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Cameron Houston

Cameron Houston is a senior crime reporter.

The club was engulfed in flames just after 2am on Thursday.

After a decade of violence, Melbourne’s most notorious nightclub may have met a fiery end

Melbourne nightclub Love Machine, renowned for its history of violence, has been gutted by what police suspect was a deliberately lit fire.

  • Isabel McMillan, Cameron Houston and Marta Pascual Juanola

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Australian fashion designer Lee Mathews.

‘I’m not an accountant, I run a design business’: Fashion maven grilled in court

Renowned Australian designer Lee Mathews has faced an intense examination over denying a London-based creditor more than $2.3 million.

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frozen the sprawling property portfolio of disgraced Australian private security boss Micky Ahuja.

Property millions frozen: Scandal-plagued founder’s press conference backfires

A court has put an interim freeze on more than 30 properties belonging to failed security company boss Micky Ahuja after he said he planned to sell them.

  • Nick McKenzie and Cameron Houston
Simone Semmens outside the Melbourne Magistrates Court in 2015.

Socialite acquitted of $1.7m tax avoidance after a year in jail

Former Channel 7 newsreader turned property developer Simone Semmens has been acquitted of all 10 dishonesty charges for evading $1.73 million in tax, but only after spending 14 months in prison.

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Former Geelong Cats sponsor Sy Giang Nguyen.

Cats sponsor made secret Crown payments for player accommodation

Geelong players received free accommodation at Crown casino from a club sponsor, raising concerns about the scope and rigour of a recent salary-cap investigation by the AFL.

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Antony Catalano at his St Kilda apartment building on Saturday after he faced court on Friday.

ACM chairman Antony Catalano checking into rehab after assault charges

Prominent media owner Antony Catalano has apologised after he was charged with assault and accused of dragging a woman around an apartment by her hair and ankles.

  • Cameron Houston and Ashleigh McMillan
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Dezi Freeman and his wife, Amalia (Mali) Freeman.

Dezi Freeman’s wife won’t be charged with obstructing police manhunt

Police sources say the decision not to charge Amalia Freeman has frustrated many officers involved in the investigation.

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Security industry expert Graham Manson.

‘Crooks, shams and dodginess’: Security sector demands overhaul to keep public safe

Experts have lined up to warn that MA Services Group is far from alone in exploiting gaps in the regulation of a critical service.

  • Nick McKenzie, Cameron Houston and Jessica McSweeney
Three of Mickyy Ahuja’s accusers, two of whom worked for him.

Micky the ‘monster’: The women behind the unravelling of a business high-flyer

It was the bravery of women speaking out that ultimately sealed the fate of a once-celebrated entrepreneur.

  • Nick McKenzie, Cameron Houston and Garry McNab
Nick McKenzie confronts an associate of Micky Ahuja.

‘Let me hook you up’: $100m probe no hurdle for disgraced security high-flyer

As politicians line up to blast Coles over its use of Micky Ahuja’s security company, a sting operation has caught the disgraced company boss thumbing his nose at the Australian authorities.

  • Nick McKenzie, Cameron Houston, Garry McNab and Nick Newling