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‘Symbols of hate’: The lingering afterlife of Croatian fascism in Australia
By Ben Schneiders and Simone Fox Koob Australia’s Croatian migrant community has a chequered history.Credit: Illustration by Richard Giliberto Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When a small group of Croatian emigres met in 1953 in a humble weatherboard house in Footscray, a world away from the strife of a destroyed Europe, they formed a soccer club that would help transform the sport and twice be champions of Australia.
Seeing witches: The cult-like church and the crash that rocked Victoria
By Simone Fox Koob, Amelia Adams and Laura Sparkes Simiona Tuteru, a member of The Potter’s House Christian Fellowship, was the supervisor of the truck driver who killed four police officers on the Eastern Freeway in April, 2020. Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Outside a cavernous warehouse on a chilly afternoon on Melbourne’s fringe, two men are praying, one laying his hands on the other.
The photofit looked nothing like the alleged armed robber. The exonerated man is now suing police
By Simone Fox Koob Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The discovery of the photofit came as a shock, not least because it looked nothing like the man sitting in the dock, accused of the crime. The digitally reconstructed image of the offender, based on the victim’s memory of a violent armed robbery at her home in Melbourne’s east, had been discovered midway through the trial by a junior law clerk.
Deloitte Australia chief executive admits to investing in allegedly fraudulent scheme
A Huge Lithium Discovery Just Changed The Stakes In EV Production Lithium is one of the most sought-after commodities on Earth right now thanks to its fundamental role in making batteries that power everything from …
Missing millions: Deloitte partner allegedly duped colleagues out of $60m
ASX set to slip as Wall Street retreats on inflation report Wall Street is lower after a report suggested inflation may not be slowing as quickly and as smoothly as hoped. The S&P 500 was 0.5 per cent lower in …
Missing millions: Deloitte partner allegedly duped colleagues out of $60m
1 hour ago The rise of Gautam Adani, whose fortune has unraveled after allegations of fraud, coincided with that of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, observers say. Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s rapid downfall has sparked renewed scrutiny on the tycoon’s close ties with Indian Prime Minister Narendra …
Minister did not seek Djokovic's current views on vaccination, court told
The debate over whether Novak Djokovic gets to stay in Australia has focused heavily on one BBC news article in which the tennis champion expressed scepticism about vaccination at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. © Paul Jeffers Novak Djokovic arriving at his lawyer's office in the Melbourne CBD this morning.
‘Absolutely disgusting’: Rapid test crisis pushes people to the brink
By Clay Lucas and Simone Fox Koob January 4, 2022 — 3.49pm A few days before New Year’s Eve, Craig McWha’s family got the third-last rapid antigen test at Anglesea Pharmacy after his 20-year-old son felt unwell. With the test showing a positive result, his double-vaxxed son tried Torquay’s PCR testing station, but found it closed because of hot weather. On New Year’s Day, it was closed again. On Sunday, after a “very uncomfortable” four-hour wait in the car, his son was finally tested at Torquay.
Pharmacists and retailers hope COVID-19 rapid antigen test rush may ease in weeks across Australia
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Federal Court reveals why it backed decision to send Novak Djokovic home
The Federal Court says in its reasons for rejecting the legal challenge by Novak Djokovic to the cancellation of his visa that it was "plainly open" to Immigration Minister Alex Hawke to infer the tennis star was opposed to vaccination against COVID-19. © Luis Ascui, Alex Ellinghausen Novak Djokovic and Immigration Minister Alex Hawke. The Serbian tennis star's lawyers argued on Sunday that Mr Hawke was not able to make a finding concerning their client's anti-vaccination stance.
Australian National Review - The Pro Vaxx Business That Is Banking Billions, Whilst Knowingly Killing and Injuring Millions, Takes a Cheap Shot at the Courageous Truthers, Who Try and Fund Their Not for Profit Lifesaving Causes To Keep Fighting for Human
The Pro Vaxx Business That Is Banking Billions, Whilst Knowingly Killing and Injuring Millions, Takes a Cheap Shot at the Courageous Truthers, Who Try and Fund Their Not for Profit Lifesaving Causes To Keep Fighting for Human Freedoms By Rachael Dexter, Simone Fox Koob and David Estcourt The price of ‘freedom’: How anti-lockdown protest leaders make money from the movement You can buy caps and t-shirts, pseudo-medical COVID treatments, even social media sites and legal advice – it’s all part...
