Cats donors accused of $14.5m fraud against NDIS provider have assets frozen
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Cats donors accused of $14.5m fraud against NDIS provider have assets frozen

A former IT manager is accused in court papers of helping orchestrate a huge fraud. Two days after his arrest,he was tossing the coin before an AFL game.

  • byCameron Houston

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Accused dashed back from country getaway to help dispose of teen’s body,police allege

Accused dashed back from country getaway to help dispose of teen’s body,police allege

As Isla Bell was being remembered at a rally against violence,fresh details emerged about the man accused of helping move her body across Melbourne’s suburbs in a fridge.

  • byErin Pearson andBrittany Busch
Anti-war activists allowed to return to city for ‘peaceful’ protests

Anti-war activists allowed to return to city for ‘peaceful’ protests

About 35 people charged over a violent protest in September had their cases heard back-to-back for more than two hours in a packed Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

  • byBrittany Busch andErin Pearson
Pratt siblings sue Alex Waislitz over $1m in trust payments

Pratt siblings sue Alex Waislitz over $1m in trust payments

Melbourne billionaire Heloise Pratt has been joined by her wealthy siblings,Anthony Pratt and Fiona Geminder,in a claim to ensure better oversight of future distributions from a trust shared with her former husband.

  • bySarah Danckert
Murdered,stuffed in a fridge and driven across Melbourne. What police allege happened to Isla Bell

Murdered,stuffed in a fridge and driven across Melbourne. What police allege happened to Isla Bell

Police allege the death of 19-year-old Isla Bell was caught on a sophisticated CCTV system,which then captured her “sugar daddy” trying to dispose of her body.

  • byErin Pearson
Drug squad officer jailed for falsifying DNA evidence in trafficking case

Drug squad officer jailed for falsifying DNA evidence in trafficking case

A detective will spend at least 18 months in jail after falsifying evidence to charge a single mother with drug trafficking.

  • byErin Pearson
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Camper killer Gregory Lynn lodges appeal over his murder conviction

Camper killer Gregory Lynn lodges appeal over his murder conviction

Lawyers for the former pilot have formally applied to the Court of Appeal to clear his name over the murder of camper Carol Clay.

  • byErin Pearson
Metro Tunnel land row:Luxury apartment developer sues state for $20 million
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Metro Tunnel land row:Luxury apartment developer sues state for $20 million

The Devitt Property Group has accused the Victoria government of ignoring its compensation claims in a dispute spanning more than four years.

  • byCarla Jaeger andClay Lucas
Murder accused fronts court after woman stabbed to death in front of children
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Murder accused fronts court after woman stabbed to death in front of children

A man has fronted court after three teenagers witnessed the fatal stabbing of a 51-year-old woman inside her Bayswater home.

  • byCassandra Morgan
Susan visits her daughter’s grave every day. At night,she dreams of her screaming for help

Susan visits her daughter’s grave every day. At night,she dreams of her screaming for help

Maryam Hamka’s devastated mother knows no parent should have to bury a child. Now she wants her killer punished for what he’s done to her family.

  • byErin Pearson
Families watch on as Samantha Murphy’s accused killer opts to fast-track murder trial
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Families watch on as Samantha Murphy’s accused killer opts to fast-track murder trial

Patrick Stephenson will have his trial fast-tracked to the Supreme Court after pleading not guilty to murdering the missing Ballarat mother.

  • byErin Pearson