Carla Jaeger
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Why ice-cream shops are a firebombing target in renewed fight for gang territory
A gutted shopfront on Williamstown’s Nelson Place, a closed police station and the smell of burnt plastic are the latest signs of Melbourne’s tobacco war.
- Carla Jaeger and Chris Vedelago
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Shocking new charges in case of accused childcare paedophile Joshua Brown
Joshua Brown’s lawyer had been fighting in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court this week to stop the release of the full 156 charges now facing the accused paedophile.
- Sherryn Groch, Erin Pearson and Carla Jaeger
Dozens of Victoria Police employees caught drink-driving over nearly a decade
Victoria Police recorded seven drink-driving detections among its workforce last financial year, matching its five-year average.
- Carla Jaeger
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- Crime
Two men charged after imam allegedly assaulted, threatened in Islamophobic attack
A Melbourne Islamic leader and his wife were allegedly driven off the road and racially abused, which has prompted calls for greater action on Islamophobia.
- Isabel McMillan and Carla Jaeger
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- Melbourne childcare crisis
Childcare watchdog had one inspector for every 66 Victorian services
The troubling picture of children left at risk shows the slim resourcing of the state regulator at a time when reports of sex offences had tripled in five years.
- Sherryn Groch and Carla Jaeger
Catholic order fails to disclose sexual misconduct of key witness
Comments made by a Court of Appeal judge indicate a fresh trial was likely because of serious disclosure breaches by Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
- Cameron Houston and Carla Jaeger
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- Bondi shooting
Hero who wrestled gun from terrorist says he’d do it again despite being ‘riddled with bullets’
Despite Ahmed al Ahmed being in a lot of pain, according to his migration lawyer, he felt as if disarming the gunman at Bondi was an act for the community.
- Kayla Olaya, Mostafa Rachwani, Emily Kowal, Carla Jaeger, Josefine Ganko and Nick Newling
‘Like chasing a ghost’: Family had fled house where toddler’s body found, owing thousands in rent
The family who lived in the house in Melbourne’s outer north-west for several months in 2013-2014 left the property extensively damaged, the owner says.
- Melissa Cunningham and Carla Jaeger
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- Melbourne childcare crisis
Accused childcare paedophile charged with abusing more kids at more centres
Joshua Brown is now accused of abusing children from his very first job in childcare, as the police case against the 27-year-old widens to four centres.
- Sherryn Groch, Carla Jaeger and Cassandra Morgan
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- Emily Kaine and Carla Jaeger