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Collingwood young gun Jack Ginnivan has been suspended by the AFL after sensationally confessing to taking illicit drugs after a Magpies training camp last month. Hundreds of prison cells across Victoria are sitting empty because of staff shortages and a backlog in the court system. Former Victoria Police chief commissioner Kel Glare has warned against rushing to raise the age of criminality, sayi...

SOCCER fans will be barred from front-row seats at AAMI Park on Saturday night in hard-line efforts to avoid a repeat of the violent scenes which played out during last year’s chaotic pitch invasion. POLICE will probe whether heavy-handed arrest tactics, including a knee to the back by an officer like the notorious George Floyd incident in the US,  led to the death of a Melbourne bodybuilder. INSU...

More than 1000 cases of dangerously fatigued truck drivers were detected on Victorian roads last year. Garages and living spaces in homes built for Commonwealth Games athlete villages are likely to be used as temporary bedrooms in a bid to squeeze in almost 7000 participants. Banks have been put on ­notice to increase interest rates on savings deposits, as high ­inflation sparks a rise in unemploy...

Households in the City of Yarra are set to be slugged with not one but two new bin taxes on top of their general rates bill. Cash-strapped Victorian parents are making the biggest contribution in the nation to their children’s education, with federal and state governments giving our schools the second-lowest funds. A massive swarm of wasps hospitalised students at a school in Melbourne’s west on W...

In a secret move that will force them to pay thousands of dollars for basics such as medicines and mobility aids, the federal government has cut the benefits of more than 200,000 Australians living on “Home Care” packages. A baby girl who has been fighting for life in Bali was due to be flown to Australia last night for medical treatment, after the public raised nearly $200,000 to pay for a mercy...

CONFIDENTIAL report that called for Victorian foster carers to receive an increase in their allowances has been ­sitting with the government for a year despite calls to act urgently on its findings and support the struggling child protection system. VICTORIA’S richest schools are raking in hundreds of millions of dollars through donations and investment income. EXCLUSIVE Combined energy bills for...

A 29-year-old man has been identified as one of two men found dead at a Wyndham Vale home early on Saturday morning. VICTORIANS are extending their mortgages and spending upwards of $500,000 to turn their draughty old houses into bill-busting, gas-free zones as they rail against surging energy prices. VICTORIAN prisoners have been gifted a payrise. A MELBOURNE grandfather who died in the Turkey-Sy...

CARTELS are increasingly bringing a dangerous synthetic drug into Australia as they try to make it the latest must-have drug on the market. OPPOSITION leader John Pesutto has pledged to choose better candidates and tighten the party’s vetting process in the wake of Matthew Guy’s recent lunch with criminals. FRUSTRATED parents are demanding an urgent upgrade of Mt Eliza Secondary College, citing bl...

FORMER state opposition leader Matthew Guy is facing fresh questions over his judgment after being photographed at a lunch with a group of “heavies” who witnesses claim were discussing bikies, extortion and violence. POLICE seized a record number of illicit firearms in the past financial year, contributing to a significant decline in non-fatal shootings across Victoria. Thousands of Victorians hav...

VICTORIA’S worst killer will be free to walk the streets again within a few months, the Herald Sun can reveal. A CONTROVERSIAL magistrate has been stood down amid an investigation into his handling of a case that left a mum behind bars and her special needs child stranded at court. GLOBAL pressures are being “felt around the kitchen tables”, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said before the widely-tipped int...

Young thieves have stolen more than $10m worth of cars in four months after walking through unlocked doors in Melbourne’s south and east.  The 16-year-old girl who died after being mauled by a shark while swimming in the Swan River in North Fremantle has been identified as Stella Berry. Melbourne's blockbuster play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will cast its last magic spell at the Princess Th...

A Victorian police officer is under internal investigation for taking a side job investigating internal disputes for the Victorian Canine Association.  A $420M prison built to house some of the state’s most challenging youths has sat empty since being built.  New figures suggest property investors in Melbourne’s outer suburbs could nearly double their money, and become millionaires in a decade,.  ...

