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Courts
Suppression orders in Victoria: what they are and why courts make them
A guide to the Open Courts Act, suppression-order grounds and the public-interest test in Victorian courts.
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Family Violence
Family violence in Victoria: what the most recent quarter tells us
The most recent CSA family-incident data and what the MARAM rollout is showing on the ground.
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Missing Persons
The disappearance of Elisabeth Membrey, 30 years on
Elisabeth Membrey disappeared from her Ringwood home in 1994. Three decades later, the family's search continues.
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Crime
Puppy farms and pet theft in Victoria: the 2026 enforcement landscape
The 2026 enforcement landscape for puppy-farm and pet-theft offences under the new Animal Welfare Act.
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Road Safety
Operation Roadwise and the road-safety blitz: do they actually work?
Do high-visibility road-safety operations actually reduce the toll? A look at the evidence behind Operation Roadwise and its successors.
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Big Build Watch
Victoria’s Big Build: scale, governance, and why we’re watching
A primer on the 40-billion Victorian infrastructure program, its governance structure, and why integrity questions matter on a program this…
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Public Safety
Victoria’s expanded anti-vilification laws: what changed in 2025-26
A guide to the Victorian anti-vilification reform that expanded protected attributes in 2024 and what it means in practice.
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Explainers
Vehicle impoundments in Victoria: the law, the costs and the rate
The Victorian vehicle-impoundment regime — when it applies, what it costs and how to recover a vehicle.
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Missing Persons
Karmein Chan: Victoria’s most enduring cold case and the standing $1 million reward
Karmein Chan was abducted from her Templestowe home in 1991. The reward stands at million and the file remains open.
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Tobacco Wars
The Melbourne tobacco wars explained: how a black-market turf war became 200+ arson attacks
A plain-English guide to the tobacco-shop arson campaign that has run across Victoria since 2023, and the criminal economy driving…
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