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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.

Hawthorn midfielder Travis Tuck has been banned for 12 matches, after becoming the first player to record three strikes under the AFL’s controversial illicit drugs policy.

Who is Hakan Ayik? In the first of a two-part series, Nick McKenzie looks at the target of one of Australia’s biggest investigations into organised crime.

Who is Hakan Ayik? In the first of a two-part series, Nick McKenzie looks at the target of one of Australia’s biggest investigations into organised crime.

Steven Arnold was blown away by the ability of reigning Cox Plate winner So You Think after he rode him in a race for the first time to take out the Group Two Memsie Stakes at Caulfield.

X Factor isn’t the first TV show to be caught out by controversies surrounding its ‘talent’.

We will soon be able to water our gardens at any time and wash their cars at home for the first time in four years.

Carlton has recorded consecutive wins for the first time in over two months to consolidate its push for September football, easily accounting for lowly Richmond by 89 points at the MCG.

The lawyer who led Victoria’s Royal Commission into the Black Saturday bushfires has spoken for the first time about the final report.

Fact box of Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s plan for the first three months of a coalition government: