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Two people have been charged over the stabbing death of an up-and-coming model after an alleged altercation on a bus in Wyndham Vale on Wednesday.

Last year, former deputy commissioner Ross Guenther outlined to John Silvester his ideas for the justice system. “The state government took it as an attack,” writes Silvester, “and did everything it could to try to end the career of a good man”.

The death of a year 12 Melbourne Grammar student rower this week has raised questions about the intensity of training demands at some prestigious private schools.

Sunbathers, swimmers and skylarkers have warmly endorsed the $54 million St Kilda Pier redevelopment, but with the influx of visitors, there are calls for lifeguard patrols.

Police have been called in by a prestigious Victorian school to investigate claims a punishment ring of senior boarding students with a “perverse sense of justice” has repeatedly assaulted younger boarders.

Police have been called in by a prestigious Victorian school to investigate claims a punishment ring of senior boarding students with a “perverse sense of justice” has repeatedly assaulted younger boarders.

It is clear the industry has lost the public’s trust. Now governments must take swift, decisive action to fix the mess.

Readers discuss Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton’s public responses to Donald Trump’s unpredictable pronouncements.

The heart of the town of Guildford will beat again when the century-old store reopens this weekend.

The heart of the town of Guildford will beat again when the century-old store reopens this weekend.

The state’s hospitals say they need hundreds of millions to realise the new health service networks, but the timing could be tricky.

Police said an unknown number of fake nudes of female students, generated by artificial intelligence, were released on the internet. 

Before and after footage reveals flaws in $3.5 million repairs to Hawthorn stormwater tunnel.

Competition between childcare centres and parents’ appetite for “holistic advancement” for their children is driving offerings upmarket at daycare facilities.

Locals say the plan would split their inner-west community in two. Now, pressure is growing after local federal and state MPs spoke out.

Police said an unknown number of altered photos of female students were released on the internet. 

Police said an unknown number of altered photos of female students were released on the internet. 

Short of words and desperate for a donut, a mother country scribe has decided to attack this columnist for his piece on Kerr.

The state government is conducting an apparent purge of the top ranks of Victoria Police, and it’s exposing the advice the government has long ignored.