Cameron Houston
Senior Crime Reporter
Cameron Houston is a senior crime reporter.
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Courts
CFA makes record $3.5 million settlement to victim of horrific bullying
A former volunteer firefighter who was duct-taped to the bull bar of a fire truck when she was just 17 has received the payout in a landmark legal case.
- by Cameron Houston
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Crime
Luxury car swindler targeted as burning cars slam into suburban home
An SUV and a ute were set alight in the early hours of Tuesday and driven into a multimillion-dollar Essendon property linked to ex-bankrupt Andrew Triantafyllos.
- by Cameron Houston, Marta Pascual Juanola and Madeleine Heffernan
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Domestic violence
Peta thought a body-worn safety device would bring help. She had to fight her ex alone for five hours
A woman who was violently attacked for five hours by her former partner is suing the supplier of a personal safety device that failed to alert police.
- by Cameron Houston
Court to decide who gets to keep the $100,000 ring when love goes pear-shaped
The rules of engagement will be tested over who will keep the ring when a wedding is called off after a builder took his former fiancee to court over her two-carat diamond.
- by Cameron Houston
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Black Saturday
Black Saturday arsonist who killed 10 released from prison
Brendan Sokaluk, a former Country Fire Authority volunteer, was freed on Tuesday after serving 15 years for deliberately lighting a blaze in the Latrobe Valley.
- by Alex Crowe and Cameron Houston
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Child abuse
Catholic college ordered to remove paedophile priest from honour roll
Despite apologising and paying more than $1 million to a victim of clerical abuse, Salesian College continued to eulogise a disgraced priest for years.
- by Cameron Houston
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Courts
Controversial pastor Daniel Nalliah charged with assaulting a woman
The former Family First and Rise Up Australia party candidate changed his plea after learning The Age would get details of the charge.
- by Cameron Houston
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Restaurants
Melbourne’s ‘prince of pizza’ making dough in Norway after debts and drive-by shootings
Woodstock pizza chain founder Tony Cannata abruptly left Melbourne after his business collapsed, owing $8 million, but he’s continued to earn a crust at an exclusive ski resort overseas.
- by Cameron Houston and Chris Vedelago
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Pro-Palestine protesters arrested after tampering with traffic lights, blocking roads and docks
Police arrested a dozen protesters at a blockade in Port Melbourne and two others for allegedly tampering with traffic lights in Carlton.
- by Madeleine Heffernan, Cara Waters, Marta Pascual Juanola and Cameron Houston
Police redeploy officers to quell potential chaos from pro-Palestine blockades on Monday
Victoria Police is moving hundreds of officers from regional stations in a bid to avert major disruptions from protesters who have vowed to target Melbourne transport hubs on Monday.
- by Cameron Houston and Ashleigh McMillan