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Prosecutors have dropped the charge of murder against a young girl accused of stabbing ato death. The girl, 12, who was in state care, faced a single charge of murder over the killing of a woman, 37, in a Footscray apartment in Melbourne on 16 November, 2023. Victorian prosecutors dropped the case on Thursday because […]

Majority of roads in two inner-city Melbourne suburbs now have speed limits of 30km/h, after the Victorian government gave the go-ahead for a two-year council trial to improve road safety. Every street in Fitzroy and Collingwood, except state-managed roads such as major thoroughfares, are now under the new strict speed limit put in place by […]

A new witness has come forward in the case of a woman suing Hillsong over her assault at the hands of a church staffer. Anna Crenshaw, 26, was indecently assaulted by Hillsong Church staffer Jason Mays when she was just 18 years old. Mays pleaded guilty in 2020 to one count of indecent assault and […]

Anthony Albanese has defended his decision after the tenant living in the Prime Minister’s investment property went public with his rental plight. Mr Albanese is planning to sell his Dulwich Hill three-bedroom home due to “changes in personal circumstances” – namely his impending wedding with Jodie Haydon – which small business owner Jim Flanagan has […]

A former AFL champion’s two-year criminal case has ended in tears in a Melbourne courtroom as he was led from the room by two custody officers. Ex-St Kilda player Sam Fisher, 41, was supported by his parents and partner as he returned before the County Court of Victoria on Thursday. The South-Australian born AFL star […]

A third Melbourne school has been caught up in a sexist “ranking” of female students, after a disturbing list was found in one of the bathrooms. Brentwood Secondary College in Glen Waverley says it is investigating after a photo showed a list written on a toilet door in a girls’ bathroom, ranking students who are […]

Police have released CCTV footage a year on from a shooting at a bikie clubhouse in Melbourne. Detectives still do not know if the shooting was an inter or intra-club act of violence. On May 16 last year, a man took himself to hospital after being shot in the lower body; his injuries were not-life […]

Anthony Albanese says it’s “not appropriate” a West Australian Labor senator used a controversial chant when she broke ranks with the government’s position on Palestine as the Coalition heaps on pressure on him to “take action”. On Wednesday, Fatima Payman accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and questioned how many more deaths […]

Two large protest groups clashed outside a council meeting in Sydney as councillors decided whether to rescind a ban on same-sex parenting books. After four hours of debate on Wednesday night, Cumberland City Council overturned its ban on books representing LGBTQIA+ parenting in its public libraries following an overwhelming vote of 12-2. Outside the council […]

A close friend of slain camper Russell Hill has told a jury he sounded “normal” as the two men spoke over long distance radio the night he was allegedly murdered. Called to give evidence on Tuesday afternoon at the double murder trial of former Jetstar captain Gregory Stuart Lynn, Michael Allan said he had known […]