The rollercoaster that struck a woman at the Melbourne Royal Show last year, leaving her with catastrophic injuries, will return to the show despite investigations continuing into its operators. Shylah Rodden, who was 26 at the time, sustained life-threatening injuries when she was hit by a Rebel Coaster carriage atContinue Reading
A 26-year-old man has been charged with murder and attempted murder following the death of a man in Melbourne’s CBD on Friday night when a driver ploughed into pedestrians on Bourke Street. The man, which the Herald Sunhas named the man as Zain Khan, is from Melton West, around 45kmContinue Reading
At least one person has been killed and others have been injured after a car ploughed into pedestrians on a busy street before crashing into other cars. Police were called to Melbourne’s bustling Bourke Street about 6pm on Friday after a white Toyota sedan hit three people. The vehicle thenContinue Reading
An unemployment activist has blamed a Centrelink staffer for being stabbed by a disgruntled customer, because she was the person in “power”. Joeanne Cassar, 55, was rushed to Royal Melbourne Hospital with “life-threatening injuries” on Tuesday, after she was allegedly stabbed multiple times at the Airport West branch in Melbourne’sContinue Reading
The family of a Centrelink worker left fighting for life after she was allegedly stabbed by a disgruntled customer are considering legal action against Services Australia, saying the incident should never have happened. Joeanne Cassar, 55, was rushed to Royal Melbourne Hospital with “life-threatening injuries” after she was allegedly stabbedContinue Reading
Non-binary social media influencer Deni Todorovic has detailed the moment a baggage issue at Melbourne airport led to an encounter with Australian Federal Police (AFP), causing them to miss their initial flight to Sydney for Australian Fashion Week. The 34-year-old, who goes by they/them pronouns, claims they were checking inContinue Reading
A truck driver has been charged with dangerous driving after a horrific collision with a school bus that left multiple children with serious injuries. The bus, which was carrying 45 school children, was allegedly struck from behind by a tipper truck while at an Eynesbury intersection, in Melbourne’s west, atContinue Reading
A number of children involved in a horror school bus crash on Tuesday in Melbourne have required “partial and complete amputations of arms”. Royal Children’s Hospital chief executive Bernadette McDonald gave a grim update to the media on Wednesday morning, outlining the severity of the injuries. “We have a numberContinue Reading
Confidential employee information has been exposed in a data breach at Ambulance Victoria (AV). The data in question is the drug and alcohol tests of prospective graduate paramedics collected between May 2017 and October 2018. The documents had become accessible on Ambulance Victoria’s internal intranet. “Since becoming aware, AV hasContinue Reading
A teenage boy has died in hospital almost a week after a horror crash in Victoria’s northeast on Easter Sunday. Police allege Rory Teiffel, 23, was drink driving with his 16-year-old brother and two of his cousins, aged in their 20s, in the car when the vehicle lost control inContinue Reading