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Sunrise’s Matt Shirvington asks the question everyone wants to know as he speaks to security expert over MCG gun arrest.

Sunrise host asks the question everyone wants answered over MCG gun arrest

Two men have been accused of carrying guns into the stadium packed with more than 80,000 people.

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Tony Mokbel has been released on bail. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Notorious drug kingpin Tony Mokbel released on bail

Notorious underworld figure and drug kingpin Tony Mokbel will walk free after almost two decades in prison. 

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Tony Mokbel became the head of a drug empire within six years of starting work in a pizza shop. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS)

Pizza shop to prison: Underworld figure Tony Mokbel’s life

How did a Lebanese migrant kid in Melbourne became Australia’s most notorious drug lord? Tony Mokbel’s freedom now hangs on a bail decision.

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Three appeal court judges are due to rule on whether Tony Mokbel is released on bail. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Will drug kingpin Tony Mokbel walk free after 18 years?

One of Australia's most notorious gangland figures is hours away from learning whether he will be freed for the first time in almost two decades.

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Police have released a digital composite image of a man they would like to speak to following a fatal house fire in Truganina that killed an innocent young woman in January.

Police reveal composite image of wanted man after woman and dog killed in house fire

Katie Tangey was housesitting for her brother when his home was mistakenly targeted in an arson attack.

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A judge said a husband dominated his wife using a campaign of "vicious" abuse.

Twelve years for 'vicious' man who made wife prisoner

An abusive man who locked his wife in their home with their baby, subjecting her to violent daily beatings, has been jailed.

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A Victoria Police officer has been charged with sexual assault by NSW Police.

Police officer charged over alleged hotel sexual assault

A Victoria Police officer has been charged with sexual assault in another Australian state, alleged to have committed an offence in a hotel room.

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Victoria Police Acting Chief Commissioner Rick Nugent has quit

Top cop backs away just 41 days into acting role

Victoria Police’s top cop has resigned after just 41 days in the role, plunging the force into further turmoil as it grapples with soaring crime rates and leadership instability. 

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese campaigns in Victoria where Labor faces both Liberals and Greens. (Jason Edwards/AAP PHOTOS)

Labor fighting on multiple fronts in battleground state

The prime minister has begun campaigning in Victoria where Labor faces off with both Liberal and Green rivals for city, suburban and regional seats.

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Video game creator Alec Stephen West was "the entrepreneur profiting from this sordid market".

Creator of ‘abhorrent’ child exploitation game jailed

The creator of a sickening online game where animated children were repeatedly sexually exploited has been jailed for more than 11 years.

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Jetstar is investigating an ugly exchange on a flight from Melbourne to Bali.

Heated exchange on Jetstar flight over flying pet peeve

The budget carrier has launched an investigation over the incident on a Bali-bound flight from Melbourne.

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Members of the Casey Highway Patrol unit patrolling Thompsons Road in Cranbourne North spotted two drivers allegedly racing each other at around 1:00am on Sunday. 

Learner driver caught 120km/h over limit in street race

Speeding is one thing, but doing 200km/h, more than double the posted limit on a learner's permit, is a questionable move at best.

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A late-night altercation in Wangaratta has left one man dead.

Man dead, woman arrested after fatal stabbing

A man has died after a stabbing incident in Victoria, with police arresting a 47-year-old woman believed to be known to the victim.

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Police at the scene of a crash in Rowville where two teens died.

Two Aussie teens found dead in crashed stolen car

A passerby has made the grim discovery, finding the bodies of two teenage boys in a crashed stolen car on a suburban Melbourne road.

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Glen Collins has been identified as the pilot fighting for his life after a horror airshow crash.

Pilot in horror airshow crash identified, fighting for life

The pilot involved in a tragic accident at the Avalon Australian International Airshow has been identified as he remains in hospital fighting for his life. 

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