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Sherryn Groch is a journalist at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. Email her at s.groch@nine.com.au

‘Your typical Aussie cricket boy’: Why Oscar Jenkins went to fight in Ukraine

‘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

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Overland, police gave unreliable, dishonest evidence, judge finds in scathing Lawyer X ruling

Overland, police gave unreliable, dishonest evidence, judge finds in scathing Lawyer X ruling

A judge’s finding that former chief commissioner Simon Overland and other police were deliberately dishonest about their dealings with Nicola Gobbo is a boost to Tony Mokbel’s bid to have his convictions quashed.

  • by Cameron Houston, Marta Pascual Juanola, Sherryn Groch and Erin Pearson
Scientists know where the big earthquakes will hit. They just don’t know when
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Scientists know where the big earthquakes will hit. They just don’t know when

A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure quakes, and are we doing enough to prepare?

  • by Sherryn Groch
This fraudster was a VIP at Crown and Star. Now the casinos face a $70 million lawsuit

This fraudster was a VIP at Crown and Star. Now the casinos face a $70 million lawsuit

When one of Australia’s biggest Ponzi schemes collapsed, the money trail led to the casinos. Now Crown and Star could face a courtroom showdown with dudded investors.

  • by Carla Jaeger and Sherryn Groch
As it happened: Dutton unveils Coalition’s nuclear costings; Qantas engineers begin 24-hour strike

As it happened: Dutton unveils Coalition’s nuclear costings; Qantas engineers begin 24-hour strike

Read the national news blog for rolling coverage of today’s top stories.

  • by Josefine Ganko and Sherryn Groch
Bushfires still bearing down on western towns as cool change nears

Bushfires still bearing down on western towns as cool change nears

Towns in Victoria’s south-west face a nervous wait overnight as some bushfires continue to burn out of control, even as a coming cool change is expected to bring wild winds and heavy rainfall.

  • by Sherryn Groch, Gemma Grant and Bianca Hall
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Victoria bushfires LIVE: Emergency, watch-and-act warnings issued across west

Victoria bushfires LIVE: Emergency, watch-and-act warnings issued across west

After hot and windy conditions across the state, bushfires have broken out in multiple locations across Victoria’s west, south-west and north-west, threatening small communities.

  • by Bianca Hall and Sherryn Groch
Woman stabbed to death in front of kids in Melbourne’s east; man arrested
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Woman stabbed to death in front of kids in Melbourne’s east; man arrested

Three teenage witnesses were at the Bayswater home at the time of the stabbing, with one receiving a minor injury.

  • by Sherryn Groch
Colonel Anthony Pratt? How the cardboard box king earned his stripes

Colonel Anthony Pratt? How the cardboard box king earned his stripes

On Monday, Anthony Pratt announced he’d become a permanent US resident. But it was another title that caught CBD’s eye.

  • by Kishor Napier-Raman and Sherryn Groch
Colonel Anthony Pratt? How the billionaire box king earned his stripes

Colonel Anthony Pratt? How the billionaire box king earned his stripes

What intrigued us most about the cardboard baron’s LinkedIn announcement that he was moving to the US was the name on his social media account.

  • by Sherryn Groch and Kishor Napier-Raman
Easey Street suspect unmasked as link to victims emerges
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Easey Street suspect unmasked as link to victims emerges

Perry Kouroumblis, now 65, is suspected of killing two women in the 1977 Easey Street murders – and one of Melbourne’s oldest schools links him to the victims.

  • by John Silvester, Sherryn Groch, Ashleigh McMillan and Hannah Kennelly

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