Victoria Police
Driver dies in crash at community racing event
Police are preparing for a report for the coroner after a driver died while competing in a community motorsport event at Calder Park raceway on Sunday.
- Roy Ward
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Melbourne park evacuated after dynamite find as bomb unit makes controlled detonations
Footage obtained by The Age shows explosives being detonated near bushland in Merri Park just before 1pm. The police operation finished late in the afternoon.
- Marta Pascual Juanola
‘You are meant to be greater’: The bold plan to stop youth crime – at the hospital bedside
Youth workers and mentors will be embedded in two major Melbourne hospitals under a pilot program to divert young offenders away from crime.
- Marta Pascual Juanola
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- Naked City
The ambush that forever changed how Victoria is policed
A routine factory stakeout shattered the illusion that a uniform was bulletproof. Today, first-responding police are expected to be heroes against heavily armed shooters.
- John Silvester
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
‘Hunting women’: Policeman who preyed on domestic violence victims jailed
When professional standards police first called Amanda* to ask her how she knew policeman Andrew Craig Adams, she professed he was the nicest policeman she’d ever met.
- Erin Pearson
The Chapel Street sanctuary providing so much to those with so little
In a warm cafe on Chapel Street, Elene has found sanctuary away from the drugs and chaos. The trouble is, she has to go home.
- Cassandra Morgan
Nightclubs at risk of ‘disappearing forever’ in aftermath of crime wave
There hasn’t been a targeted attack against a Melbourne hospitality venue since mid-May, but workers within the city’s nightclub scene say it’s still struggling to stay afloat.
- Gemma Grant and Isabel McMillan
Melbourne kung fu queen among King’s Birthday Honours heroes
The honours recognise community heroes whether they’re raising money for an ambulance service, teaching women self-defence, bringing killers to justice or organising relief efforts in a bushfire-hit region.
- Carolyn Webb
How Melbourne became car theft capital of the country
Insurance payouts for stolen cars in Victoria last year totalled $243 million – more than the rest of Australia combined.
- Angus Delaney