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Two police officers were hospitalised and several others injured during violent clashes between anti-immigration protesters and counter-protesters in Melbourne’s CBD on Sunday, marking one of the most tense public order incidents in recent months. The chaos unfolded during the “March for Australia”…

Deputy Premier Ben Carroll has declared that “kids who commit violent crime should face time,” calling for a tougher approach to law and order as violent incidents continue to grip Melbourne. Speaking on Saturday at the Melbourne Italian Festa in Carlton, Carroll…

Melbourne’s central business district is facing a growing crisis as business owners plead for greater government and police intervention amid a sharp rise in violent crime that is beginning to damage the city’s global image and tourism economy. New analysis by Victoria’s…

The Allan government is under mounting pressure after explosive allegations revealed that children in Victoria’s state care system have been raped, coerced into sex work, threatened with murder, and even firebombed — yet the Minister for Children, Lizzie Blandthorn, maintains the system…

Victoria’s economy is facing a stark warning after a detailed analysis by one of Australia’s largest employer groups revealed that nine out of every ten jobs created in the state are backed by government funding. The findings, prepared exclusively for the Herald…

A shocking series of events unfolded in Melbourne’s Southbank on Sunday, after three teenagers allegedly involved in the stabbing of a father and son outside Crown Casino returned to the scene only hours later, openly bragging about the violent attack. The incident…

Melbourne has once again been shaken by a violent late-night incident — this time in the heart of its bustling Southbank precinct, where a father and son were stabbed in the early hours of Sunday morning. Five teenagers, some reportedly as young…

A central Victorian community is in deep shock after a 15-year-old schoolboy was hit and killed by a truck while walking to school in Bendigo on Friday morning. The tragedy occurred around 8:30am at one of the city’s busiest intersections, just 250…

A violent confrontation between two masked men wielding machetes inside the Broadmeadows Central Shopping Centre on Friday night has reignited concerns about rising youth violence in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. Shoppers were forced to hide as the men, believed to be part of…