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Crime
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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Pub & Club Arson
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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Crime
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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Crime
Mark Adrian Perry: the $1 million reward for a Melbourne cold case
The m standing reward for Mark Adrian Perry's 2007 murder remains one of Victoria Police's biggest active cold-case rewards.
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Tobacco Wars
From the counter: what Victorian retailers say about the arson campaign
Legitimate Victorian retailers caught in the crossfire of the tobacco-shop firebombing wave talk about insurance, staff safety and the precincts…
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Courts
The County Court precinct upgrades: what’s changing for victims and witnesses
What's changing in the Melbourne court precinct for victims, witnesses and remote-witness facilities in 2026.
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Road Safety
How serious-collision investigations work in Victoria
How Victoria Police's Major Collision Investigation Unit reconstructs serious-crash scenes and the legal threshold for charges.
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Community Safety
Assaults against international students in Victoria: the long view
A long-view look at the Victorian response to assaults on international students, from the 2009 wave to today.
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