Victoria police
Coverage of Victoria police in the Nexus archive.
- Moira Deeming drops legal case against Victorian Liberal party and makes last-ditch bid to avoid disendorsement
Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming has dropped legal action against her party as she attempts to avoid disendorsement before the state election. She abandoned a supreme court challenge against party president Brian Loughnane after making an assault allegation against former leader Matthew Guy and refusing to apologize following police findings.
- Police claim breakthrough in Melbourne’s hospitality wars, alleging links to overseas crime figure
Victoria police arrested a 20-year-old man accused of orchestrating a wave of Melbourne arson attacks, which are part of the city's escalating hospitality wars. The arrest is linked to an overseas crime figure, marking a major development according to authorities.
- ‘No offence detected’: Victoria police close investigation into Moira Deeming allegation of assault by Matthew Guy
Victoria police closed an investigation into Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming's allegation that colleague Matthew Guy assaulted her, finding 'no offence detected'. Deeming reported the incident on 16 June, while Guy called her claims 'ridiculous and unsubstantiated'.
- Two arrested during investigation into Dezi Freeman’s movements as police reveal killer likely travelled to NSW
Two men have been arrested as police investigate Dezi Freeman's movements following the killing of two officers in Porepunkah. Authorities believe Freeman traveled between Victoria and New South Wales over seven months before being found on a remote property near the border.
- Child killed in house fire in south-west Melbourne home
A child died and a man was seriously injured in a house fire in Werribee, south-west Melbourne. Emergency services responded to the blaze on Newbury Street just after midnight on Monday.
- Two men arrested in connection to Dezi Freeman’s movements after Porepunkah shootings
Two men, aged 48 and 35, were arrested in north-east Victoria as part of Operation Summit, an investigation into Dezi Freeman’s movements after he killed two police officers in the Porepunkah shootings. The arrests are connected to Freeman’s time on the run following the incident.
- Dezi Freeman inquest: police investigating alleged sexual assault of child when two killed, coroner hears
Dezi Freeman's alleged sexual assault of a child led to a search warrant that resulted in him shooting and killing two Victorian police officers, Neal Thompson and Vadim De Waart-Hottart. A coroner's court directions hearing revealed new details about the August 2023 Porepunkah shooting incident.