‘Appalling culture': CFA volunteer receives $30,000 payout over bullying
© Jessica Shapiro CFA AFR 100801 MELB PIC BY JESSICA SHAPIRO... GENERIC Country Fire Authority, bushfire royal commission, black saturday, volunteer, brigade, fight, recommendations, arson #132006 AFR FIRST USE ONLY PLEASE!!! WARNING: The following story may be distressing to some readers.
Richard Pusey has days to go on jail term for filming dying police officers
Porsche driver Richard Pusey only needs to serve a handful of days more in prison for filming four police officers as they lay dying following last year's horror Eastern Freeway crash, after a judge ruled his 10 months in custody fulfilled the length of his sentence.
Specialist police resume search for missing campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay
© Supplied Russell Hill Carol Clay missing in Alpine region Detectives have returned to search remote tracks, rivers and cliffs in the area where missing campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay were believed to have stayed before they went missing. Police on Monday said they returned to the Wonnangatta area in Victoria's high country as a result of information obtained from previous searches. They are focusing their efforts on the Dargo High Plains Road, Cynthia Range Track and Herne Spur Track.
Porsche driver Richard Pusey to fight allegation he assaulted partner last year
Porsche driver Richard Pusey was charged with assaulting his partner after a number of police officers allegedly saw him holding her arm and heard screaming while they were outside his home last year, a court has been told. © ASSOCIATED PRESS Pusey is in jail awaiting sentence after he pleaded guilty to outraging public decency by filming four dying police officers after they were hit by a truck on the Eastern Freeway in Kew on April 22 last year.
CFA warned of ‘serious security breach' prior to fire season
© Jessica Shapiro CFA AFR 100801 MELB PIC BY JESSICA SHAPIRO... GENERIC Country Fire Authority, bushfire royal commission, black saturday, volunteer, brigade, fight, recommendations, arson #132006 AFR FIRST USE ONLY PLEASE!!! An experienced IT consultant claims he was ordered to inflate budget figures while working at the Country Fire Authority and was dismissed after raising concerns that the organisation had falsely claimed it was compliant with the state's data protection regulations.
‘Lucky nobody was killed': Eight arrested after CBD apartment stabbings
© AAP Police investigating a number of stabbings in a short-stay apartment in Melbourne's CBD no longer believe the violent brawl was gang-related but say it's lucky no one was killed. Seven teenagers and a young man have been arrested and are expected to be charged later on Friday following the brawl, in which six men were stabbed. The fight occurred at a party attended by more than 50 people in a short-term rental apartment on Spencer Street in the early hours of Monday.
What are the new restrictions in place in Victoria?
© AAP Masks are mandatory in all public indoor spaces. They must be worn at all times, except when eating or drinking. The Victorian state government has announced a number of new restrictions after a hotel quarantine worker tested positive for coronavirus. The case - a 26-year-old man who last worked at the Grand Hyatt on January 29 - brings an end to the state's 28-day run of zero community transmission.
Police say ‘we will identify you' after car races along Bourke Street Mall
© AAP Images Bollards and trams in the Bourke Street Mall saved pedestrians' lives when a car sped erratically through the mall on Thursday, police say, as they warn the two men in the fleeing car that they are closing in on them. Detectives are hunting two Caucasian males, aged in their teens or early 20s, who were in the green Mitsubishi Lancer that tore through the heart of Melbourne's CBD in scenes reminiscent of the deadly Bourke Street rampage in 2017.
‘Burning ferociously': Huge truck fire closes Eastern Freeway at Doncaster
© Chris Hopkins 25/01/21 Victoria Police and Fire Rescue crews attend to a truck that caught fire on the Eastern Freeway. Photograph by Chris Hopkins A truck driver has escaped uninjured after the vehicle he had been driving exploded in flames, closing part of Melbourne's Eastern Freeway and causing traffic chaos.
