Cameron Houston
Cameron Houston is a senior crime reporter.
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Cigarettes, drugs and alcohol used to bribe teens into fights in youth detention, class action claims
The lawsuit also accuses dozens of guards at the Parkville youth correctional facility of unlawful strip searches and alleges detainees were subjected to beatings and sexual assaults.
- Cameron Houston
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- Industrial relations
AFL to dump security firm at Marvel over alleged underpayment
One Melbourne security guard told The Age “it’s almost impossible to find a reputable security firm that does pay correctly”.
- Cameron Houston and Nick McKenzie
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- Courts
‘Maniacs’: Magistrate disciplined for stereotyping over swingers remarks
The Judicial Commission of Victoria recommended magistrate Carolyn Burnside be counselled after she said those who attended swingers’ events were “playing with fire”.
- Cameron Houston
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Business targeted in suspicious blaze has links to Gatto, Finks leader
The owner of a law firm that was gutted in a suspicious blaze in the early hours of Tuesday morning has ties to Mick Gatto, as well as a bikie leader.
- Isabel McMillan, Cameron Houston and Carla Jaeger
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Revolver bookkeeper accused of siphoning $8.5 million as other clubs flagged
Former bookkeeper Sutasinee McGuigan is accused of misappropriating more than $8.5 million from Prahran nightclub Revolver, as auditors investigate donations she made to Buddhist temples across Melbourne.
- Cameron Houston and Carla Jaeger
‘It’s a circus’: Daughter of slain crime figure targeted in arson attack on beauty salon
The failed firebombing on a business run by Sabrine Maghnie, the daughter of a slain underworld figure, came just hours before a jury convicted two men of attempting to murder her brother.
- Angus Delaney and Cameron Houston
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- Organised crime
‘We’re after your souls’: Identity of nightlife attackers revealed in menacing message
An Iraq-based crime gang has issued a chilling warning to several nightclub owners who are victims of a three-month campaign of violence: ‘We’re after you, your family, your businesses, homes and souls.’
- Cameron Houston, Chris Vedelago and Carla Jaeger
Albion co-owner shot at in home invasion as Melbourne bar wars escalate
The nightlife figure was targeted in his Pakenham home and two Melbourne venues were attacked overnight.
- Cameron Houston, Ashleigh McMillan and Chris Vedelago
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- AFL 2026
The Demons sacked their CEO after seven months in the job. Now a legal battle looms
While the Demons have been tight-lipped, their outgoing CEO Paul Guerra says he was “puzzled” by the decision to axe him and has engaged lawyers.
- Sam McClure, Michael Gleeson, Cameron Houston and Scott Spits
Hit list of Melbourne venues at centre of firebombing wave
A specialist police taskforce has been established to clamp down on a recent spate of firebombings terrorising Melbourne’s nightlife industry, mirroring the force’s response to the illicit tobacco war.
- Carla Jaeger and Cameron Houston