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Remanding prisoners in custody risks future offending

Prisoner numbers in one state have risen by almost two-thirds in 20 years, with analysis linking the rise directly to people increasingly being held on remand.

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Handscomb shines before SA pair dig in with key stand

After Victorian captain Peter Handscomb top-scored with a first innings 103, Daniel Drew and Harry Neilsen batted SA out of a hole at Adelaide Oval.

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There are now two appeals in the Erin Patterson mushroom murder case. What’s going on?

The Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions, who has carriage of the Erin Patterson murder case, has chosen to appeal against what he considers to be an overly lenient sentence.

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Police seize guns from ‘sovereign citizens’ who reject government authority

The crackdown follows the fatal shooting of two police officers in Victoria in August

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Power eye long-term Butters deal amid AFL trade talk

Port Adelaide vice-captain Zak Butters is being monitored by Victorian clubs, but the Power are adamant their star midfielder is going nowhere.

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Run out thwarts Harris after Shield half-century

A sharp piece of fielding has cut Marcus Harris's promising innings short on day two of the South Australia-Victoria Sheffield Shield match at Adelaide Oval.

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London buses: can you walk faster than they can drive?

The Man Who Pays His Way: I went toe-to-tyre with the C10 from Victoria to Canada Water. Only one of us could win

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Sovereign citizens 'not above the law' as guns seized

The deaths of two police officers in Victoria have prompted a major crackdown on so-called "sovereign citizens" with guns in another jurisdiction.

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Hunt, Lehmann score tons to give SA control in Shield

SA were teetering at 3-58 before centuries to Henry Hunt and Jake Lehmann put them in early control of their Sheffield Shield match against Victoria.

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Bodies of two women who died in Victorian high country might have been there ‘two or three days’, police say

Police are working to identify the women and ask anyone who had seen two women appearing ‘disoriented’ in the area earlier to contact Crime Stoppers

The Guardian - AU

Two Australian women and four children escape Syrian detention camp and flee to Victoria

The six Australians received no government assistance in their 500km journey from the violent Al-Hawl detention camp to Lebanon

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'Decades of neglect': 'dire' state housing picture

Two years on from the inception of a target to build 800,000 homes in a decade, data illustrates the "dire" housing picture continuing to confront one state.

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Elijah used to carry knives to feel safe. After leaving a Melbourne youth gang he chose a different path

Teenagers speak out about the realities of life for young people affected by knife crime and youth offending

The Guardian - AU

Dezi Freeman search has hit the one-month mark. How long might police continue the manhunt?

Hunt for suspected Porepunkah shooter ‘cannot go on for infinitum’, one retired detective says. ‘It has to have a line in the sand somewhere’

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‘Like being stabbed in the eye’: the risk of serious injury by police at protests is escalating, experts warn

Baton rounds and flash-bang devices – so-called ‘less lethal’ tools – are part of an increasingly dangerous use of force to crack down on protests across Australia, lawyers say

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Workers face brazen shoplifters and the wrath of ‘Kens and Karens’ as retail crime surges in Victoria

Theft from retail stores rises 27.6% year-on-year as staff ‘screamed at, sworn at, spat on or shoved’ and even stabbed

AAP

Kids risk life of crime if interventions lack funding

Policing is not the way out of a state's youth crime crisis, a youth advocacy group says, after data showed repeat offenders were arrested 7000 times.

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Less than 1% of population responsible for 40% of all offending in Victoria as crime rate climbs

Number of criminal incidents in Victoria hit record high in 2024-25 as crime rate rose 13.8%, Crime Statistics Agency data shows

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‘A mythical place’: how a Melbourne sewage farm became a haven for 300 species of birds

The abundance of birdlife amid the grassy plains, marshlands and 200 lagoons of the Western Treatment Plant rivals Kakadu – and is a magnet for birdwatchers

The Guardian - AU

Knights in shining armour gallop into battle at Australia’s national jousting championship

Mental challenge matches physical intensity for the men and women who clash on horseback at Kryal Castle in regional Victoria

AAP

Wade whirlwind powers Tigers past Vics

Matthew Wade scored a 65-ball hundred and Mitch Owen had 50 inside five overs as Tasmania thumped Victoria in the One-Day Cup.

The Independent UK

‘Prue Leith is a punk – she’s not all Chantilly cream and Victoria sponge’ says designer as she takes to the runway

The Great British Bake off star wears King Charles’ garden waste on the London Fashion Week runway.

The Texas Tribune

Texas A&M regents name Christian Hardigree president of newly acquired Victoria campus

System Chancellor Glenn Hegar and the Board of Regents chair have stood by the new president amid criticism from some conservatives about her previous work around diversity and equity. The post Texas A&M regents name Christian Hardigree president of newly acquired Victoria campus appeared first on The Texas Tribune.

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Thinking of getting botox or filler? These are the laws for cosmetic injectables

Cosmetic injectables are more popular and socially accepted than ever. In 2024, the Australian market was estimated to be worth US$3.1 billion (A$4.6 billion) and growing fast.

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Bullish Labuschagne makes Ashes statement with century

Marnus Labuschagne has started the summer with a classy ton in a 55-run win by Queensland over Victoria, as Glenn Maxwell blitzed a century of his own.

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