Danny Tran

Lawyers for alleged childcare paedophile Joshua Dale Brown expect he will face additional charges.

A trainee surgeon at the Austin Hospital in Melbourne's north-east is charged with five further offences after being accused of covertly filming colleagues in a restricted staff toilet.

Court documents show a trainee surgeon accused of secretly snapping intimate images of unsuspecting colleagues in hospital toilets allegedly ranked the photos and videos.

Victoria does not need a permit system for protests, says the state's new top cop, who concedes there has been a breakdown in public confidence in police.

Homicide detectives are investigating what they believe is a "targeted attack" after a 20-year-old man turned up to a west Melbourne hospital with gunshot wounds early this morning. 

The Allan government will mirror Queensland with harsher jail sentences for children, but experts say the new legislation will not reduce youth crime.

A corrupt coach who was banned for life by the world football governing body for match-fixing has been quietly playing for clubs in suburban Melbourne.

The ABC understands a registered sex offender and part-owner of Funtastic Gymnastics in Berwick, Steven Smith, is the subject of a complaint made to Gymnastics Australia. 

Australia's biggest brain research centre is suing one of its executives, alleging he deleted troves of commercially sensitive information during a midnight incursion at its Melbourne laboratory.

Hospitals across the nation are on alert after an Iranian cyber militia linked to the Islamic regime hacked a US multinational that supplies critical equipment to Australia.