Police are searching for missing six-year-old boy Parfa.

Non-verbal six-year-old boy missing near dense forest

Six-year-old Parfa was last seen at a playground in Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges about 4pm on Good Friday.

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Photo from a witness at the scene of last night’s police shooting in Footscray.

Vigil for man shot dead by police after witness questions why Taser,pepper spray weren’t used

Thursday night’s shooting in Footscray has dismayed residents and community leaders,who say the area desperately needs more support services for people living on the edge.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola,Cassandra Morgan andAlexander Darling
One of the remaining koalas at Kennett River.

Shooting bushfire-affected koalas the only appropriate option,department says

Use of helicopters to euthanise injured and starving koalas in Victoria’s Budj Bim National Park has concerned a wildlife welfare group,but the government says there was little choice.

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Daniel Johns posted a video on social media claiming responsibility for the ambush.

‘It wasn’t hard’:Man who confronted PM in hotel lobby walked straight in

A man who claims he ambushed Anthony Albanese has said he walked straight into a Melbourne hotel lobby,despite increased security measures amid rising threats against politicians.

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Campaign security concern as Albanese ambushed by alt-right media at Melbourne hotel

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been ambushed in the lobby of his Melbourne hotel in confrontations captured and shared on far-right social media pages.

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Mohammed Akbar Keshtiar was gunned down outside his apartment building in South Yarra.

Second man charged over alleged murder of notorious bikie ‘Afghan Ali’

A 25-year-old Hampton Park man is the second person to be charged over the brazen shooting death of underworld figure Mohammed Akbar Keshtiar,known as “Afghan Ali”.

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A sketch of the ring the man was wearing at the time,from the police case file.

Could one clue solve the mystery of a man’s body found in a country river 53 years ago?

A unique wedding ring could be the key to revealing the identity of a mystery man found dead in a river in country Victoria in 1971.

  • Alexander Darling andCassandra Morgan
Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel walked from custody for the first time in almost 20 years on Friday.

A curfew and a smartphone ban:The bail conditions that will control Tony Mokbel’s life

Tony Mokbel will have his first full day of freedom in almost 20 years this weekend. But 31 bail conditions will control what he does.

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Detectives arrest a man in connection with the shooting death of bikie ‘Afghan Ali’.

Man appears in court over alleged murder of notorious bikie

Mohammed Akbar Keshtiar was gunned down outside his apartment building in South Yarra almost two years ago.

  • Melissa Cunningham andCassandra Morgan
Matt Mountain said he misses his mother,Rachael Dixon,every day.

‘Be careful’:Family’s warning before mother died after drinking magic mushroom tea

The partner and son of 53-year-old Rachael Dixon have spoken out,a year after she died after drinking mushroom tea at a health retreat.

  • Alexis Daish andCassandra Morgan