Four crash victims accepted lift from a stranger before tragedy

Four crash victims accepted lift from a stranger before tragedy

Melbourne Magistrates’ Court has heard that four farmworkers died on a minutes-long car ride to Shepparton when their driver failed to stop at an intersection.

  • byCassandra Morgan

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Posties bloodied,traumatised in rising dog attack figures
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Posties bloodied,traumatised in rising dog attack figures

More than 1170 Australia Post workers have been involved in incidents with dogs so far this financial year.

  • byCassandra Morgan
Greens apologise over campaign mail-out blunder

Greens apologise over campaign mail-out blunder

The Greens have apologised to Beyond Blue and Alfred Health after a senior doctor’s work titles were used on a party campaign mail-out without her permission.

  • byCassandra Morgan andPaul Sakkal
Man arrested after 60-year-old found dead in Melbourne’s west

Man arrested after 60-year-old found dead in Melbourne’s west

Homicide squad detectives were interviewing the man on Wednesday afternoon.

  • byCassandra Morgan
School’s back,rules are tweaked and mask mandate is out for Victorian students

School’s back,rules are tweaked and mask mandate is out for Victorian students

After months of wearing masks,senior primary school students can finally take them off for the start of term 2 on Tuesday morning.

  • byCassandra Morgan
Teenage girl killed in Mornington Peninsula crash
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Teenage girl killed in Mornington Peninsula crash

Police are investigating after a teenage girl was struck and killed by a car while walking on a road at Mornington Peninsula.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola andCassandra Morgan
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Police nab over 300 drink-drivers,clock motorist travelling at 250km/h in Easter blitz

Police nab over 300 drink-drivers,clock motorist travelling at 250km/h in Easter blitz

Victoria Police says it has logged about 8000 offences in the first five days of an Easter road safety blitz,including one motorist clocked doing more than 250km/h on the Calder Freeway at Woodend.

  • byCassandra Morgan
‘Confess’:Greek Orthodox churches targeted in alleged burglaries over Easter

‘Confess’:Greek Orthodox churches targeted in alleged burglaries over Easter

CCTV obtained by Nine News shows a man allegedly stealing a donation bowl from a bench inside the entrance of one church during a service on Saturday.

  • byCassandra Morgan
Tow truck driver had drugs in system at time of fatal collision with cyclist,court hears

Tow truck driver had drugs in system at time of fatal collision with cyclist,court hears

Police allege the 48-year-old man from Meadow Heights tested positive for methamphetamine after the collision.

  • byCassandra Morgan
‘Delays were insane’:Victoria clarifies isolation rules for aircrew,ground staff

‘Delays were insane’:Victoria clarifies isolation rules for aircrew,ground staff

Airport workers who are close contacts of COVID-19 cases do not need to isolate,as delays persist at Melbourne Airport ahead of its busiest Easter in two years.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola andCassandra Morgan
Seventh teenager charged with murder of Declan Cutler

Seventh teenager charged with murder of Declan Cutler

The charge comes 25 days after the 16-year-old’s death after he was allegedly chased from a house party in Coburg North.

  • byErin Pearson andCassandra Morgan