The Andrews government is set to issue a landmark apology to victims of sex abuse in the state’s government schools.  Australia will finally get a comprehensive national firearms registry more than 30 years after it was first proposed in the wake of the 1987 Hoddle St massacre.  Home prices will plunge more than $100,000 this year with the Reserve Bank preparing to hike interest rates again on Tue...

Anthony Albanese is facing demands to explain why his government has backed a decision to cut King Charles III’s head off Australia’s $5 note.  Underworld kingpin George Marrogi’s multimillion-dollar money laundering empire has been crushed.  Gambling researchers have warned that seemingly harmless games of bingo are being used to push Victorians towards pokies, exposing them to greater risk of fi...

Another woman who dated under siege North Melbourne player Tarryn Thomas has accused him of threatening to beat her, stalking loved ones and perpetrating verbal abuse.  More than 800,000 Australian households will be facing further financial pressure as many shift to more expensive variable rates in 2023. Victoria faces potential gas shortfalls from next year and inadequate winter supplies from 20...

Melbourne CBD is now busier on weekends than weekdays, with new figures showing a whopping increase in spending during this time.  Owners of a floating Docklands nightclub are devastated after a fire ripped through the controversial venue following months of resident outrage.  Massive price hikes to gas bills will hit Victorians harder than any other state as whopping new charges come into effect...

It’s been revealed almost 110,000 Melbourne households are suffering from rental housing stress.  Sports fans who missed out on a ticket to this year’s sold out Australian Formula One Grand Prix will have a second chance when thousands more tickets go on sale next week.  Anthony Albanese has been slammed for spending more time “relaxing and chugging beers” at the Australian Open than he did on the...

A new crowd record’s been set at the Australian Open with more people flocking to the two-week Grand Slam than ever before. More than half of the level crossing removals include sections of sky rail. Tourists flaunt safety rules in the Grampians in deadly photo trend. Major retailers provide relief for parents struggling to afford school uniforms. For updates and breaking news throughout the day t...

Beer drinkers will be hit with the second tax increase in six months from Wednesday, with pints possibly costing up to $15. Victorian public schools will be short almost 1000 teachers and other staff when students return next week. Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia says Novak Djokovic must come clean with fans about where he stands on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Australian Defence Force will...

Social media influencers, dobbed in by the public for misleading followers, are the targets in a new crackdown by the consumer watchdog. Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia has called for Novak Djokovic’s dad to be banned from the Australian Open. A celebrity hairdresser seeking compensation from her high-end salon over a debilitating wrist injury has had her lawsuit thrown out of court. Victorian p...

Parents of one of Melbourne’s biggest junior football competitions are set to be sidelined at breaks this year to curb bad behaviour. Accused High Country killer Greg Lynn will stand trial for the murder of campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay. Households facing a further two interest rate rises could be forced to cough up an extra $190 a month. Melbourne’s Greek community has urged Victorians to c...

A groundbreaking Melbourne study has confirmed for the first time that IVF children are the same as their naturally-conceived peers. A move to relax bail laws has won bipartisan support. Dylan Alcott “proud” as outgoing Australian of the Year. Cancer patients often felt isolated and distressed in hospitals during Victoria’s Covid-19 lockdowns. The Love Machine nightclub’s future will be decided by...

The Victorian Government is considering bail reform that could relax laws toughened in the wake of the Bourke St tragedy. A record number of suspended, disqualified and unlicensed drivers are being caught flouting the law on Victorian roads. Food prices at Coles and Woolworths jumped by over 9 per cent in the final quarter of 2022. Demand for Australia’s iconic Akubra felt hats has gone through th...

Some of Victoria’s most serious accused criminals are using a legal loophole to keep their cases secret. Five Australians have been left stunned after they were invited to chat with Prince William on a video call about their experiences in recent floods. Exhausted healthcare workers face the “busiest, crowded” emergency rooms of their careers as some experts warn the healthcare crisis will continu...

MORE than $100m of train, tram and bus commuters’ money is sitting in state coffers, earning interest for the state government. INTERNATIONAL agents investigating corruption in tennis are monitoring several “persons of interest” at the Australian Open after an alarming surge in match fixing and doping cases that have rocked the sport. OUR youth have never been more health conscious, with an astoni...