Frontline police have complained they now have fewer options when alleged domestic violence offenders breach bail conditions.
Brendan Sokaluk,a former Country Fire Authority volunteer,was freed on Tuesday after serving 15 years for deliberately lighting a blaze in the Latrobe Valley.
Two people killed in a light plane crash at Mount Beauty Airport in Victoria’s northeast had intended to distribute the ashes of a loved one over the picturesque High Country.
The rapidly ageing driver population means there is a renewed push for mandatory licence checks. Crash victims such as Hugh Roberts say it’s a life-saving initiative,not ageist.
Protesters have taken to the CBD’s streets in a rally demanding an end to the killing of women.
In just one day last week,former detective Steve Wilson and his team removed four spy pens,one Apple AirTag tracker and virtual access by an abusive man to a woman’s kitchen.
Now 19,he has been removed from a police watch list after severing ties with a notorious postcode gang.
The man was found in a vehicle with a gunshot wound about 12.30am Saturday.
Locals love the Bayside bubble,but police say locals leaving homes unlocked is allowing young offenders to get inside and steal car keys.
Three women killed themselves as the perpetrators of violence against them were due to be released from custody. Police and crisis services want their deaths to be classified as family violence deaths and are urging the coroner to examine their cases.
All too often perpetrators are cast in the shadows in responses to family violence. A particular cohort of men are high-harm,high-risk,serial offenders. They must be priority targets.