Athos Sirianos

The daughter of a dying woman inside a luxury Peninsula aged care home fears her mum’s final moments were spent in a “disgusting” room, with mouse poo, bed bugs and urine among the “repulsive” things uncovered.

The daughter of a dying woman inside a luxury Peninsula aged care home fears her mum’s final moments were spent in a “disgusting” room, with mouse poo, bed bugs and urine among the “repulsive” things uncovered.

Victoria’s consumer watchdog has been accused of “wasting the court’s time” by a magistrate after charges against several Melbourne real estate agents — accused of not listing rental prices — lacked “common sense”.

A sharp decline in caravan trips to Victoria’s regions could spell doom for the industry which has been “neglected” amid major cuts to tourism marketing funding, caravan bosses say.

An influx of cheaper imports and overseas dumping could wreak havoc on Victoria’s caravan industry, with local manufacturers bracing for “casualties” akin to the nation’s car industry.

Victoria’s sexual abuse help sector is bracing for major funding cuts, fearing a quarter of its workforce could be chopped despite fighting a sex crime “tsunami”.

Parents are being forced to step in and officiate teenage soccer matches at the last minute amid massive statewide referee shortages.

Northcote barber Frank Apostolopoulos reached for his mirror to show a customer the back of his head when the man — sporting a fresh new haircut — shot up out of the barber’s chair.

Vehicle incidents were the leading cause of deaths for Victorian workers last year, with the state’s safety watchdog frustrated by the “same hazards” behind tragic workplace fatalities.

Police have released images of eight youths they want to speak to after a pool lifeguard was assaulted in Narre Warren.

A TikTok trend of people using ChatGPT as their own “pocket therapists” has gone viral online, with people captivated by its convenience and ability to provide “solutions” — despite warnings it should not be used as a replacement for real life help.

Melbourne families have turned out in their thousands to get a glimpse of the stars warming up their vocals ahead of this year’s Vision Australia Carols by Candlelight.

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Cigarettes have overtaken drugs — including prescription medication — as the most smuggled item into Victorian prisons nearly a decade after they were banned from jails.

 

One of Victoria’s oldest community organisations has been dragged into a “David versus Goliath” battle with social media giant Meta after it flagged the group as a potential drug den.

Missing Werribeee teenager Krishank “Krish” Karthik is believed to have fled interstate.

The state’s biggest women’s prison is the meth capital of the justice system, as ice use in correctional facilities has soared in the past 12 months.

Victoria has recorded a near 20 per cent spike in thefts from motor vehicles, new crime data has revealed, with vehicles themselves also being stolen at a rapid rate.

Joy Daymon was only a teenager when that announcement came over the radio one Sunday afternoon.