Melbourne’s ‘prince of pizza’ making dough in Norway after debts and drive-by shootings
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Melbourne’s ‘prince of pizza’ making dough in Norway after debts and drive-by shootings

Woodstock pizza chain founder Tony Cannata abruptly left Melbourne after his business collapsed,owing $8 million,but he’s continued to earn a crust at an exclusive ski resort overseas.

  • byCameron Houston andChris Vedelago

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Man charged over attacks on Fawkner home of alleged underworld figure,as new footage emerges

Man charged over attacks on Fawkner home of alleged underworld figure,as new footage emerges

Federal police and Border Force officers arrested the 20-year-old man at Melbourne Airport just before 8pm on Saturday.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Airbnb asked John to host a guest in trouble. It ended up costing him thousands

Airbnb asked John to host a guest in trouble. It ended up costing him thousands

The long-time host was suspicious. He’d already rejected the woman as she did not have a long accommodation history – but he trusted Airbnb,so he said yes.

  • byStephen Brook
When the head of a crime family found trackers on his car,he knew the game was up

When the head of a crime family found trackers on his car,he knew the game was up

A deal has been struck in Melbourne’s long-running tobacco war after rival gangs engaged in a relentless firebombing and extortion campaign across the city.

  • byChris Vedelago andMarta Pascual Juanola
Mick Murphy spends hours every day searching for his wife,Samantha
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Mick Murphy spends hours every day searching for his wife,Samantha

About 1000 people gathered in Ballarat on Friday evening to protest over violence against women after the deaths of three women this year – all allegedly killed by men.

  • byGillian Lantouris andWendy Tuohy
Second man charged over execution-style killing of Gavin ‘Capable’ Preston

Second man charged over execution-style killing of Gavin ‘Capable’ Preston

Rabii Abram Zahabe was arrested on unrelated matters in Sydney,prompting Victoria Police homicide squad detectives to head north to charge him over Preston’s murder at a suburban cafe.

  • byCassandra Morgan
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Serial thief stole $500K from family business to pay for ‘frivolous extravaganzas’

Serial thief stole $500K from family business to pay for ‘frivolous extravaganzas’

Over four years,bookkeeper Robyn Lunney used the bank account of her employer to fund her lavish lifestyle.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Who was Hannah McGuire? An emerging teacher and talented netballer with a ‘heart of gold’

Who was Hannah McGuire? An emerging teacher and talented netballer with a ‘heart of gold’

At 23,her life was only just starting to bloom. Now,she’s allegedly the 18th woman to be violently killed in Australia this year – and the third in Ballarat alone.

  • byLachlan Abbott,Marta Pascual Juanola andAlex Crowe
Ex-boyfriend of Hannah McGuire appears in court charged with her murder

Ex-boyfriend of Hannah McGuire appears in court charged with her murder

Lachlan Young,21,has faced McGuire’s devastated family in court after her body was found in a burnt-out car in bushland near Ballarat on Friday.

  • byLachlan Abbott andMarta Pascual Juanola
Police investigate ‘terrifying’ attempted abduction of 11-year-old girl

Police investigate ‘terrifying’ attempted abduction of 11-year-old girl

The girl was walking home from school in Doncaster East when an unknown man in a grey Audi ordered her to get in his car.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan
We have no trouble catching youth offenders – but can’t find the key to stop them
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We have no trouble catching youth offenders – but can’t find the key to stop them

Taking away the social media “likes” would be a good starting point to negating youth crime.

  • byJohn Silvester