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Ex-AFL player jailed for defrauding families over swimming pools
Many of the regional victims were retirees or close to retirement, who were trying to install pools for their children or grandchildren.
- William Ton
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Daughter of ‘ISIS bride’ in school, enjoying freedoms of Australia
Zeinab Ahmad wants to be released on bail to reunite with her seven-year-old, who lived with her in a tent in Syria until their return to Australia last month.
- Erin Pearson
Newborn cries, quiet groans: The Triple Zero call as influencer lay dying after ‘free birth’
In the months before her son, Axel, was born, Stacey Warnecke expressed a deep fear of birth trauma and was adamant she wanted to have her baby on her own terms.
- Melissa Cunningham
Mum of Gavin Preston killer used AI to ask the court for leniency
The mother of Jaedon Tito said her son had taken up colouring in to “clear his mind” in prison after he and another man were convicted of killing the underworld figure.
- Erin Pearson
Behind the glamour of a Mount Buller ski trip: How an allegedly spiked vodka led a socialite to court
A night out at Mount Buller that started with dancing ended with a call for paramedics. Now, a socialite faces court after allegedly being caught on CCTV spiking her friend’s drink.
- Erin Pearson
Clean mental health checks for gun owners should follow Bondi, suicide: coroner
As the Allan government prepares to strengthen the state’s firearms laws, a Victorian coroner wants gun owners to provide medical evidence proving their fitness to hold a licence.
- Annika Smethurst
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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
‘Hate those bastards’: ISIS bride’s uncle unleashes on ‘evil’ terror group
Abraham Abbas has offered his home and financial support for charged ISIS bride Zeinab Ahmad if she is released on bail, saying the terror organisation goes against everything he stands for.
- Erin Pearson
ISIS bride acted like ‘deputy’ to abusive father after family bought teen slave, police claim
A slave captured by Islamic State was sold to a Melbourne family living in Syria for sex and housework, a court has been told.
- Erin Pearson
The Christmas Day text that got former CFMEU boss John Setka charged
Police have accused Setka of telling people to sleep with their mothers, get liposuction and stop sucking up to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
- Erin Pearson