“A smiling protector with an enduring Batman fascination, a fallen officer has been sent off as a real-life superhero.” Vale, Senior Constable Vadim de-Waart-Hottart aapnews.aap.com.au/a/JlVBWTka

Victoria will likely hold the key to Labor and Liberal fortunes on election night #auspol

Monique Ryan and Amelia Hamer have waged a bitter war in the campaign for Kooyong but has it influenced voters? #auspol

“These young people also need chances and opportunity ... we don't have to have the only tool in our toolkit being the hammer and the nail." aapnews.aap.com.au/a/kRpEkcGv

“This proposal feels more like a response to political optics (i.e. visible weapons, media-fuelled crime anxiety) than a comprehensive crime prevention strategy” aapnews.aap.com.au/a/WJYaEIYb

Shots fired. “It's hard not to think this is a consequence of Z-list celebrities and radio stations going on a drive about a number of horrible offences in Brighton.” aapnews.aap.com.au/a/WJYaEIYb

Major project building costs have blown out by $11.7 billion as the Victorian government tries to sully the integrity of its independent financial auditor aapnews.aap.com.au/a/EXndgtbp

Australian political leaders are slowly condemning an Islamophobic attack on two women, but the prime minister isn't among them amid accusations of double standards aapnews.aap.com.au/a/JQgzduka

Pressure is mounting on Victoria's police minister after the state's top cop was unceremoniously dumped over an "unprecedented" no-confidence vote aapnews.aap.com.au/a/xJGyoFBp

The Victorian government is pushing ahead with a longer duck hunting season which also allows shooters to bag more birds aapnews.aap.com.au/a/bVPnbCyz

Labor has narrowly escaped an embarrassing state by-election loss in Werribee as the long-time Victorian government concedes it must win back voters' trust www.canberratimes.com.au/story/889275...

A by-election backlash shows Labor's grip on power is slipping in Victoria but political commentators caution it might not spell federal election doom aapnews.aap.com.au/a/rRpZBUVa

Disastrous dumped bail offences back 'on the table' aapnews.aap.com.au/a/JQPJNika

“The chief commissioner and the attorney-general … looked me in my eyes and promised to make bail conditions better, because of what Veronica (Nelson) and my family suffered. Where are those promises now?” Under-pressure government slammed for bail laws review aapnews.aap.com.au/a/GGlMBUzQ