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| UpdatedSecurity guards that patrol Melbourne's train stations and depots claim they are being underpaid for risky and dangerous work.
Topics: work, industrial-relations, rail-transport, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Victoria's residential care system is failing the young people it is set up to care for, a former workers says.
Topics: carers, youth, community-and-society, health, child-abuse, child-health-and-behaviour, vic, geelong-3220
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| UpdatedThe Victorian Government rejected a report it commissioned which recommended the introduction of compulsory mental health and drug treatment for vulnerable children in the strife-torn child protection and youth justice systems.
Topics: youth, drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, drug-use, health, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, vic, melbourne-3000
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Documents obtained by the ABC show the Australian Tax Office is chasing more than $3.5 million in unpaid tax from companies controlled by a Melbourne-based "pre-insolvency adviser", Philip Whiteman.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, corruption, tax, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedA Melbourne man linked to a multi-million dollar tax avoidance scheme remains in business, despite the fact federal authorities continue to circle him.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, corruption, tax, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe mobile phone company is placed into voluntary administration with the immediate loss of 69 jobs after the company's owners admit failure in their attempts to turn the struggling business around.
Topics: industry, retail, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedOne of the two former LJ Hooker real estate agents charged over the disappearance of more than $2 million of customers' money could face more than 100 fresh charges, a Melbourne court hears.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedReal estate giant LJ Hooker says it is pleased two of its former agents will face court for allegedly misappropriating more than $2 million of customers' money.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, australia, melbourne-3000, vic
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"Unrelenting" attacks on the credibility of the Human Rights Commission and lack of a federal corruption watchdog are among the reasons Australia failed to improve its global corruption ranking, according to Transparency International.
Topics: corruption, law-crime-and-justice, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedNeil Prakash, who was dubbed Australia's most wanted terrorist and believed killed in a US air strike in May, is alive and has been arrested in Turkey, officials confirm.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, australia, iraq
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| UpdatedA major fuel shortage at Melbourne Airport could cause flight delays and force some international flights to divert and re-fuel as early as this afternoon.
Topics: air-transport, business-economics-and-finance, industry, melbourne-3000, australia, vic, tullamarine-3043
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A woman who fraudulently claimed more than $3 million in childcare benefits through her family day care centre is found guilty in the NSW District Court.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, corruption, child-care, albury-2640, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedA scheme which allegedly signed homeless people up as the directors of failing companies is under scrutiny by the ATO and AFP, with Philip Whiteman (pictured) accused of leaving former clients stuck in a web of debt.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, consumer-finance, law-crime-and-justice, fraud-and-corporate-crime, australia, vic, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedA former Serco guard at a Melbourne immigration centre faces court over multiple charges of sexual assault against an Iranian detainee and fellow guards.
Topics: community-and-society, immigration, law-crime-and-justice, crime, sexual-offences, melbourne-3000
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Victoria's Children's Court magistrate Jennifer Bowles urges the State Government to give the court powers to force children into treatment for drug and alcohol addiction and mental illness.
Topics: courts-and-trials, drug-use, health, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe mother of a 16-year-old girl who died of a drug overdose while in state care is calling for radical reform of the secretive out of home care system.
Topics: family-and-children, carers, community-and-society, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, nsw
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| UpdatedA 16-year-old-girl who died of a drug overdose while in Victorian state care had previously been infected with hepatitis C by a recently released prisoner, an inquest hears.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, assault, crime, vic, australia, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government orders a special taskforce to investigate a rogue tyre recycling operation — run by colourful figure Tony Di Carlo — that is stockpiling nearly a million old tyres in the Brisbane suburbs.
Topics: environment, parliament, state-parliament, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, rocklea-4106, qld, australia, kingston-4114, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedColourful former building industry identity Tony Di Carlo is accused of presiding over a disaster waiting to happen as his company builds up huge stockpiles of used tyres, with warnings any fire at the sites could blanket Brisbane in toxic smoke.
Topics: environment, law-crime-and-justice, rocklea-4106, qld, australia, kingston-4114, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedVision of a NSW greyhound trainer allegedly using a cattle prod on a dog is referred to police by the industry regulator.
Topics: animal-welfare, sport, government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, law-crime-and-justice, newcastle-2300, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedA Sydney man who was refused a passport on national security grounds last year is formally denied bail over terrorism charges.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, courts-and-trials, sydney-2000, australia
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| UpdatedA journalist who spent nine months trapped in an Iraqi refugee camp is charged with being a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, sydney-2000, australia
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| UpdatedIt was not until an old friend and casual punter spoke candidly about live baiting being used to train his greyhounds that Four Corners producer Sam Clark realised the full extent of animal cruelty within the industry.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, state-parliament, community-and-society, animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, animals, human-interest, nsw, australia
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Specialist sex crimes police will build relationships with children in state care in Victoria who are at risk of sexual exploitation by paedophiles in an effort to disrupt the abuse early.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, police, child-abuse, community-and-society, dandenong-3175, vic, australia, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedA video showing a truck pass just centimetres from a cyclist has led to calls for Victoria to introduce safe passing laws to protect cyclists on the road.
Topics: road, disasters-and-accidents, dromana-3936, australia, vic