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Coroners plead for a drug testing trial

Coroners plead for a drug testing trial

Two Victorian coroners have called for a drug testing trial in the state as users unknowingly consume dangerous synthetic substances.

Worker's family relieved after killer driver jailed

Worker's family relieved after killer driver jailed

Worker's family relieved after killer driver jailed

Worker's family relieved after killer driver jailed

Jason Ruscoe has been sentenced after he struck and killed 44-year-old father Timmy Rakei at a Melbourne road works site.

Suspected mafia figure shot dead outside suburban home

Suspected mafia figure shot dead outside suburban home

Suspected mafia figure shot dead outside suburban home

Suspected mafia figure shot dead outside suburban home

Detectives are investigating after a man reported to be fruit and vegetable wholesaler John Latorre was shot dead outside his home in Melbourne.

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Identity of man accused of killing missing mum revealed

Identity of man accused of killing missing mum revealed

A suppression order on the identity of 22-year-old Patrick Orren Stephenson, who is accused of murdering Samantha Murphy, has been lifted.

Anger at justice system as truckie boss avoids jail

Anger at justice system as truckie boss avoids jail

The families of four police officers killed on Melbourne's Eastern Freeway are angry and dismayed after a trucking boss implicated in the tragedy avoided jail.

Investigators race to identify two dead in unit fire

Investigators race to identify two dead in unit fire

Two bodies have been recovered from a unit destroyed by fire in regional NSW, with further examination paused while investigators assess the structure's safety.

Walker inquest delayed as racist award saga continues

Walker inquest delayed as racist award saga continues

Former constable Zachary Rolfe has gone to court with certificates purporting to be from the recipients of a racist Northern Territory Police award.

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Victoria pushes national summer drowning toll to 99

Victoria pushes national summer drowning toll to 99

Victoria pushes national summer drowning toll to 99

Victoria pushes national summer drowning toll to 99

A spike in summer drownings in Victoria has pushed the national toll higher but surf lifesavers suggest it could have been much worse.

Family's anguish after killer given 36-year jail term

Family's anguish after killer given 36-year jail term

Family's anguish after killer given 36-year jail term

Family's anguish after killer given 36-year jail term

The family of Celeste Manno have broken down outside the Victorian Supreme Court after her killer was not given a sentence of life in jail.

Killer cop denies lying at murder trial of teenager

Killer cop denies lying at murder trial of teenager

Killer cop denies lying at murder trial of teenager

Killer cop denies lying at murder trial of teenager

A policeman who was acquitted of murder after he shot and killed an Indigenous teen during an arrest has denied lying at his criminal trial.

Doctor appeals finding implicating him in wife's death

Doctor appeals finding implicating him in wife's death

Doctor appeals finding implicating him in wife's death

Doctor appeals finding implicating him in wife's death

A sleep doctor has launched an appeal against a coronial finding, which referred him to Victorian prosecutors for criminal charges over his wife's 2015 death.

Man charged with murder after alleged fatal stabbing

Man charged with murder after alleged fatal stabbing

Man charged with murder after alleged fatal stabbing

Man charged with murder after alleged fatal stabbing

A 27-year-old man will face court charged with murder over the stabbing death of a man known to him in his home in Adelaide's north.

NT Police launch racism probe after shock Rolfe claims

NT Police launch racism probe after shock Rolfe claims

NT Police launch racism probe after shock Rolfe claims

NT Police launch racism probe after shock Rolfe claims

Former NT constable Zachary Rolfe has told an inquest into the death of an Indigenous man that racism is endemic in the force, sparking a police investigation.

Evidence of police racism in Walker inquest 'traumatic'

Evidence of police racism in Walker inquest 'traumatic'

Evidence of police racism in Walker inquest 'traumatic'

Evidence of police racism in Walker inquest 'traumatic'

Claims of ingrained racism in Northern Territory Police have deepened the suffering for the family of Kumanjayi Walker, fatally shot by a former constable.

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Rolfe pushed child, dragged him from bin during arrest

Former Constable Zachary Rolfe, who shot and killed teenager Kumanjayi Walker in 2019, has given evidence about the arrest of a child a year earlier.

Aboriginal death in custody inquest to look at parole

Victoria’s parole laws will be probed by a coroner examining the death of an Aboriginal woman who was found unconscious by her sister in prison.

Arsonist hunt after two die in 'targeted' shop fire

A panel shop fire that spread to a neighbouring factory and killed two people in Melbourne is believed to be a targeted attack.

Driver's wife last to be told about death in derailment

NSW Trains and the Australian Rail Track Corporation have pleaded guilty to safety breaches in a Melbourne court after a train derailed and killed two workers.

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Fatal Walker shooting 'within Zach Rolfe's training'

The former officer in charge of Zachary Rolfe's tactical unit said the constable was acting within his training when he fatally shot Kumanjayi Walker in 2019.

Man dies after crashing electric unicycle on trail

A Melbourne man has died after he was ejected from his electric unicycle while riding on a track.

Navalny widow blames Putin, EU closer to sanctions

The death-in-custody of Russian President Vladimir Putin's political rival Alexei Navalny steeled the EU to hold him to account by introducing new sanctions.

Navalny's widow vows to continue fight for free Russia

Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, says she will continue the work of her husband and fight for a free Russia.

Company fined $1.3m for contractor forklift crush death

A company has been fined $1.3 million and its owner has avoided time behind bars in Victoria's first workplace manslaughter conviction.

Navalny's team confirms his death, searching for body

The cause of death of the Putin critic and opposition leader has not yet been established.

The world reacts to Alexei Navalny's reported death

The Russian opposition leader and Putin critic reportedly died in jail after years of imprisonment, drawing global criticism towards the Kremlin.

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