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Police family violence notices could be 'enduring'

Victoria's police commissioner has flagged changing family violence safety notices as a way to further clamp down on domestic abusers, the police minister says.

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Arrests and search for group over pride confrontation

Police want to identify four people as part of the probe into a confrontation between police and protesters at a pride march, after two people were arrested.

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Dozens of police facing criminal charges

Close to 80 members of Victoria's police force have been charged with criminal or traffic offences, with sexual assault among the most common crimes.

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Man charged over death of 49-year-old woman

A man has been charged after a 49-year-old woman's body was found at a property in Victoria.

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Police caught getting trigger-happy with pepper spray

A review of Victoria Police's use of pepper spray found officers were prolific in their use despite many instances where it was not warranted.

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One dead, another in hospital after boat capsizes

A man has died and another is in hospital after their boat capsized in eastern Victoria.

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Vic premier quashes push for NSW-style protest permits

Victoria Police already has powers to swoop on unruly protesters after calls for a permit system following another violent clash, the premier says.

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Issues raised over how law enforcement access data

The Commonwealth Ombudsman is concerned over how Australian law enforcement access telecommunications data, with one police force singled out.

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Retail theft jumps 39% in Victoria driven by cost-of-living crisis, say police

Chief commissioner says force will continue focus on youth offending as crime statistics show 29% increase on previous year

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Motorcycle 'key' to cracking mafia figure's murder

Victoria Police want the public's help to find a motorcycle they say is key to their investigation into John Latorre's murder.

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Samantha Murphy: police conclude fresh bushland search for body of missing Ballarat woman

No body was found during a search near Buninyong where alleged murder victim’s mobile phone was last detected

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'Yachts and strippers': laws to curb unexplained wealth

New Victorian laws will target criminals living the high life, forcing them to repay any wealth they cannot prove was legally obtained.

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‘Family connections’: mafia, the fruit and veg trade, and a fatal shooting in suburban Melbourne

Calabrian-Australian families like that of John Latorre, who was killed this week, are synonymous with the fresh produce sector – but some have connections to the ’Ndrangheta too

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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.

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Parents push for fresh inquest into one-punch death

The family of Shannon McCormack want another coroner to investigate his death, close to 17 years after he was coward-punched outside a Melbourne nightclub.

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Police investigate reports patrons performed Nazi salute in Melbourne cinema

Cinema Nova spokesperson says group of four men and one woman were ‘vocalising hate speech to create a scene inside the auditorium’

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'Terrible dilemma' led officer to shoot woman dead

A police officer shot dead a woman in her mid-20s in Melbourne's northeast after she was found stabbing her mother.

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Festival's inclusive focus after race and police unrest

Racial exclusion lingers over the Moomba Festival but organisers and authorities are keen to make this year's event more inclusive.

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Man charged after arson at Melbourne tobacco shop

A man has been charged with arson, drug and firearm offences after a tobacco shop was set alight in Melbourne's southwest.

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Illegal firearms in the gun as Victoria cracks down

Victorians are being urged in a new campaign to say something before it's too late if they know of illegal firearms in their community.

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Peter Dutton’s pre-Dunkley detainee scare blew up, but cost of living is the real electoral dynamite

The opposition leader’s line of attack in question time came unstuck, but it was an irresponsible ploy all the same

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Police deny racial profiling over identity bungle

Racial profiling did not contribute to the arrest of a former immigration detainee wrongly charged with sexual assault, Victoria Police say.

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Ex-detainee's sex charges dropped after identity bungle

A man released from an immigration detention centre was wrongly charged with sexual assault in a case of mistaken identity, Victoria Police have revealed.

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Police stub out 10 million illegal smokes in $15m bust

Six men have been charged over the alleged importation of more than $15 million of illicit tobacco, which authorities hope will disrupt crime feuds in Victoria.

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Deaths 'struck a chord' as police conclude site search

Flowers adorn a house where two men were allegedly slain by a police officer, with investigators searching a rural property where their bodies were found.

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