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Crime kingpin Tony Mokbel tells a court he "100 per cent" did not tell then-lawyer Nicola Gobbo he was willing to identify corrupt officers and admit to being a drug trafficker.

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Police in Victoria say more than $260,000 has been lost to scammers selling fake tickets to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour since tickets went on sale last year. Dozens of people have fallen victims to hackers selling tickets through social media.

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The AFL has announced that players who leave the ground attempting to smother the ball will be deemed careless if they make high contact, in the wake of last year's controversial Brayden Maynard case.

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Crime kingpin Tony Mokbel appears in court to appeal his conviction, saying disgraced barrister Nicola Gobbo encouraged him to flee overseas in 2006, when she told him she'd received a police tip-off.

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Melbourne

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Melbourne

The Victorian Commissioner for Children and Young People has launched an inquiry into the care of the 12-year-old girl who was charged with the murder of a woman in Melbourne's west late last year.

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State care failings are being investigated following a 12-year-old girl being charged with murder. 125 reports alleging abuse in the care system have been made to the commissioner of children and young people in the past nine months.

Jake feels a behaviour change program focused on fatherhood helped him stop his violent behaviour. But the organisation that delivers Caring Dads says it needs more funding given the high rates of family violence.

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Working long hours can be stressful. While a break can help, what happens when the holiday is over, you've returned to work, and that sense of tiredness still lingers? 

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Melbourne

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Melbourne

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Melbourne

Swimmers are being warned to stay away from one of Victoria's busiest beaches and a popular High Country waterhole as extreme heat grips the state.

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In the same week the club entered voluntary administration, the Rebels have something to cheer about amid their clouded future with a preseason trial win over the Waratahs.

The cultural role of bookshops is in the spotlight after the owner of Victoria's oldest independent bookshop posted on social media, calling for "kids picture books with just white kids on the cover". Authors, booksellers and a publisher on the power of booksellers.

Jude Hudson was whisked away to give birth in a home for unwed mothers in her mid-teens, then her baby girl was taken from her. She may now be entitled to compensation for Victorian mothers forced to put their children up for adoption.

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Melbourne

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Melbourne