Car-washing banned with worse to come
PEOPLE in Melbourne will be banned from washing cars, filling new pools and using sprinklers from New Year’s Day under stage-three water restrictions.
Natasha Robinson
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Kiwi firefighters ‘ill prepared’
AN investigation has been launched into why four visiting New Zealand firefighters who suffered serious burns were reportedly not wearing the correct protective gloves and caps while battling a blaze in Victoria’s northeast.
Residents stood and fought as flames roared down
CANDLES of hollowed-out eucalypts sucking up fire lit Andrew Dwyer’s way as he drove into Gaffneys Creek, praying those who had stayed had lived through the night.
Hunt for teenage arsonists after deadly blaze
POLICE are hunting two men they suspect deliberately lit a fire that razed several homes in Victoria and led to the first death and the most destruction in a single day of the bushfire crisis.
Judge’s sympathy for attackers
A JUDGE has sympathised with the plight of five relatives of terrorism suspects who violently lashed out at the media outside court, saying they were under a “great deal of stress” and rightly expected not to be the target of publicity.
Row over Bingle call
CARLTON bad boy Brendan Fevola’s wife Alex confronted teenage bikini model Lara Bingle after hearing a personal voicemail left for the footballer.
Policeman’s fall a mystery
A CORRUPT high-ranking policeman who trafficked drug precursor chemicals to the underworld will be out of jail in less than three years after a judge accepted the drug squad detective’s insistence that he was motivated by a desire to smash the networks of Melbourne’s drug lords.
Casino slammed as addict is jailed
A JUDGE has fiercely criticised Crown casino and the Victorian Government for facilitating the “mindless operation of poker machines to witless members of the public” in jailing a pokies addict for stealing $3.5 million to feed her addiction.
Musician blames doctor for newborn baby’s death
THE medical notes detailing the short life of the son of rock music stalwart Jim Keays were full of clinical jargon. But a pin could have dropped in the Victorian Coroner’s Court yesterday when four words that any layman would understand were spoken: “Rapid delivery. Fresh stillbirth”.
Former chief ‘used’ officer
A DECORATED former federal police commander who had the ear of Victoria’s most senior police “overwhelmed” a constable with his power and connections, using the junior officer to filter confidential information to an MP’s wife and union figures.
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