‘Your typical Aussie cricket boy’:Why Oscar Jenkins went to fight in Ukraine

‘Your typical Aussie cricket boy’:Why Oscar Jenkins went to fight in Ukraine

On the cricket field,Oscar Jenkins was a formidable all-rounder. The former Melbourne Grammar student’s teammates were shocked to learn he had been captured by Russians on a Ukrainian battlefield.

  • bySherryn Groch andAshleigh McMillan

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Boy,15,charged with murder over stabbing;victim named in Campbellfield shooting

Boy,15,charged with murder over stabbing;victim named in Campbellfield shooting

An 18-year-old man died near Melton on Friday night after a wild brawl involving about 40 youths. Meanwhile,police have named the man killed in a shooting in Campbellfield.

  • byAshleigh McMillan
Halls Gap evacuated as authorities warn Grampians fire will burn for weeks
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Halls Gap evacuated as authorities warn Grampians fire will burn for weeks

An emergency warning to evacuate immediately was also issued for a small town in the Macedon Ranges on Saturday,but was later downgraded.

  • byLachlan Abbott andAshleigh McMillan
Smoke clears over Melbourne as regional fires threaten homes
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Bushfires

Smoke clears over Melbourne as regional fires threaten homes

A blaze in the Grampians – which first threatened the hamlet of Mirranatwa on Wednesday – flared up again on Friday.

  • byLachlan Abbott andAshleigh McMillan
Laws on masks,places of worship being considered to stop protesters spreading hate

Laws on masks,places of worship being considered to stop protesters spreading hate

Police could be given greater powers at protests under changes to laws being considered by the Victorian government.

  • byAshleigh McMillan
Victoria set to swelter through extreme fire danger day

Victoria set to swelter through extreme fire danger day

Temperatures are forecast to soar over 40 degrees across much of Victoria on Monday. The CFA has warned people in bushfire-risk areas to be prepared to leave early.

  • byAshleigh McMillan andRoy Ward
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Faith and conviction:Tributes flow for late Liberal minister Kevin Andrews
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Faith and conviction:Tributes flow for late Liberal minister Kevin Andrews

The former defence and immigration minister and longest continuously serving member of federal parliament has died at 69 after a year-long cancer battle.

  • byAshleigh McMillan
‘Back bigger and better’:Hundreds rally near firebombed synagogue,vowing to rebuild
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‘Back bigger and better’:Hundreds rally near firebombed synagogue,vowing to rebuild

Heartbroken members of Melbourne’s Adass Israel community have promised to restore the “jewel in the crown” of their community by rebuilding their synagogue.

  • byAshleigh McMillan,Carla Jaeger andMichael Bachelard
Mystery over rusty bullet found outside burnt-out synagogue

Mystery over rusty bullet found outside burnt-out synagogue

Police are investigating a rusty bullet that was found directly outside the scene of Friday’s arson attack.

  • byAshleigh McMillan andBrittany Busch
Netanyahu claims Melbourne synagogue attack linked to Labor’s ‘anti-Israel sentiment’

Netanyahu claims Melbourne synagogue attack linked to Labor’s ‘anti-Israel sentiment’

The Israeli leader cited Canberra’s decision to vote for a UN resolution demanding the end of Israel’s “unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”.

  • byRob Harris,Ashleigh McMillan andBrittany Busch
Why South Korea’s president declared martial law

Why South Korea’s president declared martial law

South Korea’s president has declared martial law,the first time this has happened since the country became a democracy in 1987. Here’s why.

  • byAshleigh McMillan