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Steven Woodhouse and Luke Briggs died after being arrested by police.

‘Our world has stopped’: Families want answers after unarmed men die from violent arrests

Steven Woodhouse, 30, and Luke Briggs, 35, both suffered violent deaths after being arrested by police. Their devastated families are still waiting for an explanation.

  • Cameron Houston

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The scene at Footscray mall on June 15.

Freed immigration detainee charged with murder over former Age photographer’s death

A former immigration detainee has been charged with murder over the alleged fatal assault of former Age photographer Dominic O’Brien.

  • Cassandra Morgan
Police swarmed to the area near Park and Dow streets in South Melbourne on a Saturday in late May.

‘Don’t you dare’: Officer’s warnings before fatally shooting driver

Madeline Margaret Henry was fatally shot in South Melbourne last month after driving towards a police officer during the arrest of a man allegedly wielding a machete.

  • Callum Godde
Former lawyer and police informer Nicola Gobbo.

Lawyer X million-dollar legal battle fails after judge finds she broke the law

Justice Melinda Richards threw out barrister turned informer Nicola Gobbo’s lawsuit against the state, saying she was aware of the risks when she became a supergrass and ordered her to pay the state’s costs.

  • Sherryn Groch
Victoria Police.

‘It’s not 1985’: Judge’s warning to police after predatory cop grooms abuse victims

Dylan Bartolo pursued intimate relationships with victims of domestic abuse who came to him for help in his then role in a family violence unit in Melbourne’s west.

  • Cameron Houston
Abdinasir Abdullahi Salad died in the shooting after police said he lunged at them with a knife.

Somali refugee was shot by police in Footscray within 11 seconds, court told

Abdinasir Abdullahi Salad, a rough sleeper with mental health issues, was fatally shot last month after allegedly lunging at police with a stolen knife.

  • Melissa Cunningham
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Nicola Gobbo (left) with Tony Mokbel outside court in 2004.

Lawyer X Nicola Gobbo selling Melbourne apartment

The barrister-turned-informer is selling her bayside apartment while in hiding, as a verdict looms in her compensation suit against the state.

  • Sherryn Groch
New Victorian Police Commissioner Mike Bush speaks to the media after being announced as the new leader of Victoria Police by Premier Jacinta Allan.

‘Fundamental change’: New police chief plans prevention strategy to curb crime

The new chief commissioner of Victoria Police faces a stern test when he begins next month, with crime rates soaring and a slump in morale among frontline officers.

  • Cameron Houston and Sherryn Groch
Abdifatah Ahmed died in the shooting after police said he lunged at them with a knife.

‘How many more people need to be killed?’ Simmering tensions on the streets of Footscray

Two police officers shot a rough sleeper dead on the eve of Easter on a busy Footscray street. Was the tragedy unavoidable?

  • Melissa Cunningham
Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Neil Paterson, pictured in 2019.

Police receive IBAC report into deputy commissioner’s road rage complaint

It is uncertain whether Deputy Commissioner Neil Paterson will face an internal disciplinary process as a result of the document, given his contract is due to end in July.

  • Kieran Rooney

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