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Explainers
Victoria’s standing rewards: how Crime Stoppers’ historic-case rewards actually work
A guide to how Crime Stoppers Victoria's historic-case standing-reward program operates and how the public can help.
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Road Safety
Inner Melbourne motorcyclist fatalities: where they happen and why
The inner-Melbourne intersections that have claimed motorcyclist lives, and the Vulnerable Road User strategy targeting them.
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Pub & Club Arson
King Street and the CBD late-night precinct: a focal point for Melbourne’s arson wave
Why Melbourne's late-night entertainment precincts have become a focus for arson attacks, and what licensees are doing about it.
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Public Safety
Bushfire arson investigations in Victoria: how the Arson and Explosives Squad does its work
How Victoria Police's Arson and Explosives Squad investigates bushfire-arson, and what the most recent fire season showed.
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Crime
Knife crime and youth offending in Melbourne CBD: what the 2026 data is showing
The 2026 Crime Statistics Agency data on knife and youth offending in Melbourne CBD, and the policy response.
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Explainers
Victoria’s homicide rate, and why it tells you less than you think
Headline counts of Victoria's homicide rate are usually noise. Here's how to read the official series properly.
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Big Build Watch
Cost blow-outs on the Big Build: where the numbers actually come from
The Auditor-General's published critiques, the PBO's analysis and the accountability gaps in Victoria's major-projects costings.
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Crime
Drive-in drive-out burglaries in Victoria: a pattern police are tracking
The Victorian drive-in drive-out burglary pattern police are tracking, and the chop-shop networks behind it.
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Tobacco Wars
Arson charges in Victoria: how the law works and what penalties are on the table
The Crimes Act provisions, sentencing landscape and youth-recruitment law for arson offences in Victoria.
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Community Safety
Victorian cybercrime in early 2026: scams, ransomware and what changed
The latest Scamwatch and ACSC data on cybercrime affecting Victorians, and the trends to watch.
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