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The boxer and ex-bikie has survived shootings, bashings and firebombings. There’s a $1 million bounty on his head. We find out why criminals and police say he’s made enemies everywhere.

The boxer and ex-bikie has survived shootings, bashings and firebombings. There’s a $1 million bounty on his head. We find out why criminals and police say he’s made enemies everywhere.

Under a controversial council election change, non-resident ratepayers had to opt in by early August to be able to vote. Many missed the cut, or didn’t know about it.

Readers respond to Peter Dutton’s tactics of division and “meaningless, distracting antics”.

Detectives work on facts but every now and again, you need a bit of luck to get the break.

Accused drug importer Emmanuel Kappos was arrested at Melbourne Airport bound for North Cyprus after a federal police crackdown on the encrypted Ghost app.

A man was stabbed and slashed while on his hands and knees at the popular nightclub suffering a punctured lung and broken hand.

A man was stabbed and slashed while on his hands and knees at the popular nightclub suffering a punctured lung and broken hand.

One of Italy’s leading international lawyers says the accused double murderer’s consent to be extradited to Australia for a 47-year-old cold case is “absurd”.

Transport Infrastructure Minister Danny Pearson announced the state had reached a deal with the project’s builders to cover ballooning construction costs.

A golf driving range, hotel and cinemas are at the heart of a proposed $475 million development at Melbourne Airport aimed at drawing in thousands of tourists.

Overall crime in Victoria increased by nearly 10 per cent in the past year, with the latest data showing children are increasingly involved in robberies, car thefts and assaults. 

Accused double murderer Perry Kouroumblis says he wants to return to Australia, despite maintaining his innocence and refusing to answer questions from authorities.

One of Italy’s leading international lawyers says the accused double murderer’s consent to be extradited to Australia for a 47-year-old cold case is “absurd”.

Firefighters were hailed heroes in 1981 after bringing out, alive, a boy from an under water drain in the city square.

In 2002, Lee Gordon-Brown held down and disarmed a gunman who had killed two students and injured five others.