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Voters arrive to vote at Iramoo Primary School in Wyndham Vale

‘A kick in the pants’: Voters in fed-up Werribee send a message

Crime and roads, roads and crime. These are the issues Werribee voters say matter, and they say no one has done anything about either of them.

  • Liam Mannix

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Police in inspect the van in which Jason Moran and Pasquale Barbaro were shot in Pascoe Vale in June 2003.

Ten underworld hits that shook Melbourne

The slaying of Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim is the latest in a long list of killings that are as Melbourne as laneway graffiti.

  • John Silvester
An electronic ankle bracelet.

High-tech bail service had head office at door-handle factory

The warning signs that BailSafe might not be the professional operation it claimed to be came just a year after it began operations.

  • Chris Vedelago, Rachel Eddie and Hannah Hammoud
Private bail-monitoring services are approved by order of a judge.

Police identify eight accused criminals left untracked by bail firm collapse

The alleged offenders will be individually assessed by police after BailSafe Australia shut down more than a week ago, leaving their whereabouts unknown.

  • Chris Vedelago
A man has died in a suspicious house fire in St Kilda.

Homicide squad arrests man over house fire death

Fire crews were called to the blaze at St Kilda after locals reported flames coming from a home next to a police station.

  • Cassandra Morgan and Alexander Darling
Private bail-monitoring services are approved by order of a judge.

Collapse of private bail-monitoring firm leaves accused criminals unaccounted for

Alleged drug traffickers, gunmen, arsonists and money launderers have been granted bail under the supervision of a private provider.

  • Chris Vedelago
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Counter Terrorism and Special Investigations Command Assistant Commissioner Stephen Nutt, pictured in 2023.

Man accused of hurling antisemitic comments at political organisation

A 64-year-old Victorian man has been arrested after he allegedly levelled antisemitic and abusive statements at a political organisation.

  • Cassandra Morgan
Seven teenagers have been arrested after a police chase in Melbourne’s west.

Teen bailed dozens of times is arrested after police chase through Melbourne’s west

Seven teens, including six already on bail, have been arrested after speeding in stolen cars at more than 200km/h before smashing into a tree.

  • Lachlan Abbott and Erin Pearson
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan.

Jacinta Allan was getting tough on crime. Then her review of bail laws went missing

There is a point where a government review becomes so broad, it ceases to be about anything at all. As it turns out, this one never was.

  • Chip Le Grand
Pam the Bird at various locations.

‘Inherently risky’: Pam the Bird accused refused bail

Jack Gibson-Burrell, the man allegedly behind the prolific Melbourne tag, will remain behind bars after a magistrate found his behaviour was a risk to public safety.

  • Erin Pearson

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