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James Gargasoulas doing doughnuts outside Flinders Street Station.

I went for a walk in the footsteps of a killer – then cried at my desk

Days after the Bourke Street massacre, my editors gave me a simple, but important assignment. Among the flowers and candles, the story of a tragedy revealed itself in unexpected ways.

  • Chip Le Grand

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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.

Victoria’s bail laws are broken and need to be fixed

Victoria’s broken bail laws have a discriminatory impact on women in our prison system.

  • Monique Hurley
Matthew Si, with daughter Arya and wife Melinda Tan.

'I wish that Papa is still here': Families of the Bourke Street victims' statements in full

The families of five of the six victims of the Bourke Street rampage have released statements urging Victoria Police to adopt changes outlined in the coronial recommendations. 

The offender on Swanston Street with police a metre behind him.

Bourke Street tragedy unravelled in minutes, but was years in the making

For years and years a culture has seeped into policing that doing nothing is often better than acting quickly.

  • John Silvester
James Gargasoulas leaving the Supreme Court in January 2019.

Families hope coroner's scathing Bourke St report 'will not be wasted'

Almost four years after massacre left six dead and dozens injured, victims' families say coroner's scathing findings against police should be used as catalyst for change.

  • Erin Pearson
James Gargasoulas.

Coroner to hand down findings on Gargasoulas' 2017 Bourke Street rampage

Coroner Jacqui Hawkins is to reveal her findings following an inquest into the deaths of six people during James Gargasoulas’ murderous rampage.

  • Erin Pearson
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James Gargasoulas did "doughnuts" outside Flinders Street Station minutes before he murdered six people on Bourke Street.

Senior cops 'needed to step in', Bourke St coroner told

A coroner will consider whether senior police should play a more active role in the arrest of wanted criminals or merely receive “briefings” as the state examines what can be learnt from the 2017 Bourke Street tragedy.

  • Erin Pearson
The head of Victoria Police's elite Critical Incident Response Team says it is not trained to stop vehicles.

'Not our job': CIRT leader defends elite police who refused to help arrest Gargasoulas

Only Victoria's elite Special Operations Group stood a chance of stopping James Gargasoulas once he drove into the CBD, the inquest into the Bourke Street rampage has heard.

  • Erin Pearson
Assistant Commissioner Stephen Fontana arrives at the Coroner's Court on Wednesday.

Detectives criticised in Bourke Street report turn up to inquest to eyeball top cop

Police officers criticised in an explosive review into the Bourke Street tragedy have turned up to an inquiry to watch their lawyer grill the report's author over his findings.

  • Erin Pearson
Gargasoulas driving in front of  Flinders Street Station shortly before the Bourke Street massacre.

Bombshell secret report finds police to blame for Bourke Street massacre

Internal police report finds six people died and hundreds of lives were put at risk by a “poorly coordinated, unplanned response” to James Gargasoulas' escalating offending before the Bourke Street attack.

  • Chris Vedelago, Tom Cowie and Erin Pearson

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