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Too many First Nations deaths in custody: independents

Too many First Nations deaths in custody: independents

Crossbench senators and MPs are demanding the federal government implement the recommendations of the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

Second jury can't reach verdict in bathtub murder trial

Second jury can't reach verdict in bathtub murder trial

Second jury can't reach verdict in bathtub murder trial

Second jury can't reach verdict in bathtub murder trial

A second jury has been discharged, unable to reach a verdict on whether a Melbourne man murdered his girlfriend and left her body for months in a bathtub.

Man falls to his death from hot-air balloon

Man falls to his death from hot-air balloon

Man falls to his death from hot-air balloon

Man falls to his death from hot-air balloon

A man is dead after he fell from a hot-air balloon travelling over homes in suburban Melbourne, but police say it is not suspicious.

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Church leaders plead for 'urgent' CBD injecting room

Church leaders plead for 'urgent' CBD injecting room

As a key report remains hidden, religious leaders have written to Victoria's premier to emphasise the urgent need for a drug injecting room in Melbourne's CBD.

One dead, two in hospital after Victorian beach tragedy

One dead, two in hospital after Victorian beach tragedy

Victoria's horror run of coastal drownings continues, with a man dying after being pulled from the water unconscious while two others are taken to hospital.

Doctor suspended, clinic boss claims 'witch hunt'

Doctor suspended, clinic boss claims 'witch hunt'

The boss of a women's health clinic claims there's been a "witch hunt" after a doctor was suspended in the weeks following a mother's death.

Miner critical, tributes to worker killed in collapse

Miner critical, tributes to worker killed in collapse

A 21-year-old miner continues to fight for his life after a rockfall that killed his colleague, as safety authorities probe the tragedy.

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Getaway driver jailed, refusing to name killer gunman

Getaway driver jailed, refusing to name killer gunman

Getaway driver jailed, refusing to name killer gunman

Getaway driver jailed, refusing to name killer gunman

The driver of a fatal drive-by shooting, Nikola Latuhoi, has been sentenced in the Victorian Supreme Court after pleading guilty to manslaughter.

Police appeal for public's help in mafia shooting probe

Police appeal for public's help in mafia shooting probe

Police appeal for public's help in mafia shooting probe

Police appeal for public's help in mafia shooting probe

Police are asking the public for any video footage that may help them identify leads in the fatal shooting of a suspected Melbourne mafia figure.

Coroners plead for a drug testing trial

Coroners plead for a drug testing trial

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.

Identity of man accused of killing missing mum revealed

Identity of man accused of killing missing mum revealed

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

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.

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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

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

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

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.

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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

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

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

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'

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

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.

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