Cash-strapped Coroner's Court in funding plea
Dan Oakes The Victorian Coroners Court is being starved of funding by the state government and has had to slash services, including counselling for bereaved relatives, as a result.
Police nab bikies in dramatic arrest
Dan Oakes Police arrest Bandidos sergeant-at-arms Toby Mitchell in a dramatic interception on a South Melbourne street on Wednesday afternoon.
It all comes out in the wash on Facebook
Dan Oakes Caught on camera in the dead of night, with an item of washing draped over his head, the man managed to look both menacing and ridiculous.
Back from Rome, priest on child-sex charges
Dan Oakes A Catholic priest has been charged with child-sex offences stretching back almost 40 years after police negotiated the man's return from Rome with the Catholic Church.
People smugglers denied leave to appeal sentences
Dan Oakes Two convicted people smugglers have had leave to appeal their sentences denied in Victoria's highest court.
Paul Dale not guilty on all counts
Adam Carey and Dan Oakes Former Victorian detective Paul Dale has been found not guilty of lying about his relationship with slain underworld figure Carl Williams.
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How grandma stood up to 'Skitzo' over a shih-tzu
John Silvester and Dan Oakes A minor dispute over a runaway dog has resulted in the arrest of the Hells Angels serjeant at arms, the alleged assault of a grandmother and a major drug bust.
Ex-police union boss sues Nixon
Dan Oakes Paul Mullett is suing former police chief commissioner Christine Nixon and other senior police alleging lost income and mental anguish after he forced from Victoria Police.
Retrial over gang rape of young mum
Dan Oakes Two men who stood trial over the gang rape of a young Bendigo mother will be retried after a jury was unable to reach a verdict.
What Bayley did in Jill's final hours
Dan Oakes The chilling CCTV footage of Adrian Ernest Bayley's movements in the hours before and after he raped and allegedly murdered Jill Meagher are a small glimpse of a painstaking and careful police...
Six nabbed as police crack down on outlaw gangs
Jared Lynch and Dan Oakes Six people have been arrested in connection with Victoria Police's crackdown on outlaw motorcycle gangs.
Police braced for bloody bikie war
Nino Bucci, Dan Oakes and John Silvester Guns for hire are flooding into Victoria as a bloody feud between bikie gangs threatens to erupt.
Delay in DNA testing of criminals
Dan Oakes Police will have to conduct thousands of DNA tests a year under a state government plan.
Gun club members 'faked reports'
Dan Oakes A western suburbs handgun club was allowed to keep operating despite some of its members falsifying records and letting unlicensed people shoot at the club.
'I still cry every day': father appeals for information on son's killer
Nino Bucci and Dan Oakes The father of killer-punch victim Shannon McCormack calls for a shift in the attitudes of young men.
Camera clue to killer punch
Dan Oakes Police believe CCTV footage might hold the key to catching the killer of a man felled by a single punch outside a city nightclub more than five years ago.
A truck driver's negligence caused an inferno that took three lives
Dan Oakes At a depot in Melbourne's industrial western suburbs, David Kalwig moved around his 1986 Louisville prime mover, checking the tyres and air brakes.
US fugitive Chichakli will apply for bail
Mark Russell, Dan Oakes Man with links to the world's most infamous arms dealer who was arrested in Melbourne after applying to be a protective services officer will apply for bail next month.
Conman leaves trail of misery through suburbs
Dan Oakes In one of Melbourne's outer northern suburbs, a young couple are packing up their belongings and preparing to move house.
False ID claims emerge in arms-link PSO case
Dan Oakes A fugitive associate of the world's most infamous arms trafficker arrested in Melbourne this week apparently entered Australia on a false passport.
