Three children fighting for life may have been home alone when fire erupted

Three children fighting for life may have been home alone when fire erupted

Arson squad detectives are investigating whether a toddler and two other children were home alone when explosions and a huge fire engulfed a house in Melbourne’s north-west.

  • byCassandra Morgan andMelissa Cunningham

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A deafening blast,then a searing fire as horror unfolds on quiet street

A deafening blast,then a searing fire as horror unfolds on quiet street

The explosion sounded like a bomb going off in the dead of night. As their walls shook from the blast,neighbours called emergency services and ran out of their homes.

  • byMelissa Cunningham andCassandra Morgan
Police finalise probe into CFMEU,clear Setka over Big Build site visits

Police finalise probe into CFMEU,clear Setka over Big Build site visits

Victoria Police says it has looked into 20 allegations of criminal activity within the CFMEU,with one investigation under way,a man charged and another assessment ongoing.

  • byKieran Rooney,Rachel Eddie andNick McKenzie
Police cadet humiliated in stitch-up
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Police cadet humiliated in stitch-up

Initial reports suggest a cover-up.

Union movement splinters as Setka faces police probe over site visits

Union movement splinters as Setka faces police probe over site visits

A large union has vowed to quit the ACTU as the CFMEU crisis exposes rifts over the treatment of the embattled union.

  • byKieran Rooney,Olivia Ireland andRachel Eddie
Police deny duty of care to protect Nicola Gobbo,in bid to avoid paying compensation
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Police deny duty of care to protect Nicola Gobbo,in bid to avoid paying compensation

Victoria Police is claiming it’s not responsible for failing to protect Gobbo’s identity because she may have committed crimes while acting as a barrister-turned-informer.

  • byChris Vedelago andCameron Houston
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Coroner urges missing persons overhaul after probe into deaths of young trans women

Coroner urges missing persons overhaul after probe into deaths of young trans women

The police search for Bridget Flack – whose body was found in park by members of the LGBTQ community – was plagued by deficiencies,including a failure to appreciate her risk of suicide and delayed efforts to triangulate her phone.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
Asylum seeker dies in Melbourne a day after self-immolation
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Asylum seeker dies in Melbourne a day after self-immolation

Mano Yogalingam had been part of a protest demanding permanent residency for more than 8000 people who arrived in Australia by boat more than a decade ago.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andHenrietta Cook
Emergency slide deployed after Jetstar passenger forced open emergency exit door
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Emergency slide deployed after Jetstar passenger forced open emergency exit door

The Jetstar flight had just landed at Melbourne Airport when the passenger wrenched open the emergency exit door.

  • byHannah Kennelly
Religious extremism still main security concern,warns Victoria’s top cop

Religious extremism still main security concern,warns Victoria’s top cop

Chief Commissioner Shane Patton said the rise of right-wing extremism was a significant concern,but religious radicalism remains the greatest public security threat.

  • byChris Vedelago
Tobacco war kingpin’s firebombings target underworld rival,hospitalise kids
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Tobacco war kingpin’s firebombings target underworld rival,hospitalise kids

A home linked to Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim,a marked underworld figure and professional boxer,was targeted again in one of five suspicious fires across Melbourne overnight.

  • byChris Vedelago andLachlan Abbott