‘The Punisher’ targeted in second hit attempt after trying to muscle in on illicit tobacco trade
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‘The Punisher’ targeted in second hit attempt after trying to muscle in on illicit tobacco trade

The former bikie and professional boxer has played a key role in the revival of the Brothers 4 Life gang to try to gain a slice of the lucrative market.

  • byChris Vedelago,Marta Pascual Juanola,Nick McKenzie andAlex Crowe

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School bus driver had medical episode before crash,police believe
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School bus driver had medical episode before crash,police believe

Students are devastated after much-loved driver Gary McDonald died in the crash on the way home from school.

  • byRobyn Grace,Bridie Smith andAlex Crowe
Teeth and a charred watch:The police search for missing campers’ remains

Teeth and a charred watch:The police search for missing campers’ remains

At the base of a fallen tree off a remote alpine track,forensic experts spent three days meticulously looking for answers to the disappearance of Russell Hill and Carol Clay.

  • byErin Pearson
Inside Melbourne’s ‘graffiti war’ and the crew that took police 20 years to crack
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Inside Melbourne’s ‘graffiti war’ and the crew that took police 20 years to crack

To some,it’s art. To others,a blight on the city. Decades after “Stan”,“Meow”,“Renks”,“Karl” and “Bonez” tagged trains and landmarks around Melbourne,the law has caught up with one of the 70K crew’s chiefs.

  • byDavid Estcourt
Alleged sex assault victim found police station closed when she went for help

Alleged sex assault victim found police station closed when she went for help

After allegedly being attacked by a “rideshare driver”,a 20-year-old persuaded him to drop her near a police station. But the station’s front desk hours had been cut back.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan
Peaceful protest or academic disruption? Melbourne University Gaza camp-in goes on

Peaceful protest or academic disruption? Melbourne University Gaza camp-in goes on

Students at the University of Melbourne have vowed to continue their protest over Gaza from inside the campus.

  • byPatrick Hatch andMarta Pascual Juanola
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Co-ordinating chaos:Counter-terror drill nine months in making as crews prepare for worst

Co-ordinating chaos:Counter-terror drill nine months in making as crews prepare for worst

In a large-scale counter-terrorism exercise,Victoria’s emergency services have tested how they would respond to a major attack.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
More warnings but no action against Melbourne Uni’s Gaza sit-in

More warnings but no action against Melbourne Uni’s Gaza sit-in

Frustrated Jewish students and community leaders have called on the University of Melbourne to make good on its promise to end the occupation of a campus building by pro-Palestinian protesters.

  • byChip Le Grand,Patrick Hatch andAlex Crowe
Melbourne Uni signals intention to evict ‘outside agitators’ in protest occupation

Melbourne Uni signals intention to evict ‘outside agitators’ in protest occupation

The University of Melbourne says campus protests against the war in Gaza have been infiltrated by outside agitators,but students reject the claim.

  • byChip Le Grand,Tom Cowie andMelissa Cunningham
World’s oldest Chinese dragon vandalised in attack on Australian museum

World’s oldest Chinese dragon vandalised in attack on Australian museum

Two separate dragons were damaged in the attack. Police have released images of two suspects they are looking for.

  • byKerrie O'Brien andRachel Eddie
The criminal reason we should bring back blue light discos
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The criminal reason we should bring back blue light discos

How to keep the minds of bored teenagers off pinching a Nissan Skyline or accosting strangers at a train station? The answer is clear to me.

  • bySimon Taylor