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Courts
CFA makes record $3.5 million settlement to victim of horrific bullying
A former volunteer firefighter who was duct-taped to the bull bar of a fire truck when she was just 17 has received the payout in a landmark legal case.
- by Cameron Houston
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Crime
Luxury car swindler targeted as burning cars slam into suburban home
An SUV and a ute were set alight in the early hours of Tuesday and driven into a multimillion-dollar Essendon property linked to ex-bankrupt Andrew Triantafyllos.
- by Cameron Houston, Marta Pascual Juanola and Madeleine Heffernan
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Domestic violence
Peta thought a body-worn safety device would bring help. She had to fight her ex alone for five hours
A woman who was violently attacked for five hours by her former partner is suing the supplier of a personal safety device that failed to alert police.
- by Cameron Houston
Court to decide who gets to keep the $100,000 ring when love goes pear-shaped
The rules of engagement will be tested over who will keep the ring when a wedding is called off after a builder took his former fiancee to court over her two-carat diamond.
- by Cameron Houston
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Black Saturday
Black Saturday arsonist who killed 10 released from prison
Brendan Sokaluk, a former Country Fire Authority volunteer, was freed on Tuesday after serving 15 years for deliberately lighting a blaze in the Latrobe Valley.
- by Alex Crowe and Cameron Houston
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Child abuse
Catholic college ordered to remove paedophile priest from honour roll
Despite apologising and paying more than $1 million to a victim of clerical abuse, Salesian College continued to eulogise a disgraced priest for years.
- by Cameron Houston
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Controversial pastor Daniel Nalliah charged with assaulting a woman
The former Family First and Rise Up Australia party candidate changed his plea after learning The Age would get details of the charge.
- by Cameron Houston
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Restaurants
Melbourne’s ‘prince of pizza’ making dough in Norway after debts and drive-by shootings
Woodstock pizza chain founder Tony Cannata abruptly left Melbourne after his business collapsed, owing $8 million, but he’s continued to earn a crust at an exclusive ski resort overseas.
- by Cameron Houston and Chris Vedelago
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Pro-Palestine protesters arrested after tampering with traffic lights, blocking roads and docks
Police arrested a dozen protesters at a blockade in Port Melbourne and two others for allegedly tampering with traffic lights in Carlton.
- by Madeleine Heffernan, Cara Waters, Marta Pascual Juanola and Cameron Houston
Police redeploy officers to quell potential chaos from pro-Palestine blockades on Monday
Victoria Police is moving hundreds of officers from regional stations in a bid to avert major disruptions from protesters who have vowed to target Melbourne transport hubs on Monday.
- by Cameron Houston and Ashleigh McMillan
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Courts
Restaurateur launches private prosecution against Mick Gatto
Jamal Mohammad has been granted an interim intervention order against Mick Gatto after filing charges against the former heavyweight boxer in the Melbourne Magistrates Court, where he has made a series of explosive but unsubstantiated allegations.
- by Cameron Houston and Chris Vedelago