Acting Police Chief Commissioner Rick Nugent will not seek the permanent job.

‘My time is precious to me’:Victoria Police acting chief commissioner won’t apply for top job

It means Victoria will have had at least three different chief police commissioners in 2025,with applications for the permanent role closing this Friday.

  • Alexander Darling,Rachel Eddie andKieran Rooney

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Acting Police Chief Commissioner Rick Nugent will not seek the permanent job.

Position vacant:A crushing police chief job with 18-hour days,a crime crisis and not enough police

The front-runner for the new chief commissioner role is a late scratching after he drew up a list of pros and cons for the job then walked out the door.

  • John Silvester
Adrian Portelli escaped a hooning conviction in court earlier this month.

Video reveals moment billionaire Adrian Portelli was grilled for ‘circle work’

Body-worn camera footage shows the businessman dubbed “Lambo Guy” being questioned by police after losing control of a luxury sports car on a roundabout in Melbourne’s west.

  • Brittany Busch andErin Pearson
Victim Czarina Gatbonton Tumaliuan,who went by the name Toots,ran popular store Bellizzima Online Shop.

Czarina watched her children arrive at school. Minutes after the bell rang,she was found dead

Jessie James Tumaliuan allegedly stabbed his estranged partner to death at her Werribee home opposite a primary school.

  • Erin Pearson andMelissa Cunningham
CCTV footage of attempted extortion of tobacco shop.

Tobacco war at ‘turning point’ thanks to informers,say police

Victoria Police says the public,as well as members of a tobacco crime syndicate,are starting to co-operate with officers.

  • Chris Vedelago
Slater and Gordon has engaged external advisors as part of an investigation into who sent the incendiary email with pay information to current and former staff.

Slater&Gordon reports ex-employee to Victoria Police over email scandal

The law firm has called in Victoria Police to investigate a former employee it believes may have sent a “series of identical malicious emails” to more than 900 current and former staff.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Businessman and pro-Palestinian activist Hash Tayeh,of the Burgertory chain,at a protest in Melbourne.

Insults and arson:How one man’s chants could define free speech

A fight over a restaurant owner’s “insulting” chant in the streets could go all the way to the High Court.

  • Michael Bachelard
CCTV shows a gunman shooting a tradie on Denys Street at Fawkner on October 3,2024.

Lured,shot:Attack on tradie linked to Sam ‘The Punisher’ Abdulrahim caught on camera

Police are appealing for the public’s help to find a gunman who shot a tradie in broad daylight after the victim was lured with the offer of work.

  • Cassandra Morgan
Repeat youth offenders are helping drive a rise in Victorian crime rates.

Repeat youth offenders drive crime rise

The latest Crime Statistics Agency data shows crimes committed by children aged 10 to 17 rose to their highest levels last year since electronic records began in 1993.

  • Brittany Busch andKieran Rooney
Former Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Neil Paterson.

‘Completely untrue’:Premier denies conspiracy to dump police chiefs

Dumped Victoria Police deputy commissioner Neil Paterson has accused Premier Jacinta Allan and Police Minister Anthony Carbines of corruption over his ousting.

  • Brittany Busch,Rachel Eddie andJohn Silvester