Corrupt police fight to keep names a secret following Tony Mokbel bombshell
Two police officers found to have formed a criminal conspiracy with Lawyer X to manipulate a witness are fighting to keep their names a secret.
- by Erin Pearson and Brittany Busch
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Bulldogs’ payout to sex-abuse victim halved on appeal to $2.6 million
A landmark sexual abuse payout of almost $6 million has been more than halved after the Western Bulldogs Football Club won an appeal.
- by Brittany Busch
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Mental health
Victorians are inundating the national suicide hotline. But we’re not picking up the phone
Almost one-third of the 1 million calls to Lifeline Australia are from Victoria. But just 12 per cent are answered by Victorian centres.
- by Broede Carmody and Brittany Busch
‘Lambo Guy’ Adrian Portelli in court fighting ‘circle work’ driving charges
The billionaire businessman has faced court, four years after he allegedly drove a grey Mercedes-Benz coupe carelessly in wet weather in Diggers Rest.
- by Erin Pearson and Brittany Busch
Taxi driver jailed for 10 months after sexually assaulting unconscious passenger
The driver stole his victim’s engagement ring during an attack that she says left her a fearful shadow of her former self.
- by Brittany Busch
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
Triple zero falls short of emergency benchmarks and records $80m loss
Labor used parliament’s final sitting day for the year to reveal the struggling state of the emergency dispatch service.
- by Rachael Dexter, Brittany Busch and Broede Carmody
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Hospitals
Second major Victorian hospital set to slash junior nursing hours
The Royal Melbourne Hospital has joined Alfred Health in warning graduates to brace for a cut in working hours, despite hospitals being given an extra $1.5 billion in government funding.
- by Broede Carmody and Brittany Busch
Accused dashed back from country getaway to help dispose of teen’s body, police allege
As Isla Bell was being remembered at a rally against violence, fresh details emerged about the man accused of helping move her body across Melbourne’s suburbs in a fridge.
- by Erin Pearson and Brittany Busch
Anti-war activists allowed to return to city for ‘peaceful’ protests
About 35 people charged over a violent protest in September had their cases heard back-to-back for more than two hours in a packed Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.
- by Brittany Busch and Erin Pearson
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