For the love of family: Big brother 'hired standover man to bribe innocent grandmother'

When Bassem Elsayed's little brother was in trouble with the law, police say he took the matter into his own hands.

Victorian paramedics sacked over drug use

Victorian paramedics have been caught stealing and trafficking drugs with some even taking intravenous bags to treat hangovers among family and friends.

Police say three teens murdered man in 'carjacking gone wrong'

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Police will allege three teenagers murdered Paul Costa in a Brunswick West reserve in a botched carjacking.

Busting myths and misconceptions about sex crimes

Forty years of research reveals some truths about sexual assault as reports reach a six-year high in Australia.

Catering king Peter Rowland sells Toorak home to save business

After Peter Rowland Catering was placed into administration last month its 79-year-old patriarch did a rare thing. He faced the music.

Four former Trinity teachers accused of abuse

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Allegations of historical sexual abuse have emerged against a fourth teacher at Trinity Grammar, raising concerns there was a cluster of predatory employees at the Melbourne private school in the 1970s.

Fifty years after alarm raised, men get $7m for abuse

Ten men abused by a paedophile teacher have been paid more than $7m by the Victorian government.

Roxburgh Park's bloody week sees one dead, two teens shot

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Two teenagers were shot on Friday, the same day as a victim of a deadly shooting was laid to rest.

Man admits to Fountain Gate attack in plea deal

A man who attacked his estranged wife with a 39-centimetre hatchet in a busy shopping centre in Melbourne's south-east has pleaded guilty.

Melbourne crime family associate gunned down

Witnesses of a deadly shooting have described how the occupants of a car drove down a suburban Melbourne street, spraying bullets as a man cowered behind a fence.