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Grant McArthur

Grant McArthur

Grant McArthur is a senior reporter for The Age

Victoria Police has unveiled a new deployment model for PSOs at railway stations.

PSOs removed from 119 railway stations, redeployed to crime hotspots

Victoria Police has unveiled a major overhaul of PSO patrols at Melbourne’s train stations, revealing the areas where officers will no longer have a permanent presence at night.

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The location of Porepunkah, the scene of the police killings, and the property near Walwa where Dezi Freeman was found.

Dezi Freeman’s family finally got him a mental health appointment. He never made it

Just weeks before the Porepunkah shootings, Freeman had finally been convinced to get psychiatric help.

  • Melissa Cunningham, Grant McArthur and Lachlan Abbott
Police at Thologolong.

Dezi Freeman’s short stay at remote property betrayed by inner circle

Police believe the double killer had not been at his remote bush hideout long before a tip-off led them to his location.

  • Grant McArthur, Sherryn Groch, Marta Pascual Juanola, Cameron Houston, John Silvester, Chris Vedelago and Carla Jaeger
Signs out the front of the RAyner Track Road property.

‘We feared he might show up’: Town’s relief and lingering sadness over Dezi Freeman

Former landlords and friends of the slain fugitive say they are not surprised he overstayed his welcome with those who helped him try to outrun the law.

  • Grant McArthur and Carla Jaeger
Dr Helen Schultz stopped clinical practice after being attacked by a patient in psychosis at the Swanston Centre, and is calling for the place to be closed due to being unsafe for patients and staff.

Alarm raised on trouble-plagued Swanston Centre years before hospital homicide

A psychiatrist attacked by a patient on her second day at the Geelong psychiatric hospital says staff and patients have been let down by years of inaction.

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Kylie Minogue with Visy boss Anthony Pratt. Kylie Minogue was the guest performer at the annual Visy night at the Pratt family home in Kew.

Kylie sends guests spinning around at Pratt’s lavish backyard bash

Pop megastar Kylie Minogue gave 250 of Australia’s most select guests a night to remember as the headline act of cardboard king Anthony Pratt’s annual party.

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Greenslopes Supported Residential Service in Lower Templestowe has had its registration revoked after Victoria’s Social Services Regulator uncovered concerning conditions for vulnerable residents.

Dementia patients found tied to chairs, lying in filth, with open sores

It took regulators three years to investigate and close the service after warnings about the state of the home were first raised in March 2023.

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Lee Johnson, pictured with her child Bellamy Nieto’s dog Bluey. The mother has been left devastated by her child’s death.

After a series of deaths, traumatised families are left asking the same question at the Swanston Centre

Soaring episodes of violence and assaults have been reported inside the Geelong psychiatric unit.

  • Grant McArthur and Melissa Cunningham
Emergency services were called to the intersection of Myers and Swanston streets, the site of a mental health, drug and alcohol treatment centre.

Slain psychiatric ward patient shared bathroom, unlockable door with alleged killer

The patient from the neighbouring room was found over the body, with broken glass nearby. There were no locked doors between their rooms.

  • Grant McArthur and Melissa Cunningham
Berwick single mother Claire Neylon is hooked up to a dialysis machine every night.

Millions of Australians have kidney disease and don’t know it

The number of Australians treated for kidney failure, including dialysis, over the past two decades has doubled to 2.7 million.

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