Courts
Author of Hawthorn racism report accused of siphoning almost $800,000 from Indigenous organisation
Phil Egan has faced court on charges he made dozens of “concealed payments” to himself as head of an Aboriginal co-operative between 2010 and 2015.
- by Cameron Houston and David Estcourt
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The $10.5m dilemma: How one woman handled a crypto cash error in her favour
Thevamanogari Manivel was supposed to get a $100 refund from crypto.com, but a typing error made her mega-rich overnight.
- by David Estcourt
Ex-wife of CFMEU boss John Setka has conspiracy to murder charges dropped
Police have withdrawn serious charges against Emma Walters, the former wife of union heavyweight John Setka, after earlier accusing her of plotting to kill the CFMEU Victorian secretary.
- by Erin Pearson
Doctor who cut wife’s throat with kitchen knife wants $300,000 for lost earnings
Respiratory and sleep physician Peter Spencer, who now practises as a “life coach”, was referred by a coroner in June to prosecutors for negligent manslaughter.
- by David Estcourt
The heart-wrenching reality of a father gunned down by mistake
The wife of Melbourne dad Paul Virgona sobbed outside the Supreme Court after two bikies who killed her husband were sentenced to decades in prison. Crucial questions remain unanswered.
- by Erin Pearson
Liberal Party’s father-daughter act feeling the heat from cookers
The civil war raging within the Victorian Liberals is not about to cool following another MP’s controversial event appearance.
- by Patrick Hatch
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Victorian Parliament
Former Liberal MP accused of online harassment by female party member
Bernie Finn has vowed to fight “nonsense” allegations of online harassment made by a prominent former member of the party.
- by Annika Smethurst
Man charged with murder after woman’s body found in house fire
Three brothers have remembered their mother, Maree Vermont, who was found dead inside her house in Goldie in central Victoria.
- by Adam Hegarty, Alex Crowe and Lachlan Abbott
Convicted murderer Adrian Basham fighting to keep house he killed his wife in
Basham told a court via videolink on Tuesday that he needs to sell the Cowes property to help pay his legal bills.
- by Erin Pearson
Two international cricketers joined a suburban T20 league. Now they are going to court
It may not rival the lucrative IPL, but the Aussie Cricket League has high hopes of carving out a place in the Twenty20 cricketing landscape in suburban Melbourne. The competition’s bat sponsor is now in a court row with two Pakistan cricketers.
- by Tom Cowie
Plane crash victims’ families sue Gippsland company from Sweden
In 2019, a plane carrying eight skydivers crashed about 30 minutes after taking off, killing everyone on board. It was Sweden’s worst air accident in 30 years.
- by Tom Cowie