Police vow to pursue unpaid COVID fines, despite 'poorly worded' memo
© 2020 Getty Images Rick Nugent Victoria Police has vowed to pursue outstanding fines for breaches of coronavirus restrictions, blaming "poorly worded" advice circulated to members for mistakenly giving the impression thousands of infringements handed out during the pandemic would be dropped.
Push for wider roll-out of 15-minute coronavirus tests
© Reuters A healthcare worker takes a nasal swab sample from a man for a COVID-19 test at a testing site. Several health experts are urging the Victorian government to embrace rapid antigen testing for coronavirus, arguing that the technology is cheap, improving in accuracy and could help keep borders open and strengthen hotel quarantine.
Former partner of Melbourne singer Joanne Howell charged with murder over her death
© ABC News AU Former partner of Melbourne singer Joanne Howell charged with murder over her death The former partner of Joanne Howell has been charged with murder over the Melbourne singer's death in 2007. Homicide squad detectives arrested Paul Charlton, 66, at his home in Casterton, in the state's far south-west, on Wednesday morning. Ms Howell, 51, who in the 1970s performed on ABC pop music show Countdown, was found just before 11.20pm on April 21 in 2007.
Woman charged with murder over fatal Point Cook fire has no connection to victims
© Paul Jeffers The scene of a suspicious house fire on Totem Way in Point Cook. At least two people died in the blaze. Photograph by Paul Jeffers The Age NEWS 2 Dec 2020 A woman accused of murdering a couple and their newborn baby in a house fire at Point Cook was not known to the young family, police have confirmed.
Indecent assault charge against singer Dan Sultan dropped
© AAP Australian singer Dan Sultan A single charge of indecent assault laid against Australian singer-songwriter Dan Sultan has been dropped. The ARIA award-winner had planned to fight the charge, which related to an alleged incident at a party in Brunswick in Melbourne's north on September 27 in 2008. During a short online hearing of the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday, prosecutor Stephen Payne said he was waiting to receive a document before the matter could fully resolve.
Police trawl through thousands of messages in mustard-bottle drug haul case
© Simone Fox Koob NEWS November 23, 2020. Four alleged members of a transnational criminal syndicate operating in Melbourne have been charged following the seizure of more than 560 kilograms of liquid methamphetamine. Code-named Operation ZEELANDIA, the Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force and Victoria Police operation has stopped the largest importation of liquid methamphetamine in Victorian history, valued at $123m.
Fight night shooting: Stomping accused back in custody on bail breach charge
© Joe Armao A man accused of stomping on the head of a rival after a fatal shooting outside a Melbourne boxing event is back in custody after he allegedly breached his bail curfew in St Kilda last week. Ali El Nasher has been charged with attempted murder over allegations he stomped on a man who had suffered three gunshot wounds outside the Melbourne Pavilion in Kensington on March 1 last year.
Richard Pusey wants to resolve charges over alleged assault of woman
© AAP Image/James Ross Richard Pusey is seen after being granted bail, in Melbourne, Friday, October 16, 2020. Pusey, The man accused of fleeing a Melbourne freeway crash scene swore at a dying police officer about his Porsche being smashed has been granted bail.
Six teenagers to stand trial after pleading not guilty to murder of 15-year-old Solomone Taufeulungaki
© Joe Armao Before the Blessing ceremony for 16-year-old Solomone Taufeulungaki who was fatally stabbed in Deer Park when he was attacked by a group of boys on his way home from school. 19th June 2020 The Age News Picture by JOE ARMAO Six teenage boys have pleaded not guilty to the murder of 15-year-old Solomone Taufeulungaki and have been committed to stand trial.
Truck driver set to plead guilty over deaths of four police on freeway
© Eddie Jim Eastern Freeway traffic accident. Four police officers killed in this incident. 23 April 2020. The Age News. Photo: Eddie Jim. On Wednesday 22rd April 2020, two police officers pulled over a black Porsche 911 for speeding near the Burke Road exit at Kew about 5.40pm. The pair called for back-up from colleagues before preparing to impound the car when a semi-trailer ploughed into the group.
