Courts
Father of injured cyclist lashes out as Andrews crash case heads to civil trial
A civil court stoush between cyclist Ryan Meuleman and a law firm over a crash involving former premier Daniel Andrews’ wife Catherine is going to trial.
- by Cassandra Morgan and Erin Pearson
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Teen accused of plotting mass murder too dangerous to be released on bail
A magistrate said there was a high risk of “catastrophic consequences” if he granted bail to a teenager accused of stockpiling weapons and explosive chemicals.
- by Erin Pearson
‘Lambo Guy’ Adrian Portelli charged over alleged unlawful lottery
The billionaire who made his name through The Block has been charged by the South Australian consumer watchdog.
- by Meg Watson and Cameron Houston
Accused teen terror plotter seeks bail, but police fear he is still planning attacks from cell
Detectives fear the 19-year-old is continuing to devise plans to carry out mass terror attacks against police and transgender people, a court heard.
- by Erin Pearson
‘I gave him a dirty look’: Alleged Easey Street killer in court as victims’ family members watch on
Perry Kouroumblis, 65, faced Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, charged with two counts of murder and one of rape over the 1977 killings of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett.
- by Erin Pearson
Man charged with murder over alleged hammer attack on carer
Police charged John Sheffield, 55, after his carer Kenneth Magee was allegedly beaten to death in their Werribee home.
- by Erin Pearson and Cassandra Morgan
Hannah McGuire’s alleged killer fights to move trial away from home town
Lachlan Young, who is accused of killing his 23-year-old ex-girlfriend, wants his murder trial heard in Melbourne rather than in his home town, Ballarat.
- by Erin Pearson
‘The job cuts are a mirage’: HSU accuses Diana Asmar of revenge redundancies
The Health Services Union has urged a court to restrain its Victorian secretary from making any more redundancies at the union amid allegations she is meting out punishment to “traitors”.
- by Sarah Danckert
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Trade unions
HWU boss back in court accused of threatening revenge on ‘traitors’
Diana Asmar is facing a fresh push to be stood down from the Health Workers Union after allegedly standing down or ending the jobs of seven staff.
- by Kieran Rooney
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Indigenous justice
‘A long time coming’: Indigenous leader Geoff Clark jailed for stealing $1m from his ‘kingdom’
Indigenous leaders from the tiny mission in regional Victoria wept and embraced outside court after the judge found Clark had “emphatically betrayed its trust”.
- by Erin Pearson
‘Danger to women’: Merri Creek rapist loses bid to cut sentence
Joel Russo is serving a 20-year jail term for a brutal crime two judges described as one of the worst they had seen.
- by Erin Pearson