ExclusiveNewsHome Affairs Minister Tony Burke is being slammed for the department’s failure to cancel visas over anti-Semitic conduct, as new figures reveal just how lax the nation’s leaders have become.
VictoriaNew intelligence has led police and SES crews to search bushland 100km west of Melbourne looking for missing mum Lorrin Whitehead, while it can be revealed the case has been referred to the coroner to investigate.
VictoriaA man who was allegedly driving a stolen truck that ploughed into a car and killed a 67-year-old man in Footscray was on bail at the time of the fatal smash.
VideoPolice & CourtsA 16-year-old is facing charges after an arson attack where a car was set on fire and exploded into a ball of flames.
Police & CourtsThe biggest overhaul of Victoria Police fees in more than a decade will result in the force trying to claw back more money from event operators.
Police & CourtsA former animal shelter worker has owned up to her attempt at selling human remains on the black market, after they were coughed up by a dog surrendered following its owner’s death.
Police & CourtsThe building watchdog has suspended the registration of a Melbourne tradie who allegedly failed to implement fire safety measures into designs, posing a public safety risk.
ExclusivePolice & CourtsYoung offenders are using social media to ‘post and boast’ about being pursued by police as crime sprees explode across Victoria, but politicians say there’s no need for tough new laws.
Police & CourtsSeventeen days before underworld figure Mitat Rasimi was murdered, there was a tense meeting where four Comancheros were severely outnumbered and told they’d be allowed to “walk out alive”.
Police & CourtsPolice have defended the number of staff sent to bushland to search for missing Berwick hiker Hadi Nazari after his devastated sister begged for more boots on the ground.