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Burglaries spike as teens seek 'social media likes'

The number of aggravated burglaries in Victoria has more than doubled in a decade as police say they are concerned about a rise in youth crime.

AAP

Samantha Murphy: tech detector dogs deployed in continuing search for body of allegedly murdered Ballarat woman

Victoria’s police commissioner said the dogs would be deployed at Buninyong as they had not yet found missing woman’s phone or watch

The Guardian - AU

‘Devastated’: the Samantha Murphy case weighs heavy on a small Australian community

Despite a murder charge being laid, the search for the Ballarat woman’s body continues

The Guardian - AU

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Community vigil, mum's alleged killer named

Locals have honoured Samantha Murphy at a community vigil in Ballarat, hours after the identity of her alleged 22-year-old killer was revealed.

AAP

Missing Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy’s disappearance ‘suspicious’ and ‘unusual’, police say

Commissioner says there are ‘some suspicions’ in case of 51-year-old, but doesn’t know whether foul play was involved

The Guardian - AU

Missing Ballarat mum's disappearance deemed suspicious

The time since Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy disappeared and a lack of leads is suspicious, police say as investigators continue sifting through information.

AAP

Police played role in pride march clash, organisers say

Victoria Police boss Shane Patton has denied officers escalated a clash with protesters at a Melbourne pride march despite organisers slamming both sides.

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Beyond Australia’s failed referendum: Truth, treaty and voice in Victoria

Indigenous people are addressing the challenges of colonisation and holding government to account.

Al Jazeera

Daylesford pub crash victims mourned by their friends and communities

Among five people killed in accident in Victoria were Pratibha Sharma, her daughter Anvi and her partner Jatin Chugh

The Guardian - AU

Five killed in Australia after car ploughs into pub’s outdoor dining area

Several children among casualties of crash that occurred just after 6pm on Sunday

The Independent UK

Daylesford pub crash: Victorian community reels over deaths of two children and three adults

Police say a nine-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy, along with two of their parents, are among the five killed

The Guardian - AU

Australia: Children among five dead, six injured after car crashes into pub beer garden

The horror crash saw a luxury BMW SUV mount the kerb and crash into a crowded roadside beer garden in Daylesford

Evening Standard

Car crashes into pub's outdoor dining area in Australia, killing 5 and injuring 6

A car has crashed into an Australian pub’s outdoor dining area, killing five people and injuring six others including the driver

The Independent UK

Five killed in Australia after car ploughs into pub beer garden

Police say they are investigating whether the 66-year-old suffered a medical episode behind the wheel.

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The Guardian - AU

Daylesford pub crash: five killed and two families devastated after car ploughs into beer garden in Victoria

Police say the driver involved in the accident at the Royal Daylesford hotel on Vincent Street was breath tested and no alcohol was detected

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne crash: Daniel Andrews says no additional safety measures possible for CBD mall

Police insist city is ‘tremendously safe’ following Friday night crash at same Bourke Street mall where six people were killed in 2017

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More Chilling Details Have Emerged After A Car Crash In Melb’s CBD Left 1 Dead & 5 Injured

More details have emerged after a man was killed and five others were left injured after a car crash in Melbourne's CBD.

The Conversation

Police shouldn't be able to investigate themselves. Victoria needs an independent police accountability body

This week, a new report revealed First Nations people, as well as people of African or Middle Eastern appearance, were disproportionately targeted by police in issuing COVID-19 fines.

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Police re-open investigation into school's role in helping Malka Leifer flee Australia

Victoria Police confirm the Sexual Crimes Squad has resumed an investigation into possible offences linked to the Adass Israel School in Melbourne's inner south-east.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Labor criticised for lack of ambition on gas tax; freezing weather; and how to actually save money

Government’s gas tax only ‘tinkering around the edges’, David Pocock says; Victoria police apologise for systemic racism within force

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Victorian chief commissioner apologises for treatment of Indigenous people by police at Yoorrook inquiry

Victoria's police chief Shane Patton apologises for actions that have traumatised Indigenous people at the state's truth-telling inquiry. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains images and names of people who have died.

The Guardian - AU

Victoria’s police chief apologises for systemic racism and discrimination against Indigenous Australians

Shane Patton acknowledges at Yoorrook commission the police uniform is a symbol of fear for some First Nations people

The New Daily

Top cop apologises for police force’s racist actions

Victoria's top cop has formally apologised for the state police force's racist treatment of Aboriginal families over generations. Chief Commissioner Shane

ABC News

Victorian police chief issues bail direction in wake of Veronica Nelson inquest findings

Chief Commissioner Shane Patton has told senior officers to make sure they are not unnecessarily denying bail to marginalised people, as the force accepts all of the recommendations from the coronial inquest into Veronica Nelson's 2020 death in custody.

The Guardian - AU

Victoria police chief warns officers they’re not above the law after rise in disciplinary incidents

Shane Patton reveals 17 officers were dismissed in 2022, and says it is the ‘type of offending’ that is concerning

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