Tony Mokbel arrives at a police station in Melbourne this week.

Why gangland figure Tony Mokbel’s drug trafficking conviction could be overturned

A gangland lawyer became a police informer,but the bad guys got what they deserved,right? Yet,this alleged perversion could see Mokbel cleared.

  • Tammy Mills

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Training Anakin as a Jedi breaches child labor laws

May the (appropriate) force be with you:Lessons from Star Wars for wars on Earth

Is the Empire’s use of the Death Star a crime? Is the Jedi training of Anakin Skywalker actually child labor? Researchers apply Earth’s space laws to the galaxy far,far away.

  • Tammy Mills
County Court of Victoria.

‘Toxic’ OPP in turmoil,with solicitor exodus after sex offence unit axed

Solicitors are leaving in ‘absolutely unprecedented numbers’ and several criminal trials have been adjourned because the OPP was unable to find prosecutors.

  • Cameron Houston andTammy Mills
The officer said she had felt “let down” and “deflated” by the force’s initial response to the assault,documents say.

‘They never had the power to be police’:Defence lawyers scramble to identify cases

More than 1000 police were improperly sworn in as officers in an administrative error that has thrown potentially thousands of cases into doubt.

  • Tammy Mills,Erin Pearson andCassandra Morgan
Chief Commissioner Shane Patton and Police Minister Lisa Neville.

Administrative bungle leaves 1000 Victorian police officers wrongly sworn in

More than 1000 Victorian police officers have been carrying guns,issuing charges without proper authorisation in a major graduation bungle that has left the force scrambling to properly swear the members in.

  • Erin Pearson,Cassandra Morgan,Tammy Mills andAdam Cooper
Hundreds marched in Melbourne on Sunday.

‘Dark cloud of war’:Melbourne protesters condemn Russian threat to Ukraine

Hundreds of demonstrators marched in Melbourne on Sunday,waving Ukrainian flags and holding placards with massages including “Stop Putin now” and “No war in Ukraine”.

  • Tammy Mills
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A logo of the 2020 Quill Awards.

Melbourne Press Club board to review decision to rescind Quill over AFL story

The Melbourne Press Club is reconsidering its decision to annul an award given to Age sports reporter Sam McClure over a news story on an Adelaide Crows training camp.

  • Tammy Mills
Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton announced the ADF will be deployed to help in aged care facilities.

As it happened:Scott Morrison apologises to Brittany Higgins in federal Parliament as sitting resumes;religious freedom laws on the agenda

Gender diverse students will still be able to be expelled from church schools under the government’s draft religious freedom laws,it’s the first parliamentary sitting day of the year and the ADF will be called in to assist aged care homes tomorrow.

  • Broede Carmody,Tammy Mills andAngus Thompson
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has revealed he offered his resignation to Scott Morrison.

As it happened:Nation’s international borders to reopen to all double-vaccinated visa holders;Peter Dutton denies sending ‘absolute psycho’ text about Scott Morrison

The former Nationals leader says the party needs to focus on the next election,the government will return to Parliament this week to debate its religious freedom laws and the aged care industry says private sector support is “inadequate”.

  • Broede Carmody andTammy Mills
Melbourne lawyer is fighting Nickita Knight is fighting a decision by the Legal Services Board to refuse to renew his licence.

Lawyer accused of posting solicitor’s number in sex work ad

A family and divorce lawyer fighting sexual harassment allegations says he posted the female solicitor’s number online accidentally during a drug and alcohol-fuelled spree,VCAT has heard.

  • Tammy Mills