‘Your typical Aussie cricket boy’: Why Oscar Jenkins went to fight in Ukraine
On the cricket field, Oscar Jenkins was a formidable all-rounder. The former Melbourne Grammar student’s teammates were shocked to learn he had been captured by Russians on a Ukrainian battlefield.
- by Sherryn Groch and Ashleigh McMillan
Latest
Boy, 15, charged with murder over stabbing; victim named in Campbellfield shooting
An 18-year-old man died near Melton on Friday night after a wild brawl involving about 40 youths. Meanwhile, police have named the man killed in a shooting in Campbellfield.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
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Bushfires
Halls Gap evacuated as authorities warn Grampians fire will burn for weeks
An emergency warning to evacuate immediately was also issued for a small town in the Macedon Ranges on Saturday, but was later downgraded.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Ashleigh McMillan
Updated
Bushfires
Smoke clears over Melbourne as regional fires threaten homes
A blaze in the Grampians – which first threatened the hamlet of Mirranatwa on Wednesday – flared up again on Friday.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Ashleigh McMillan
Laws on masks, places of worship being considered to stop protesters spreading hate
Police could be given greater powers at protests under changes to laws being considered by the Victorian government.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
Updated
Extreme weather
Victoria set to swelter through extreme fire danger day
Temperatures are forecast to soar over 40 degrees across much of Victoria on Monday. The CFA has warned people in bushfire-risk areas to be prepared to leave early.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Roy Ward
Updated
Vale
Faith and conviction: Tributes flow for late Liberal minister Kevin Andrews
The former defence and immigration minister and longest continuously serving member of federal parliament has died at 69 after a year-long cancer battle.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
Updated
Crime
‘Back bigger and better’: Hundreds rally near firebombed synagogue, vowing to rebuild
Heartbroken members of Melbourne’s Adass Israel community have promised to restore the “jewel in the crown” of their community by rebuilding their synagogue.
- by Ashleigh McMillan, Carla Jaeger and Michael Bachelard
Mystery over rusty bullet found outside burnt-out synagogue
Police are investigating a rusty bullet that was found directly outside the scene of Friday’s arson attack.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Brittany Busch
Netanyahu claims Melbourne synagogue attack linked to Labor’s ‘anti-Israel sentiment’
The Israeli leader cited Canberra’s decision to vote for a UN resolution demanding the end of Israel’s “unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”.
- by Rob Harris, Ashleigh McMillan and Brittany Busch
Why South Korea’s president declared martial law
South Korea’s president has declared martial law, the first time this has happened since the country became a democracy in 1987. Here’s why.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
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