An arrest warrant has been issued for a former Home and Away star who is on the run after allegedly escaping custody. Orpheus Pledger was on remand for an alleged assault against a woman last month, and was set to face court on Tuesday but never showed up. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Former soap star … Read more
Melbourne will not get a second supervised drug injecting room despite a Victorian government report pushing for the facility. Premier Jacinta Allan and Mental Health Minister Ingrid Stitt ruled out another centre on Tuesday and instead announced increased medical support. They said $95 million would be spent on health strategies including $36.4 million to establish … Read more
An Australian music festival has been hit by a major data breach, in what is a second blow to the festival after several headline acts pulled out of the lineup, prompting refund demands. The Pandemonium Rocks music festival, which included acts such as Blondie, Alice Cooper and Wolfmother, was made aware of the data breach … Read more
Just before the beginning of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, Eman and Ahmed Shat were overjoyed to announce they would soon be welcoming their fourth child. Now in her third trimester of pregnancy and living in an overcrowded refugee camp in Rafah without basic essentials such as food and water, Eman, 29, is severely depressed … Read more
Christine Campbell was nine years old when she migrated from the Philippines to Australia in 1995 — she was seeking a better life, but would soon to discover a set of hurdles. Campbell was living in Melbourne, when at the age of 15 she and her mother fled from violence at home. The teenager had … Read more
A doctor who wrongly diagnosed a 19-month-old with gastro, days before he died of meningitis, says the misjudgement was a “major error”. Dr Paul Bumford told an inquest he was working his first shift at Wangaratta Hospital, in northeast Victoria, when an unwell Noah Souvatzis arrived on December 29, 2021. The toddler had been holidaying … Read more
A Victorian family is hoping to raise awareness about a rare illness that hospitalised their daughter and left her unable to feed herself. The parents of Indiana Pulham – Stacey and Damien Simpson – said their daughter fell from the monkey bars at school and was taken to hospital in Warrnambool, unable to walk. Doctors … Read more
The wife of a truck driver, one of three killed in a head on collision along South Australia’s Eyre Hwy, said her family has been left “shaken” by the sudden passing of the 45-year-old man. Three died at the scene of the crash on the Eyre Hwy, about 27km west of Yalata, on the edge … Read more
A missing jack russell who escaped the care of an animal transport company near Melbourne Airport has been captured weeks after he went missing. The five-year-old terrier named Milo was headed to the United Kingdom on March 18 with his owner, Jason Whatnall, but escaped the care of AeroPets Animal Transport while being moved from … Read more
Victorian drivers will soon be able to carry their licence on a mobile phone, in a move that follows the lead of several other states. It comes after 15,000 Ballarat residents downloaded their licences to the Service Victoria or myVicRoads app as part of a six-month trial. Minister for Roads Melissa Horne announced on Saturday … Read more
