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Two brothers. An irreconcilable rift. One coffee empire. For the first time, the brothers behind Brunetti reveal the inside story of the split that changed Lygon Street forever.

Crime seems to be woven into the very fabric of this city, though most passers-by wouldn’t know about the secrets bubbling under the surface. But John Silvester does.

Readers continue to censure the prime minister over his comments on the ISIS brides and their children.

Victorians are entitled to expect of Jacinta Allan and her government a higher standard of accountability than they are receiving right now.

The federal health minister has requested scrutiny of clinical governance at the Epworth hospital after allegations that one of its surgeons performed unnecessary surgeries to treat endometriosis.

Police say a Mornington Peninsula couple ran a huge drug trafficking operation out of their rented Mount Martha home.

Premier Jacinta Allan is rattled. You can see it in her eyes, hear it in her voice, and smell it in her strategy as she blusters and bullies and bumbles her way through the Big Build scandal.

As details of his teenage son’s final moments were read out in the Victorian Coroner’s Court, Harry Tsindos hunched over in his chair, put his head in his hands and wept.

The boy was just 14 when he bludgeoned and stabbed a woman to death in her bed with a plan to steal her car and create a child army. He could soon be eligible for day release into the community.

Long before Erin Patterson used poisoned mushrooms to kill three family members with deadly beef Wellingtons, Lorraine Moss was lacing her husband’s food with arsenic.

The multimillion-dollar project has received a backlash from locals, but was green-lit by the state government on Thursday.