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Grant McArthur

Grant McArthur

Grant McArthur is a senior reporter for The Age.

German shepherds and smaller breeds are being used to detect illicit drugs in psychiatric units.

Hospitals turn to sniffer dogs to combat illicit drugs in wards

The use of sniffer dogs inside closed psychiatric wards has divided mental health experts, as hospitals try to balance the invasion of patient privacy against the risks posed by illicit substances.

  • Grant McArthur and Kieran Rooney

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Mick Gatto returns to his Mount Martha home.

‘Load of crap’: Gatto defiant amid raids on his house and close associate

Gatto’s lawyer said the arrests were unrelated to the construction industry, instead centring on “allegations regarding driving infringements”.

  • Nick McKenzie, Grant McArthur, Chris Vedelago and Alexander Darling
New Zealand teachers are helping fill the gaps in Victorian schools as homegrown teachers flock to jobs interstate.

As Victorian teachers flock interstate, Kiwis are filling the education gap

As state-educated teachers undertake a mass exodus interstate, a flood of New Zealand educators is cushioning the blow.

  • Grant McArthur and Noel Towell
IVF clinics will face greater scrutiny under beefed-up Victorian laws aimed at better protecting fertility patients.

IVF clinics face stricter standards, threat of bans following embryo bungles

Beefed up Victorian laws will increase scrutiny on fertility providers and give greater powers to immediately cancel an IVF clinic’s registration.

  • Grant McArthur
NDIS advocates during a post-budget press conference at Parliament House in Canberra earlier this month.

Children’s disability workers to be axed as NDIS changes loom

The Brotherhood of St Laurence is set to axe up to 45 of its early childhood coordinator roles, currently funded under a contract with the National Disability Insurance Scheme, as it transitions to a greater focus on adult disability services.

  • Grant McArthur
Patients banned by Victorian hospitals are being ejected by security guards, leaving them untreated and out on the street.

Booted from hospital and dumped on the street: Patients on secret blacklist being refused treatment

Public hospitals are using exclusion notices to ban aggressive patients, which paramedics argue puts them and patients at risk.

  • Grant McArthur, Kieran Rooney and Henrietta Cook
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Dezi Freeman was killed after seven months on the run.

The glaring and baffling omission in Dezi Freeman case

The differences in the hearings into the deaths of two slain police and their killer were mostly reassuring and respectful, but one threatens to ignite conspiracy theorists.

  • Grant McArthur
Dezi Freeman (left) and police offivcers Vadim de Waart-Hottart (top right) and Neal Thompson.

Dezi Freeman inquest as it happened: The moment a stand-off between Dezi Freeman and police turned deadly

Details of a police stand-off with Dezi Freeman and the moment he killed two officers at a remote property in Porepunkah have been aired in the Coroners Court.

  • Erin Pearson, Grant McArthur and Adam Cooper
Ambulance Victoria.

The secret list of banned hospital patients that’s endangering paramedics

“Not welcome lists” are leaving unwitting paramedics unloading violent or aggressive patients at hospital emergency departments for care, only to be turned away.

  • Grant McArthur and Kieran Rooney
Gayle Smith at the The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.

Jewish aged care homes hire armed guards as police briefing warns of antisemitism

Holocaust survivors are now being protected by security after a bomb threat, hate mail and threats to kill were directed at three homes managed by Jewish Care Victoria.

  • Annika Smethurst and Grant McArthur