Nicole Asher

Feb 1, 2025 | abc.net.au | Nicole Asher

Famous as a tourist destination and for its iconic nightlife district, Chapel Street, in Melbourne's inner south-east, has become a source of anxiety for some frequenting the strip. "I walked past a guy on the ground, he'd just been bashed, blood everywhere. There was police and ambos," Prahran local Maxim told the ABC in Prahran this week. Indicating a section of Chapel Street south of Malvern Road where the assault happened, Maxim said grisly sights weren't uncommon on the busy arterial.

Dec 11, 2024 | abc.net.au | Nicole Asher

Ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming has won her defamation case against Victoria's Opposition Leader John Pesutto, with a Federal Court judge ordering she receive $300,000 in damages. Ms Deeming brought the lawsuit against Mr Pesutto, alleging he had defamed her as a Nazi sympathiser in the wake of an anti-trans rights rally on the steps of Victorian parliament that was gatecrashed by neo-Nazis.

Nov 24, 2024 | abc.net.au | Nicole Asher

Former Victorian Greens deputy leader Sam Hibbins was cut from a state parliament internship program following an allegation he tried to kiss a university student during his first term as an MP. Mr Hibbins announced his resignation from politics on Saturday, a day after the ABC sent him questions about the complaint. The Prahran MP resigned from the Greens earlier this month after admitting to having an affair with a staffer.

Nov 18, 2024 | abc.net.au | Nicole Asher

A specialist unit within Victoria's Children's Court using mediation to settle child protection disputes could be disbanded under a cost-saving proposal, the ABC can reveal. The move has angered a cross-section of child protection agencies and lawyers working within Victoria's child protection space who say the hearings, known as conciliation conferences, serve an important purpose.

Nov 8, 2024 | abc.net.au | Nicole Asher

A Victorian woman's experience with ambulance delays when she suffered a brain aneurysm has highlighted potentially fatal consequences for patients needing life-saving care in regional and rural areas. Carolyn Vickery from Orbost waited three hours for an ambulance, and it was seven hours in total before she got to Melbourne for surgery. Her family are speaking out in the hope Ms Vickery's experience will lead to more government resources for paramedics and regional health services.