Victoria

Warning signs were on a beach where four people were caught in a rip and drowned.
Australia
William Ton

Warning after four die in worst beach tragedy in decades

Swimmers are warned of risks at beaches and waterways this summer after a coroner handed down findings into a state's worst beach tragedy in almost 20 years.

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Men in white vans have been trying to abduct children near schools across Melbourne's suburbs
Victoria
Caleb Taylor

Primary school students approached by man in sixth Victorian child abduction attempt

The man pulled up beside the children in a white van as they were walking home from school.

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There is an urgent search for a truck driver after a shocking crash.
Australia
Lucy Mae Beers

Man dies after ‘serious’ crash on Melbourne freeway

The 24-year-old motorcyclist is believed to have been lane filtering between the trucks when he was hit.

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Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto was found to have defamed former party MP Moira Deeming. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)
Politics
Holly Hales and Callum Godde

Future of Liberals hangs in balance after Nazi slander ruling

A senior Victorian Liberal insists John Pesutto's leadership remains tenable despite a court finding he defamed an MP by implying she associated with Nazis.

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Video
A teenage boy has been left with serious injuries after he was cornered in a Victorian backyard by a group and stabbed.
Victoria
Lucy Mae Beers

Teen boy stabbed after being chased and cornered in backyard

The 17-year-old had been dropped off on a Victorian street when the offenders started chasing him.

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A man has died in a major collision at the intersection of Castle Carey Rd and Mortlake-Ararat Rd in Mortlake.
Victoria
Dominique Tassell

Man dies in major collision on rural road

Another man suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital.

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An almost two-year battle between and Moira Deeming John Pesutto has ended with a court win to her.
Australia
Aaron Patrick

Rebel MP Deeming wins $300,000 in battle against Lib leader

Victorian party leader John Pesutto’s decision to expel an MP after her women’s rights rally was gatecrashed by neo-Nazis has backfired spectacularly in court.

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A teen was allegedly chased, cornered and stabbed.
Victoria
Matt Shrivell

Terror as teen chased into backyard and stabbed by gang

Police are hunting a gang who chased a teenager into a suburban backyard and set upon him with knives. 

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Dinush Kurera repeatedly stabbed his wife to death in front of his two children. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)
Victoria
Tara Cosoleto

Murderer smiles as family's grief laid bare in court

Convicted wife-killer Dinush Kurera lent back and smiled as victim statements, including from his children, were read in court during a pre-sentence hearing.

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Emil Petrov has been found guilty of murdering his estranged wife. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)
Victoria
Emily Woods and Tara Cosoleto

Husband found guilty 17 years after wife’s brutal murder

Emil "Bill" Petrov was taken to prison after a Supreme Court jury found him guilty of the murder of his wife Cindy Crossthwaite in 2007.

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Families at the Bayside Carols in Brighton East on Tuesday night watched on in horror as a fight broke out.
Police
Peta Rasdien

‘Machete-wielding’ teens charged over Christmas carol brawl

Teens allegedly brandishing machetes have terrorised families at a Christmas carol event attended by thousands of people.

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A Victorian shopping centre has been plunged into lockdown after a man armed with a hammer began smashing shop windows. 
Victoria
Rhiannon Lewin

Man armed with hammer smashes storefronts at Westfield shopping centre

A man is being questioned by police. 

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Anyone with any information has been urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
Australia
Max Corstorphan

Gunman on the run after shooting on quiet street

A man has turned up at a stranger’s house on a quiet street, covered in blood and with gunshot wounds, with police now hunting for a gunman on the run.

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Patrice Turner (centre) led the class action claiming women suffered harm from the Essure device.
Health
Tara Cosoleto

Judge rules contraceptive device did not harm women

Women who suffered chronic pelvic pain and abnormal bleeding have lost their class action against a pharmaceutical giant.

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A boy who fatally stabbed an 18-year-old from a rival gang will spend four years in youth detention. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)
Australia
Emily Woods

Young fatal stabber could walk free in four years

A boy who brought a knife to a popular beach and stabbed an 18-year-old from a rival gang who later died has been sentenced to four years in youth detention.

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