Ascot Vale
Priest in court on sex-abuse charges
A Catholic priest charged with sexually abusing four Victorian children more than 30 years ago has appeared briefly in court.
These days, cheap eats must have street cred
Nina Rousseau We are a city obsessed, whether it's a $6 burger from a roadside truck, a banh mi pork roll from a hole-in-the-wall Vietnamese joint with queues down the block, or a cultishly revered $15 New England...
Billion-dollar plan to fix dangerous roads
Adam Carey The state government will spend $1 billion to cut the road toll.
Coroner tells police to reinvestigate death
Michael Green The state coroner has adjourned a hearing into the death of a young man whose body was found in the Maribyrnong River, and requested that police reinvestigate the case on his behalf.
Serving up inequality
Clay Lucas and Sarah Whyte Some restaurants and cafes across Australia are exploiting staff by paying below-award wages and ignoring other legal rights.
Jailed race-hate basher appeals against sentence
Andrea Petrie A Victorian man jailed for what a judge described as a "deplorable", "brutal" and "unprovoked" race-hate bashing, has lodged an appeal against sentence.
Maribyrnong not yet protected by river laws
Marika Dobbin New rules protecting the Yarra River from overdevelopment will not stretch to the Maribyrnong River until about July, giving at least one Ascot Vale apartment project a multimillion-dollar advantage...
Young men jailed for 'deplorable' race-hate bashing
Andrea Petrie Two young Victorian men responsible for what a judge has described as a "deplorable", "brutal" and "unprovoked" race-hate bashing, have been jailed.
Bid to confiscate Judy Moran's profits fails
Andrea Petrie A last-ditch attempt to confiscate the money made by murdering crime matriarch Judy Moran from the sale of her Ascot Vale house has been rejected by the High Court.
'We're skinheads and we don't like Asian people'
Andrea Petrie A pedestrian who was viciously assaulted in Ascot Vale as he walking along a street earlier this year was targeted because he was Asian, a court has heard.
Young man to plead guilty to 'racist' attack
Steve Butcher Twenty-one-year-old will plead guilty to a vicious racially-based attack on a student.
DPP still keen on Moran's money
Andrea Petrie Fight to confiscate money made by crime matriarch from the sale of her house headed to High Court.
Gary Neiwand spared jail for indecent acts
Mark Russell Olympic cyclist Gary Neiwand today received a suspended four-month jail term after pleading guilty to exposing himself to two women in Melbourne last year.
Killer's appeal bid fails
The man who shot dead Melbourne crime family figure Des 'Tuppence' Moran in a paid execution has been refused leave to appeal against his 26-year prison sentence.
Police settle for Tuppence worth of crime-clan debt
John Silvester While it is often said that nothing is certain in life but death and taxes for the Melbourne underworld, there is a growing realisation there is now a third inevitability - crimes confiscation.
Accused armed robber nabbed over store thefts
Craig Butt A 37-year-old Craigieburn man has been charged following two armed robberies in Melbourne's inner suburbs last month.
Crime matriarch's thankyou kiss as DPP cash bid fails
Andrea Petrie An appeal by Victoria's Director of Public Prosecutions to obtain proceeds from the sale of crime matriarch Judy Moran's Ascot Vale home has been thrown out by the Court of Appeal.
Judy Moran gets to keep house cash
Andrea Petrie An appeal by Victoria's Director of Public Prosecutions to obtain proceeds from the sale of crime matriarch Judy Moran's Ascot Vale home has been thrown out by the Court of Appeal.
Hawthorn pilot flew drugs around, court told
Nino Bucci Police will trawl through records of telephone intercepts and listening and tracking devices as part of a case against four men accused of running an interstate amphetamine ring.
Woman strangled after sex: killer jailed
Andrea Petrie A Melbourne man who strangled a woman after they had sex has been jailed for 11 years.
