The security breach occurred during Thursday night’s clash between the Pies and the Blues.

‘This was always bound to happen’:How security failed to find guns at the MCG

The company behind the AI-powered weapons detection system at the MCG reached a legal settlement with US regulators in 2024 after they alleged the company made false claims.

  • Liam Mannix,Sherryn Groch andJon Pierik

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Self-described ‘amateur Sherlock Holmes’ Colin Robertson,presented his theory at a press conference called by now Opposition Leader Brad Battin in 2023.

Cyclist at centre of ‘Bike Boy’ campaign has no control over funds raised for his fight

As the state Liberal leader broke his silence on the Bike Boy campaign,more details have emerged about how funds – and potential court winnings – for the cyclist are being held.

  • Sherryn Groch
A group of people is pushing the narrative that there’s more to the Daniel Andrews bike crash than is publicly said.

The Liberal heavyweights and pandemic agitators driving the ‘Bike Boy’ campaign haunting Daniel Andrews

The Age unveils key players paying the bills and driving the legal campaign that has consistently embroiled the former premier.

  • Sherryn Groch

Soccer fans charged over Nazi salutes after picture circulates online

Seven men have been charged with performing a Nazi gesture in public after an image emerged online showing a group of soccer fans allegedly performing the outlawed salute at a Geelong venue.

  • Sherryn Groch
Jeff Pope serves The Age democracy sausages at AEC hq in Melbourne.

This cop found himself at the centre of the Lawyer X scandal. Now he’s running the next election

Jeff Pope might have fronted the media plenty of times for Victoria Police but he’s never really talked about himself – or his run ins with Nicola Gobbo. Until now.

  • Sherryn Groch
In one case,jurors secretly consulted a Ouija board to ask the victims directly who had killed them.

The juror who asked a Ouija board for answers and other impanelled shenanigans

Everyone has a right to be judged by a jury of their peers,but sometimes the peers also get up to no good.

  • Sherryn Groch
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As it happened:Government steps in to save Rex Airlines;PM,Jewish leaders condemn health workers’ antisemitic video

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

  • Josefine Ganko andSherryn Groch
The Little Desert bushfire threatened Dimboola on Monday,January 28,2025. Gif taken from Facebook video posted by Jamie Chandler.

A lucky wind saved this town,but dangerous fire still burns

A beloved nature lodge and two farmhouses have been destroyed in a fast-moving fire in the Wimmera,while firefighters prepare for another weeks-long fight in the Grampians.

  • Sherryn Groch andCassandra Morgan
A Thomastown home and Port Melbourne business linked to Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim were targeted in overnight firebombings.

Who was Sam ‘The Punisher’ Abdulrahim and why was he a marked man?

After years on the run as the Melbourne underworld’s most hunted man,Abdulrahim has been shot dead. Who was he,and why did he have a target on his head?

  • Sherryn Groch andChris Vedelago
Donald Trump wants to end DEI in federal government.

Trump presidency LIVE updates:Trump speaks in first TV interview;Elon Musk questions Trump’s first tech announcement;Pentagon sends troops to US-Mexico border

Trump’s first week in office is barrelling on and his close adviser,billionaire Elon Musk,has already broken with the White House to question Trump’s first big tech announcement.

  • Sherryn Groch