Victoria

The desperate hunt for alleged cop killer Dezi Freeman in Victoria’s alpine region has reached a grim milestone.

As figures showed Victoria experienced its worst year of crime in history, a population expert said the problem could undermine support for immigration and multiculturalism.

Police seek help to identify a woman who was found dead in the Maribyrnong River in Melbourne’s northwest.

A violent machete fight has broken out in Melbourne just weeks after Victoria’s machete ban, with police warning of rising youth gang crime.

The AFP have cautioned people travelling on flights during the school holiday period after a man was arrested for allegedly reaching inside a woman’s clothes.

Four out of five family members were taken to hospital, with a father and son left fighting for life.

Dezi Freeman remains at large four weeks after allegedly killing two police officers, as a retired detective says there may be ‘a line in the sand’ moment approaching in the search.

The man was detained during a search for unlicensed firearms.

Thousands of disturbing files were found within a ‘photo vault application’.

Intensive care paramedics attended the scene but the worker could not be saved.

Police have arrested a number of people over the stabbing murder of two boys on a suburban street as they were heading home after a basketball match.

The doctor who notified police about Erin Patterson has been punished by the medical regulator after he called the triple murder a ‘disturbed sociopathic nut bag’.

Fire crews raced to Chapel Street overnight after a blaze tore through the Jam Factory site, sparking an arson investigation.

Police have cordoned off a major intersection in Melbourne’s north after a woman died after being hit while walking along the street.

Legendary ex-Eagles coach Mick Malthouse has thanked police after a man was charged over the attempted invasion of his home earlier this month.