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Police are investigating a violent assault that occurred at a soccer match in Mill Park on July 6, which left a player with a fractured spine.

Soccer player left with fractured spine after on-field assault by spectators

Police are investigating a violent assault that occurred at a soccer match in Mill Park earlier this month.

  • Hannah Hammoud

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New Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush.

New police chief reveals firm stance on protest permits, issues warning to organised crime

Mike Bush has for the first time taken a strong, public view on the issue of a protest registration scheme and warned that crime gangs will “feel the heat” under his watch.

  • Cameron Houston
Working with children checks are under the spotlight.

Authorities thought a psychologist was a violent abuser but let him work with children for months

A man who was an innocent victim of mistaken identity says his case shows gaps in the working with children scheme that pose unacceptable safety risks.

  • Rachel Eddie
Ethan and Vicky with their two-year-old son who survived the crash.

‘He meant the world to them’: Grandparents’ final act to save toddler in fatal crash

Vicky’s parents had moved to Melbourne only five months ago, wishing to spend their retirement close to their only grandchild. Both died after a car hit them while walking with the boy from a playground.

  • Hannah Hammoud
Nicola Gobbo.

Gobbo appeals court loss in million-dollar compensation case

From a secret location, the barrister turned police informer has lodged a new legal fight against Victoria Police and the state government.

  • Sherryn Groch
Melbourne’s tobacco wars continue.

A target in the tobacco war sleeps in his shop. He knows it’s not safe, but it’s the only way to protect his livelihood

Mr A got a visit from a man offering to buy his tobacco store. When he said no, it was repeatedly set alight, leaving him feeling helpless, scared and the victim of a fight he wants no part in.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
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Police hero Wayne Sherwell.

Is this the way to treat a police hero?

Former police officer Wayne Sherwell, a Valour Award recipient, was recently arrested, fingerprinted and formally interviewed. It was over a Facebook post.

  • John Silvester
The bus driver was trapped for more than an hour after it rolled in country Victoria.

One dead, two injured after two separate collisions involving trucks in western Victoria in one day

Emergency crews worked for more than an hour to free the bus driver after the crash involving a B-double carrying hay bales in Minyip in north-west Victoria.

  • Cassandra Morgan, Angus Delaney and Alexander Darling
A court has granted detectives more time to investigate accused paedophile Joshua Brown.

Six key dates at centre of childcare rape allegations against Joshua Brown

New details have emerged of the extent of the criminal charges against a childcare worker accused of sexually abusing babies and toddlers between April 2022 and January 2023.

  • Carla Jaeger and Sherryn Groch
Investors are demanding answers over what G8 Education knew about alleged childcare abuser Joshua Brown.

Daycare chain’s investors demand answers over childcare safety crisis

Shareholders want explanations from childcare chain G8 following revelations by this masthead over its handling of the Joshua Dale Brown case.

  • Carla Jaeger, Noel Towell and Sherryn Groch

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