Danny Tran
ABC.net.au
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Data breaches affecting millions of Australians are on the rise, Information Commissioner says
Millions of Australians' personal details have been compromised by unpublicised data breaches – separate from the Optus and Medibank hacks – according to figures released by the national information watchdog today. → Read More
Meta to help young Australians hunt down their nudes in bid to tackle image-based abuse on Facebook and Instagram
Australian Facebook and Instagram users will have access to a new US-based platform developed to help young people remove sexually explicit content of themselves. → Read More
White nationalist Thomas Sewell found guilty of assaulting security guard as his friend filmed
Thomas Sewell racially taunted a security guard outside the Docklands headquarters before landing a flurry of punches on his unsuspecting victim. → Read More
Collingwood identity Jeffrey 'Joffa' Corfe pleads guilty to child sexual abuse
One of the Collingwood Football Club's most colourful and divisive identities, Jeffrey "Joffa" Corfe, pleads guilty to child sex abuse, but is unlikely to ever set foot in prison for the crime. → Read More
Victorian man filmed kicking a dog during COVID protests hit with $9,000 fine and 12-month probation
The 42-year-old man was ordered to pay $7,000 in legal costs to the RSPCA and donate a further $2,000 to a Melbourne animal hospital. → Read More
Victorian Labor accuses 'Greens-dominated' council of sabotage in tightly fought Northcote
An inner-city Melbourne council is temporarily ordered not to take down any political signage in a key battleground seat just days out from the Victorian state election. The Greens deny any involvement, accusing Labor of "misleading characterisations". → Read More
Shane Tuck inquest to be held in July after plagiarism investigation delays hearings
The inquest has been delayed following an investigation into a neurologist who consulted the AFL on concussion. → Read More
Former policeman who beefed up resume with 'inexplicable' lies avoids jail
A decorated former detective who lied on his resume to con a local council into paying him almost half a million dollars, before managing to trick Victoria's public watchdog into giving him a job, manages to avoid jail. → Read More
Man who struck police horse and threw traffic bollard at officer during Melbourne lockdown protest pleads guilty
Dennis Basic's defence says he is "embarrassed by his conduct", as he pleads guilty to several charges including assaulting an emergency worker, recklessly causing injury and animal cruelty. → Read More
Police officer rammed by unlicensed teen tells driver's pre-sentence hearing of pain
Senior Constable Rohan Brown tells the County Court of Victoria there is not enough support for emergency service workers as prosecutors reveal they won't oppose a community order for his attacker Benjamin Saurini. → Read More
Ex-deputy mayor Paul Cohrs, accused of murdering mother, rejects drug treatment at fitness hearing
Paul Cohrs, 62, represents himself at a fitness hearing in the Supreme Court of Victoria where two forensic psychiatrists say he has "a number of persecutory delusions". → Read More
Lydia Abdelmalek, who impersonated Home and Away actor Lincoln Lewis to catfish women, loses court appeal
Lydia Abdelmalek pretended to be Australian soap star Lincoln Lewis, convincing her victims to send her compromising photographs and "ruthlessly" stalking them. → Read More
Footage from scene of Michael Caposiena's death shown as Biannca Edmunds murder trial continues
Biannca Edmunds is on trial in the Supreme Court of Victoria for allegedly ordering her husband to murder her former partner in a conflict that led to the deaths of both men. → Read More
Victorian woman accused of ordering her husband to murder her former fiance stands trial
Biannca Edmunds is accused of ordering the murder of her former fiance, who had become estranged after a bitter custody battle. → Read More
Driver who killed a boy after running a red light in Melbourne's east is spared jail, loses licence
Zhao Hui Lu, 49, was sentenced to a three year community-based order over the death of Jack Power at Blackburn North in 2018. → Read More
Melbourne woman sentenced to time served for 'brazen' identity theft bank scam
Kristel Galvin-Samie is sentenced to time already served for tricking some of Australia's biggest banks into giving her more than $260,000 belonging to other customers. → Read More
Learner driver Floyd Hennessy jailed over fatal hit-and-run at Dingley Village
Floyd Hennessy, 22, will spend up to seven years in jail over the 2019 death of Peter Stojanovic, who was dragged beneath a car for 80 metres in a hit-and-run in 2019. → Read More
Deakin University lecturer Adam Brown charged with murdering wife in Melbourne home
Deakin University digital media lecturer Adam Brown fronts court, where he is charged with the murder of his wife at a Croydon North home. → Read More
Glenn Martyn, who ran over ex-wife, cleared of all charges relating to her death
A jury finds Glenn Martyn not guilty of failing to stop and help his former partner Gayle Potter, who was dragged under his car outside her Traralgon home in 2018. → Read More
Adrian Basham found guilty of murdering wife Samantha Fraser
A Victorian man accused of violently attacking his wife before making her death look like a suicide has been found guilty of murder. WARNING: This story contains details that will be distressing to some readers. → Read More