Bruce Harrison,a regular performer at weddings and private school formals,spent two decades amassing child abuse material.
Victoria is due to join Queensland,the UK,US and New Zealand in trialling ankle bracelets on young offenders,but a report says the move could create more harm than good.
Mushrooms imported to Australia have been linked to serious and fatal outbreaks of listeria and salmonella,but are going largely unchecked by federal authorities.
Police are investigating if psychedelic “magic mushrooms” were used in a drink consumed by a woman who later became unwell and died at a wellness event in Clunes.
Police arrested a dozen protesters at a blockade in Port Melbourne and two others for allegedly tampering with traffic lights in Carlton.
Federal police and Border Force officers arrested the 20-year-old man at Melbourne Airport just before 8pm on Saturday.
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.
Over four years,bookkeeper Robyn Lunney used the bank account of her employer to fund her lavish lifestyle.
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.
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.
In this series,The Age profiles Victorian suburbs and towns to reveal how they’ve changed over the decades.