The Editorial Team

Rohan SmithActing deputy editor

Rohan has worked as a journalist and news editor for the past 12 years after studying Journalism at Monash University in Melbourne and beginning his career in a radio newsroom. He mentored journalism students at Charles Sturt University’s National Radio News before moving to Sydney to work in newspapers. Rohan joined news.com.au as a journalist before becoming news editor in 2016. He moved to Melbourne in 2018 where he covers stories that matter to all Victorians.

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VIC Crime

Shooting at tattoo parlour in Hampton Park. Pictures: Channel 7

‘Bikie link’ in tattoo shop shooting

GUNSHOTS were heard at a Melbourne tattoo parlour which has been linked to a jailed bikie boss. The shooting left a man critical and police hunting a gunman.

Social Media

Shooting Car Burnt Det.Inspector Brett Guerin addressing Media at the scene.

Top cop’s Facebook rant backfires

ONE of Victoria’s top police officers has been busted posting “crude” and “inappropriate” comments about colleagues. He regrets only one thing.

VIC Courts & Law

Former Christian Brother Stephen Farrell tries to cover his face as he leaves the Melbourne Magistrate Court in Melbourne, Friday, February 16, 2018. Former Christian brother Stephen Farrell, 66, pleaded guilty on Friday to two charges of an indecent act with a child under 16. Prosecutor Manjot Singh told Melbourne Magistrates Court Farrell used his position as a primary school teacher at Ballarat's St Alipius Primary School in the 1970s to sexually assault the two young boys. (AAP Image/David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING

Teacher jailed for ‘fondling’ student

WHEN Stephen Farrell was 22, he asked a student at a Ballarat primary school to put on sports gear before assaulting him. Today, 44 years later, he was sent to prison.

At Work

Bearded Caucasian man examining razorbeard generic thinkstock hipster shaver

Beard ban over safety issues

VICTORIAN prison officers will need permission to grow facial hair from next month after it was deemed beards were a health and safety issue.

VIC

Belinda Zipper will be attending Darebin Council's trans-only swim night

Pool closed for trans people only

THE Greens-led Melbourne council that scrapped Australia Day is closing a pool for a trans-only swim night. Many are furious but Belinda Zipper says it’s about time.

VIC Crime

Road rage incident. Pictures: Victoria Police

Smiling cyclist smashes in windscreen

A FEMALE driver made a U-turn and parked her car in Melbourne’s inner west. A cyclist punched in her windscreen, cutting her face with shattered glass.

Work

Tracey Cooke, ANZ manager stole more than $300,000 from the bank to fund a lavish lifestyle.

ANZ boss stole to fund lavish life

TRACEY Cook wiped away tears in court as she was jailed for using junior staff to help her steal more than $311k from her employer.

VIC

Victorian schoolgirls in ugly brawl

A TEEN involved in a violent one-on-one fight on school grounds has been taken to hospital as the Victorian government admits the confrontation is not unique.

VIC Crime

Prabhath Ponnamaneni shows where he had a knife held to his throat by the intruders. Home invasion, 3 burglars stole a car, electrical goods and knives from an Anderson road unit, Albion and smashed into a brick fence leaving the property. Picture: Nicole Garmston

Home invasion victim’s agonising choice

A MAN was asleep on his couch when thugs took knives from his kitchen and held them to his throat. The victim now has to make a tough decision.

VIC Crime

The phone at Leitchville where the last call to Krystal Fraser was made on the night of her who disappearance.

Woman’s baffling final phone call

FROM this phone booth, a young, pregnant woman just days away from giving birth received a mysterious midnight call. She was never seen again.

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