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Melbourne Couple Face 25 Years In Jail After Allegedly Keeping A Slave In Their Point Cook Home

The Australian Federal Police received a tip-off from a health worker.

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Couple accused of keeping woman as slave in home

A Melbourne couple have faced court accused of keeping a vulnerable woman as a slave in their home, in the city's west.

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Melbourne couple charged with holding woman as slave

A Melbourne couple have been charged with slavery offences, accused of keeping a woman in indentured labour at their home for nearly a year.

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Melbourne couple charged with holding woman as a slave

A Melbourne couple have been charged with slavery offences, accused of keeping a woman in indentured labour at their home for nearly a year.

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Melbourne couple face court after being arrested for allegedly keeping slave in their Point Cook home

It is alleged Chee Kit Chong and wife Angie Yeh Ling Liaw exercised coercive control over the woman, limited her movements and physically assaulted her at their home in Melbourne's south-west for 10 months in 2022.

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Police probe mystery sedan after stabbing death

Police are appealing for the public's help as they continue to investigate the stabbing death of 45-year-old Melbourne man Daniel Cockerill.

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Man charged over alleged assault of camera operator

Detectives have charged a man after a camera operator was allegedly assaulted while reporting on an armed burglary in Melbourne's west.

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The suprising locations in Australia where snow has fallen outside the Alps

Some surprising locations outside the Australian Alps have seen snow, but stories of falls in our major cities might actually be white lies, writes the ABC's meteorologist Tom Saunders.

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Hodge wants win to celebrate final Rebels home game

Having made his debut in 2016, France-bound Reece Hodge will farewell the Melbourne Rebels home faithful while also becoming the club's most-capped player.

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Kiwi Joseph Parker stops Faiga Opelu in first round

Kiwi Joseph Parker has dominated Queensland opponent Faiga Opelu with the referee ending their Melbourne fight in the first round.

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Melbourne teen dies after attempting dangerous social media trend

The act, also known as ‘huffing’, can also involve dangerous chemicals from metallic paints, solvents, and petrol

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Two rescued as boat sinks after catching fire

Emergency workers have responded to a boat fire near Elwood beach, south of Melbourne's city centre that a witness says could be seen right across the bay.

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Rescuers pull two people from water after boat goes up in flames in Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay

Police say the two Melbourne men, aged 61 and 59, jumped from the motor cruiser into the water with life jackets before the boat was engulfed by flames.

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Water off a duck's back as Jackson braces to face Dees

Prized Fremantle recruit Luke Jackson will be aiming to continue his recent hot form when he takes on his former side Melbourne at the MCG on Saturday.

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Demons to take cautious approach with star Oliver

Melbourne star Clayton Oliver will be sidelined indefinitely with the Demons not willing to put a timeline on his return from a "minor" hamstring injury.

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Demon Lachie Hunter fails to overturn one-match ban

Melbourne's Lachie Hunter claims he did everything that was feasibly possible to protect opponent Connor Rozee from injury, but the AFL Tribunal has disagreed.

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Kiwi heavyweight in top shape for showdown with Opelu

With world champion Tyson Fury in his corner, Kiwi Joseph Parker says he's in the shape of his life ahead of his Melbourne fight against Faiga "Django'' Opelu.

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Nikita Tszyu motivated by success of boxing brother Tim

Ahead of his fight in Melbourne against Benjamin Bommber, Nikita Tszyu says his champion older brother Tim is providing a blue-print for his own boxing career.

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'Bring it on': Munster dares Blues to target his ribs

Maroons No.6 Cameron Munster says he must improve to be regarded in the top echelon of players as he regrets giving away the nature of injuries he is carrying.

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People have been asking why there are so many Nazis in Melbourne. But a better question is why are there so few?

If the authorities won’t stand up to fascists, ordinary people must be prepared to come out in numbers

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Which Australian city has the weather that suits you best? Find out with our interactive

Does Melbourne really have four seasons in one day? Are Sydney storms a good or a bad thing? Use this interactive to find which city matches your weather preferences

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Police search for teenager over boy's stabbing death

A search is under way for a Melbourne teenager as police try to prevent retaliation attacks following a 16-year-old boy's stabbing death.

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‘Press together and celebrate’: urban olives turned to oil in homage to Melbourne’s heritage

It’s a bountiful harvest in this year’s Olives to Oil festival – 20 tonnes of fruit has been collected, and it’s expected to yield 2,000 litres of oil

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Man 'drove to Qld to pick up drugs that never arrived'

Osman El-Houli has been accused of driving from Melbourne to Queensland to pick up drugs that never arrived after a plane loaded with cocaine crashed in PNG.

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AFL guns Oliver, Johannisen out with hamstring injuries

Melbourne' Clayton Oliver has had a minor setback and the news is worse for the Western Bulldogs' Jason Johannisen after the pair sustained hamstring injuries.

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