd, 20, lodged a mattock in the head of his grandmother Shirley Kidd believing she was his abusive stepfather — promoting a judge to observe it would be “hard to find” him guilty had the parent been killed given the level of historic abuse.
Jewish MP hits out at ‘ugly’ protesters who set his office on fire
Labor MP Josh Burns says the latest attack on his office by pro-Palestine activists in which a fire was lit is a “dangerous escalation” that has left him “nervous” about the future.
Jailing Russell Northe for gambling taxpayer money an ‘error’, court told
Disgraced ex-Morwell MP Russell Northe attempted to take his own life after news broke that he had used taxpayer money to fuel a gambling addiction, a court has heard, as his lawyer argued he should not have been jailed.
Man dies after street fight in Heidelberg West
A man has been charged with murder after the death of another man in a fight on Alamein Rd.
Probe expands into transgender woman’s catastrophic surgery
An inquest into the suicide of a transgender woman who was mutilated by a sham backyard operator is set to be expanded, as her devastated mum calls for a police investigation.
Brother of alleged tobacco war kingpin arrested in Perth
The brother of exiled crime boss Kazem Hamad has been arrested in Perth, in a major breakthrough for detectives investigating dozens of tobacco-related arsons.
Melb physio accused of sexual assault allowed to return to work
Despite facing charges, a Melbourne physio accused of sexually assaulting female patients has been granted the green light to return to work under strict “gender restrictions”.
AI the new big weapon in Melbourne’s gangland wars
Melbourne gangsters once kept life simple by just blasting their enemies with bullets but AI has now become a big factor in the battle for big money.
Transgender woman horrifically mutilated in backyard surgery
A devastated mother is demanding justice for her transgender daughter who took her own life after being horrifically mutilated in a backyard surgery by a rogue operator with no medical training.
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