Overland,police gave unreliable,dishonest evidence,judge finds in scathing Lawyer X ruling
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Overland,police gave unreliable,dishonest evidence,judge finds in scathing Lawyer X ruling

A judge’s finding that former chief commissioner Simon Overland and other police were deliberately dishonest about their dealings with Nicola Gobbo is a boost to Tony Mokbel’s bid to have his convictions quashed.

  • byCameron Houston,Marta Pascual Juanola,Sherryn Groch andErin Pearson

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Scientists know where the big earthquakes will hit. They just don’t know when
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Earthquakes

Scientists know where the big earthquakes will hit. They just don’t know when

A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure quakes,and are we doing enough to prepare?

  • bySherryn Groch
This fraudster was a VIP at Crown and Star. Now the casinos face a $70 million lawsuit
Crime

This fraudster was a VIP at Crown and Star. Now the casinos face a $70 million lawsuit

When one of Australia’s biggest Ponzi schemes collapsed,the money trail led to the casinos. Now Crown and Star could face a courtroom showdown with dudded investors.

  • byCarla Jaeger andSherryn Groch
As it happened:Dutton unveils Coalition’s nuclear costings;Qantas engineers begin 24-hour strike
National News Live

As it happened:Dutton unveils Coalition’s nuclear costings;Qantas engineers begin 24-hour strike

Read the national news blog for rolling coverage of today’s top stories.

  • byJosefine Ganko andSherryn Groch
Bushfires still bearing down on western towns as cool change nears
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Extreme weather

Bushfires still bearing down on western towns as cool change nears

Towns in Victoria’s south-west face a nervous wait overnight as some bushfires continue to burn out of control,even as a coming cool change is expected to bring wild winds and heavy rainfall.

  • bySherryn Groch,Gemma Grant andBianca Hall
Victoria bushfires LIVE:Emergency,watch-and-act warnings issued across west
Bushfires

Victoria bushfires LIVE:Emergency,watch-and-act warnings issued across west

After hot and windy conditions across the state,bushfires have broken out in multiple locations across Victoria’s west,south-west and north-west,threatening small communities.

  • byBianca Hall andSherryn Groch
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Woman stabbed to death in front of kids in Melbourne’s east;man arrested
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Crime

Woman stabbed to death in front of kids in Melbourne’s east;man arrested

Three teenage witnesses were at the Bayswater home at the time of the stabbing,with one receiving a minor injury.

  • bySherryn Groch
Colonel Anthony Pratt? How the cardboard box king earned his stripes
CBD

Colonel Anthony Pratt? How the cardboard box king earned his stripes

On Monday,Anthony Pratt announced he’d become a permanent US resident. But it was another title that caught CBD’s eye.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andSherryn Groch
Easey Street suspect unmasked as link to victims emerges
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Naked City

Easey Street suspect unmasked as link to victims emerges

Perry Kouroumblis,now 65,is suspected of killing two women in the 1977 Easey Street murders – and one of Melbourne’s oldest schools links him to the victims.

  • byJohn Silvester,Sherryn Groch,Ashleigh McMillan andHannah Kennelly
Police expand barricades,search protesters on subdued day two of anti-war demonstration
Protests

Police expand barricades,search protesters on subdued day two of anti-war demonstration

Police used metal detectors to scan protesters outside the weapons expo in Melbourne on Thursday,but the turn-out was much smaller than the previous day,when violence erupted between officers and activists.

  • byLachlan Abbott,Rachael Dexter,Alex Crowe,Cassandra Morgan andSherryn Groch
Guns,sandwiches and a 60-tonne tank:Inside the Land Forces expo
Protests

Guns,sandwiches and a 60-tonne tank:Inside the Land Forces expo

The Land Forces arms expo features weaponry that can kill en masse,alongside armour to protect military dogs. And more lanyards than you can poke a howitzer at.

  • bySherryn Groch