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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Rosa Ritchie |Mikaela Ortolan |Kimberley Price
A Melbourne woman says she will sell her inherited home after squatters moved in and got rid of her belongings. Carol hadn't lived in the property for 17 years as she says it was uninhabitable. The property was sent to Jordan van den Lamb who publicly lists vacant houses for squatters to move in, under his online persona 'Purple Pingers'.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Mikaela Ortolan |Shannon Schubert |Jean Bell |Michael Workman
A charity event to support bushfire-affected communities in Victoria's west has been called off amid community concerns over the way it was organised. But the charity, which has also organised volunteers to assist with on-the-ground disaster recovery for residents, said it was distressed by some of the allegations raised.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Mikaela Ortolan |Kimberley Price
For the first time in its 150-year history, Melbourne's Queen Victoria market has seen its fruit and vegetable traders go on strike. They're accusing the City of Melbourne and the company that manages the market of financial mismanagement and unwarranted extra charges.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Kate Ashton |Mikaela Ortolan |Ben Butler
Recruitment for Victoria's next police commissioner will likely take months, with former police warning the next pick must be ready to fight the government on funding, address ailing morale within the force and reassure the community on crime. Any incoming commissioner is facing down a disgruntled force where thousands of police union members (87 per cent of more than 14,500 voters) handed down a vote of no-confidence in Chief Commissioner Shane Patton, following a protracted pay dispute.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Mikaela Ortolan |Leanne Wong
It's said to be the oldest documented residential building still standing in Melbourne's inner-city suburb of Fitzroy. But almost 175 years after Osborne House was built, its 60 or so rooms are vacant, the windows are boarded up, and a barbed wire fence wraps around the front facade. The Regency style home, built in the 1850s, once housed a wealthy pastoralist, and has also been home to a Victorian premier. In 1887 it underwent significant works, with a vision to transform it into a boarding house.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Mikaela Ortolan
A Victorian coroner has commended the bravery of three teenagers who tried to intervene as their father fatally stabbed their mother in 2020. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following article contains the name and images of a person who has died, with permission of the family. Noeline Dalzell died when her ex-partner James Fairhall reached over their children and stabbed her once in the neck at her Seaford home.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Mikaela Ortolan
The Melbourne Marathon Festival has apologised after an image of a winning athlete posted to its Instagram page was apparently edited to obscure the logo of a competitor of its naming-rights sponsor. The marathon, which attracted a record breaking 42,000 competitors on Sunday, is sponsored by major sporting brand Nike.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Mikaela Ortolan
Aran Sherani, 22, has been sentenced to at least six years in jail, after being found guilty of terrorism-related offences. The Supreme Court of Victoria heard he had pledged his allegiance to the terrorism group Islamic State, and there was a risk Sherani could again become radicalised. Sherani has already served three-and-a-half years, and could be released as early as 2027.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Mikaela Ortolan
An "unprecedented" amount of evidence, including extensive CCTV footage, is causing delays in court for the matter of Patrick Orren Stephenson, accused of murdering Victorian woman Samantha Murphy. The 22-year-old appeared before the Ballarat Magistrates' Court via video link on Thursday. He wore a white t-shirt and occasionally glanced around the empty room he sat in, only speaking to acknowledge that he could hear the magistrate on a few occasions.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Mikaela Ortolan
Four teenagers have been sentenced to between 17 and 19 and a half years in jail for the murder of Declan Cutler in 2022. The teenager was stabbed and kicked dozens of times as he was leaving a friend's party in Reservoir. The adult parole board will consider whether the teenagers will initially serve time at a youth or adult facility.
