Celebrity crooks existed long before Carl Williams. The method’s different,but the aim is the same
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Celebrity crooks existed long before Carl Williams. The method’s different,but the aim is the same

Gangsters,massive protests,drug busts and police corruption have been around as long as The Age. Here’s a look back at Melbourne’s underbelly decades before the Underbelly war.

  • byJohn Silvester

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Tales of the sting:The traps cops set to nab their targets
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Tales of the sting:The traps cops set to nab their targets

From bugging the collar of a crim’s little pooch to dressing up as shrubbery,there have been some ingenious and outlandish sting operations.

  • byJohn Silvester
Three-year-old child fighting for life after crash at ‘dangerous intersection’

Three-year-old child fighting for life after crash at ‘dangerous intersection’

Emergency crews were called to a major arterial in Endeavour Hills after reports a child had been hit by a car.

  • byGemma Grant
Lower speed limits coming,but ‘unsafe’ mobile cameras in the gun

Lower speed limits coming,but ‘unsafe’ mobile cameras in the gun

Victoria’s Road Safety Camera Commissioner has urged a review of 22 mobile camera spots that attracted a barrage of complaints from motorists,as he told drivers to expect lower speed limits over the next few years.

  • byKieran Rooney
Police sergeant suspended over alleged Nazi salute at academy
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Police sergeant suspended over alleged Nazi salute at academy

A 65-year-old Victorian police sergeant who was suspended over allegations she performed a Nazi salute on two occasions while on duty has been identified.

  • byGemma Grant,Melissa Cunningham andCameron Houston
Dandenong dog mauling victim was attacked just days earlier,says neighbour
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Dandenong dog mauling victim was attacked just days earlier,says neighbour

Jordan Garrett was spotted by neighbours running away from the Ross Street property screaming after being attacked by one of the dogs earlier this week.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola andGemma Grant
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Woman fighting for life after dog attack in Melbourne’s south-east

Woman fighting for life after dog attack in Melbourne’s south-east

Police have shot dead three dogs after they mauled a woman in a Dandenong backyard.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Melbourne pro-Palestine protest as it happened:Four arrested during protest as war in Middle East intensifies

Melbourne pro-Palestine protest as it happened:Four arrested during protest as war in Middle East intensifies

Thousands attended a pro-Palestine protest and march in Melbourne today,with police arresting four people for public order offences.

  • byCaroline Schelle
FBI alert reveals Melbourne teenager’s plot to shoot school,derail train and poison water supply,court hears
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FBI alert reveals Melbourne teenager’s plot to shoot school,derail train and poison water supply,court hears

The 19-year-old had bought ammunition,explosive chemicals and parts to make guns,a court has been told.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Man’s body found in car park of popular Melbourne shopping centre
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Man’s body found in car park of popular Melbourne shopping centre

A crime scene was set up at a Westfield Southland Shopping Centre on Thursday morning after the discovery of a man’s body.

  • byHanna Mills Turbet
Victoria Police get extra resources for anniversary protests as Allan rejects calls for new laws

Victoria Police get extra resources for anniversary protests as Allan rejects calls for new laws

Victoria Police do not have the same options as NSW Police,who have applied to court to stop a pro-Palestine demonstration planned for the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attacks.

  • byCameron Houston,Broede Carmody,Kieran Rooney andHannah Kennelly