Crime

Victoria’s new youth crime laws are now in effect. Will they help prevent offences or exacerbate them?

The First Peoples Assembly have called the changes “unacceptable”.

Crime

“Inhumane” treatment of young Victorians will come back to bite the community, experts warn

Children aged 14 years and above face adult sentences.

Crime

Mushroom killer Erin Patterson to spend at least 33 years in jail

Justice Christopher Beale said the jury was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Patterson committed triple murder and attempted murder.

Crime

“Wildlife cruelty is unacceptable”: Man charged over deaths of up to nine wombats in Venus Bay

In Victoria, it is illegal to hunt, take, destroy, injure or interfere with wildlife without authorisation.

Crime

Two men, a blowtorch and an axe: How the Churchill Hotel was set ablaze

One man smashes in a door, and shards of material are sent flying.

Crime

Six charged over alleged theft of 800kg of electrical cabling and plumbing from abandoned Newborough hospital

Five men and one woman are scheduled to face court in July and August.

Crime

Victorian government budget cuts could trigger illegal fishing boom

Environmental groups and peak bodies are concerned the amount of fisheries officers in the state could be cut in half.

Environment

Ravenhall woman charged after allegedly stabbing four people in Bairnsdale on Thursday night

The 24-year-old is due to appear in court today; one man remains in a serious condition.

Crime

Police seek dashcam footage after fatal Morwell collision

The body of a 40-year-old man was found on Princes Freeway overpass on Thursday morning.

Crime

Two intruders kill at least five chickens and leave damaged coop in Leongatha Community Garden

The incident on Friday May 9 is being investigated by Leongatha police.

Community

Gippsland's family violence crisis as Wellington records 1,484 police calls in 2024

Gippsland Shires are amongst the highest in calls to police for domestic and family violence support in Victoria.

Crime

Gippsland joins nationwide vigils for victims of family and domestic violence

In Warragul and across the country people gathered for National Family Violence Remembrance Day

Community

Police investigating deaths on Phillip Island and in Moe

A man with “suspected self-inflicted injuries” is under police guard in hospital.

Crime

Crime

Victoria’s new youth crime laws are now in effect. Will they help prevent offences or exacerbate them?

“Inhumane” treatment of young Victorians will come back to bite the community, experts warn

Mushroom killer Erin Patterson to spend at least 33 years in jail

“Wildlife cruelty is unacceptable”: Man charged over deaths of up to nine wombats in Venus Bay

Two men, a blowtorch and an axe: How the Churchill Hotel was set ablaze

Six charged over alleged theft of 800kg of electrical cabling and plumbing from abandoned Newborough hospital

Victorian government budget cuts could trigger illegal fishing boom

Ravenhall woman charged after allegedly stabbing four people in Bairnsdale on Thursday night

Police seek dashcam footage after fatal Morwell collision

Two intruders kill at least five chickens and leave damaged coop in Leongatha Community Garden

Gippsland's family violence crisis as Wellington records 1,484 police calls in 2024

Gippsland joins nationwide vigils for victims of family and domestic violence

Police investigating deaths on Phillip Island and in Moe

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