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The family of an African refugee who drowned in the Yarra River this week is questioning why he was placed in state care in the first place.

Child Safety Commissioner Bernie Geary will investigate the drowning of a 16-year-old boy from Sierre Leone who was in state care.

Victoria Police are questioning two men over an armed robbery in New South Wales last month.

Two men were arrested and 75 vehicles were intercepted as police shut down a hoon driving gathering at Campbellfield last night.

A teenager who drowned in the Yarra River in central Melbourne this week was an African refugee who was in state care.

Private security guards will begin patrolling the city centre and foreshore of Frankston, in Melbourne’s south-east today.

Victoria Police has admitted it cannot account for close to 200 firearms. Police are blaming the problem on poor record-keeping.

Victoria Police are investigating the circumstances following the apparent drowning of a teenager in the Yarra River in Melbourne this morning.

Victoria Police says a member of its special operations group was on the periphery of a firefight involving Australian troops in Afghanistan last year.

Stephen Linnell says there are a number of unanswered questions about what prompted the internal investigation that led to his sacking.