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Two dead in fiery crash near Horsham
Police believe a car veered into the path of a truck, causing a head-on collision near Horsham in Victoria's west this morning.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 10:56 am -
Police seek stronger anti-violence laws
New laws giving Victorian police wider powers to crack down on street violence have been introduced in state parliament.
November 12, 2009, 12:21 pm -
Police probe cat decapitation
Warrnambool police in south-west Victoria are investigating the death of a domestic cat found on a nature strip on Tuesday morning with its head and tail cut off.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 12:09 pm -
Vic police to crack down on arsonists
Victorian police will this month start patrolling bushfire-prone areas for arsonists.
November 12, 2009, 11:58 am -
Ombudsman criticises police IT practises
The State Ombudsman has found Victoria Police's information technology department (IT) has lost significant amounts of money through poor practices and inadequate record keeping.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 11:45 am -
Two arrested over nightclub glassing
Police have arrested two people over the glassing of a 21-year-old apprentice at a Melbourne nightspot.
November 12, 2009, 10:33 am -
Point Nepean fire contained
The fire at Point Nepean on the Mornington Peninsula has been contained.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 8:29 am -
Student charged in $20k heroin bust
Police have seized drugs worth an estimated $20,000 from a high school student and charged him with trafficking at the school in Melbourne's east.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 7:05 am -
Man tasered in street robbery
Two teenage boys have been arrested over an armed robbery during which a man was tasered in Melbourne's northwest overnight.
November 12, 2009, 5:44 am -
Teens arrested after stun gun attack
Two teenagers have been arrested after a man was given a shock from a stun gun in Melbourne's north-west overnight.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 4:06 am -
RACV warns against locking kids in cars
As Victoria heads into a hot summer, a motoring group is warning people about the dangers of locking children or pets inside cars.
November 12, 2009, 12:06 am -
Police hunt trio over shooting
Police are looking for three men after a 52-year-old man was shot at Fawkner in Melbourne's north on Wednesday afternoon.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 8:37 pm -
Mentally ill 'locked in police cells'
Hundreds of people who experience a mental health crisis are being locked in Victorian police cells and transported in divisional vans, a report has revealed.
November 11, 2009, 6:49 pm -
Brumby slams power meter criticism
The Victorian premier has lashed out at the state's auditor-general over his comments on electricity `smart meters'.
November 11, 2009, 6:25 pm -
Vic budget in red but recovering: govt
Victoria sank into the red in the first quarter of this financial year but the government says the state is slowly climbing out of the doldrums.
November 11, 2009, 5:33 pm -
Firm, director fined after worker dies
A Melbourne industrial laundry and its director have been fined a total of $815,000 following the death of a worker who got caught in a machine.
November 11, 2009, 5:02 pm -
Victorians turn out in force to remember
Hundreds of people have visited the Shrine of Remembrance to pay tribute to those who fought and made the ultimate sacrifice in war and peacekeeping operations.
November 11, 2009, 4:54 pm -
Point Nepean fire should be contained
Fire authorities expect a blaze burning out of control on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula to be contained later on Wednesday.
November 11, 2009, 4:30 pm -
Electricity prices to rise over 'smart meters'
A report from the Victorian Auditor-General has warned electricity prices will rise next year, after the State Government received flawed advice on upgrading household electricity meters.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 3:01 pm -
Woman jailed for conning Catholic priest
A gambling-addicted "predator" who conned an elderly Melbourne Catholic priest into handing over his life savings has been jailed.
November 11, 2009, 2:35 pm
