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Child sexual abuse investigators. Detective Senior Constable Jason Regan and Detective Senior Constable Emma O'Rourke.
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Crime

Trafficking and production of child abuse content exploded in Victoria under lockdown

Figures from Victoria Police show the number of child abuse images and videos being traded online in Victoria has more than doubled in the last year.

  • by Chris Vedelago
Members of the public in Sydney wearing face masks.
Coronavirus pandemic

'Need to keep our guard up': Spike in virus cases has experts concerned

  • by David Crowe
Victoria University Secondary College school captain Poasa Telepe performs the Haka during a memorial for Solomone Taufeulngaki outside Brimbank Shopping Centre on Friday evening.
Tragedy

Hundreds gather to remember 'brightest of lights' Solomone Taufeulungaki

  • by Rachael Dexter and Simone Fox Koob
Representation matters: Australia India Society of Victoria president Karan Gandhok.
The Faceless Man

'A disaster waiting to happen': Indian community leader says branch stacking damages politics

  • by Bianca Hall
The Hotel Esplanade in St Kilda.
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Crime

Doctor charged with raping former patient at The Espy in St Kilda

  • by Cameron Houston
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Politics

Uber expects to offer commercial flying taxis in Melbourne by 2023.
Uber

Uber Air plan raises alarm on safety, noise, planning risks

Uber Air, the ride-share company’s proposed chopper flight service over Melbourne, will create major issues that governments will need to grapple with, a senior bureaucrat in the federal Department of Transport has said.

  • by Clay Lucas
Premier Daniel Andrews after sacking Adem Somyurek on Monday morning.
The Faceless Man

Power vacuum: Can the Labor Party really clean up its factional mess?

Daniel Andrews is emerging as a massive winner from the fall of Adem Somyurek. But for his party the landscape ahead is much less certain.

  • by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Since an investigation into branch stacking in a Victorian Labor faction, MP Adem Somyurek was sacked and two Labor MPs have resigned.
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Labor in turmoil

Fallout: the Somyurek scandal

Former minister Adem Somyurek was sacked this week after his branch stacking operation was revealed.
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  • by Nick McKenzie
Animal Justice Party MP Andy Meddick.
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State Parliament

Calls for corruption probe into union job for MP's son

  • by Sumeyya Ilanbey, Noel Towell and Nick McKenzie

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Education

St Kevin's acting principal John Crowley will leave the school once a new principal is hired.
Education

St Kevin's acting principal won't put his hand up for full-time role

  • by Anna Prytz
Education

Former St Kevin's counsellor settles bullying claim against school

  • by Adam Carey
Education

No ATAR required: Swinburne dumps ranking system for dozens of degrees

  • by Adam Carey

Health

A national survey found men were under more stress during isolation and some felt aggressively towards people in their homes, but most did not where to find help.
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Domestic violence

More 'conflict, yelling' at home but men don't know how to find help

  • by Wendy Tuohy
Coronavirus pandemic

Disability service quarantined, Mikakos confirms AFL crowd discussions

  • by Michael Fowler
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Victoria Police

'I can't breathe': Danny Richards' family seek answers to custody death

  • by Richard Baker

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