Victoria

They’ve got ex-cops, private eyes, covert cameras and drones, but their escapees have four legs. Meet the real-life pet detectives taking on Australia’s missing-animal mysteries.

Fresh national data has revealed which particular state is Australia’s worst for burglaries with a house broken into every two hours.

At 12 she watched voters crush her father’s career. On November 28, Jess Wilson could avenge him and make history.

The brazen theft comes amid heightened concern about property crime across Victoria, from opportunistic stealing to burglaries and car thefts.

Another Australian state will be publicly “wanded” for knives at the discretion of police after the major parties align on laws pioneered by Queensland.

The Australian Federal Police alleges ‘anomalies’ were detected when her luggage was X-rayed by border force officers after she arrived on a flight.

A truck driver has been charged for a tragic crash that killed a 15-year-old Australian boy last year.

A man allegedly assaulted a woman and stole her car with her seven-month-old baby in the back seat. 

An top Melbourne chef has revealed the growing toll of repeated break-ins and attacks on her staff as alarming figures show crime at Victorian restaurants and fast-food venues has climbed 45 per cent.

Former Carlton president Luke Sayers and his ex-wife have made a huge call on their defamation dispute, a court has been told.

‘We are trying to come to terms with something that still feels impossible to comprehend.’

The NFL and local officials hope the historic Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers game at the MCG on Friday will turn the sport into a mainstream phenomenon in Australia.

Police have charged two men, including a teenager, over a shooting that killed 22-year-old Daniel Hussein.

There is more than just a crucial ‘W’ for the win-loss column at stake when the San Francisco 49ers take on the Los Angeles Rams at the MCG on Friday.

An axe-wielding man has been charged by Victoria Police after three people were allegedly attacked on Saturday. 

Two young school children killed in a horrific crash have been identified, while several others remain in hospital.

A vehicle rollover has killed a school-aged child and left six more injured, as investigations into the cause of the horror crash continue.

As Victoria’s knife crisis brings increasingly young victims through hospital doors, one of the world’s leading trauma teams is not only fighting to save their lives — but trying to stop them returning.