Calls for police to return to Melbourne as COVID response triggers station closures
© Paul Rovere Victorian Police Association secretary Wayne Gatt holds a media conference at Gisborne Police Station on Thursday, March 26, 2020. Photo by Paul Rovere The police union is demanding the state government dramatically cut the number of officers working at border checkpoints after multiple police stations were forced to close over the weekend due to widespread staffing shortages.
Drone handed in does not belong to missing camper, police say
© Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto DJI Mavic Mini 2 drone is seen in the air A drone that was being examined after it was handed to police on the weekend does not belong to missing Victorian camper Russell Hill, investigators say. The drone was handed into East Gippsland police station several days after police renewed an appeal for information about the missing pair.
Drone handed in does not belong to missing camper, police say
© AAP Images A drone that was being examined after it was handed to police on the weekend does not belong to missing Victorian camper Russell Hill, investigators say. The drone was handed in at East Gippsland police station several days after police renewed an appeal for information about the missing pair. Mr Hill, 74, and Carol Clay, 73, have not been seen since they embarked on a camping trip to Wonnangatta Valley, about 250 kilometres north-east of Melbourne, on March 19 last year.
'I’m gonna die': Teen's Snapchat message before horrific crash
The court heard the 22-year-old likely had a blood alcohol reading of between 0.209 and 0.229 – more than four times the legal limit – when he was behind the wheel in the early hours of April 12. The court was played a 30-second Snapchat video which showed the speedometer climbing to 151km/h as loud electronic music played in the background, hours before the crash. A nervous Mr Hocking could be heard saying, "hey, hey, hey" as the car sped up.
'I'm going to die': Teen's Snapchat message before horrific crash
The court heard the 22-year-old likely had a blood alcohol reading of between 0.209 and 0.229 – more than four times the legal limit – when he was behind the wheel in the early hours of April 12. The court was played a 30-second Snapchat video which showed the speedometer climbing to 115km/h as loud electronic music played in the background. A nervous Mr Hocking could be heard saying, "hey, hey, hey" as the car sped up.
Search for knifeman who allegedly sexually assaulted woman in her home
A hunt is underway for a man who allegedly held a woman at knifepoint before sexually assaulting her in her own home in Melbourne's inner west. The woman, who lives in Footscray, heard a noise in her house about 6am on Friday and went to investigate. Detectives from the Sexual Crimes Squad have released images of Takavaha Leveni as they investigate a sexual assault in Footscray last Friday. Credit:Victoria Police She was then confronted by a man who was armed with a knife.
Jail over killing of eagles in a Victorian first
A man accused of killing hundreds of wedge-tailed eagles in Victoria's east has been handed the first custodial sentence for the destruction of protected wildlife in the state after he pleaded guilty to the crime. Murray James Silvester faced Sale Magistrates Court on Monday morning charged over the deaths of the protected birds of prey.
Jail over killing of eagles in a Victorian first
A man accused of killing hundreds of wedge-tailed eagles in Victoria's east has been handed the first custodial sentence for the destruction of protected wildlife in the state after he pleaded guilty to the crime. Murray James Silvester faced Sale Magistrates Court on Monday morning charged over the deaths of the protected birds of prey.
Jail over killing of eagles in a Victorian first
A man accused of killing hundreds of wedge-tailed eagles in Victoria's east has been handed the first custodial sentence for the destruction of protected wildlife in the state after he pleaded guilty to the crime. Murray James Silvester faced Sale Magistrates Court on Monday morning charged over the deaths of the protected birds of prey.
Jail over killing of eagles in a Victorian first
A man accused of killing hundreds of wedge-tailed eagles in Victoria's east has been handed the first custodial sentence for the destruction of protected wildlife in the state after he pleaded guilty to the crime. Murray James Silvester faced Sale Magistrates Court on Monday morning charged over the deaths of the protected birds of prey.
Pope accepts resignation of archbishop Philip Wilson
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Archbishop of Adelaide, Philip Wilson, who was convicted of concealing child sexual abuse. In a statement issued by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, president Archbishop Mark Coleridge said the Pope had accepted the resignation on Monday evening. "His decision to resign comes after considering his future following his conviction for failing to report allegations of child sexual abuse that occurred in the 1970s," he said.
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