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Big Build Watch
Policing the regions: how Victoria’s regional commands operate
Victoria Police's regional structure, single-officer stations, response-time challenges, and how country policing differs from metropolitan work.
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Regional Victoria
Country roads, country toll: regional Victoria’s road safety crisis
Why regional Victoria's per-capita road toll is far higher than metropolitan Melbourne, the worst stretches of country highway, and what…
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Community Safety
Scams targeting older Victorians and how to spot them
The most common scams hitting Victorians over 65, why they are targeted, and a practical script for talking to an…
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Public Safety
Sexual offences in Victoria: reporting, support and the affirmative-consent reforms
The 2022 affirmative-consent reforms, SOCITs, support services, VOCAT, and the bystander shift in how Victoria responds to sexual offending.
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Public Safety
Bushfire and emergency response in Victoria: the agencies and how they coordinate
CFA, FRV, Forest Fire Management Vic, Emergency Management Victoria, fire danger ratings and the post-Black Saturday reforms.
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Missing Persons
The long-term missing: Victoria’s most enduring cases
How cases become long-term missing, the Missing Persons Squad cold-case work, unidentified-remains casework, and how the public can help.
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Missing Persons
Missing persons in Victoria: the system, the squad, and how appeals work
The Missing Persons Squad, when to report, busting the 24-hour myth, the role of media appeals, and support for families.
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Courts
Drug overdose and harm reduction in Victoria
Penington Institute data, take-home naloxone, supervised injecting, pill-testing pilots and pharmacotherapy programs in Victoria.
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Courts
Hate crime in Victoria: how it’s recorded, charged and prosecuted
How hate-crime aggravation works in Victorian sentencing law, the 2024 anti-vilification reforms, the Prejudice Investigation Division, and how to report.
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Policing in Victoria
Public-transport safety in Victoria: what the data shows
Protective Services Officers, Authorised Officers, hot-spot stations, late-night safety advice, and how to report incidents on Victorian public transport.
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