A former Home and Away heart-throb has admitted to bashing a woman during a suspected mental health crisis. Orpheus Pledger returned before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Monday via videolink wearing a green prison jumper. He kept his head down as details of the attack were read to the court.Continue Reading
Redundancies are expected to be announced at the Victoria Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) after the state government slashed its funding by 75 per cent. The news broke on 3AW when host Mark Allen revealed many of the staff that would be impacted had clinical jobs in the hospital, but aContinue Reading
Thousands of Victorian nurses could score a massive wage boost of almost 30 per cent under a new agreement with the State Government – just a month after industrial action shut down hospital beds and planned surgeries. The Victorian branch of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has calledContinue Reading
A Melbourne courier enlisted his brother for a campaign of “manipulation” aimed at covering up violence perpetuated against a woman, a court has been told. Jawad Qayyum, 41, appeared in the Victorian County Court on Friday for sentencing after pleading guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice. HandingContinue Reading
A long-serving member of the Victorian Liberal Party has been jailed for a foreign interference offence “aimed at the heart of the Australian government”. Di Sanh “Sunny” Duong, 68, returned before the Victorian County Court on Thursday as Judge Richard Maidment imposed a two year and nine month term ofContinue Reading
A teenage girl thought she was going to die after she was allegedly stabbed in the neck with a boxcutter and left to bleed out in a Melbourne park. Kiara Williams, 16, was allegedly attacked by youths after walking home from a gathering in Greensborough, in Melbourne’s northeast, on aContinue Reading
A businessman’s public hospital donation sat at the centre of an effort to cultivate a “future prime minister” for the Chinese Communist Party, a jury has found. Over the past month, Di Sanh Duong, 68, has been facing trial in the Victorian County Court after denying he was planning toContinue Reading
A Victorian woman said she “came off very lucky” and “could have died” after she became one of 22 people requiring hospitalisation from injuries suffered in a horror spate of crashes in thick fog. Ballarat woman Renee Warton was on her way to work a night shift on Monday afternoonContinue Reading
A prominent community leader was “cultivated” over many years by the Chinese government to influence politics in Australia, a jury has been urged to find. Melbourne businessman Di Sanh ‘Sunny’ Duong is facing trial in Victoria’s County Court on a single charge or preparing or planning to exert foreign influenceContinue Reading
A Chinese-Australian businessman’s alleged attempt to “cultivate” former MP Alan Tudge has similarities with the saga that ended Labor senator Sam Dastyari’s political career, a court has been told. Di Sanh Duong, also known as Sunny, returned to the Victorian County Court on Wednesday as his three-week trial entered itsContinue Reading