For two years, the streets of Melbourne and Palm Bay have been quietly on edge, between drive-by shootings, talk of street gangs and a dozen homicides involving young Black men, many in their teens.

MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian state government is banning the sale of machetes after a violent gang fight in a suburban shopping mall injured a young man. Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan ...

A gang of machete-armed thugs have allegedly terrorised three separate families across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs during a ...

A 20-year-old man identified by Melbourne police as a member of a street gang linked to a serious of shootings and homicides remains jailed following his arrest on several charges last month. Caleb ...

Youth gang members under the direction of organised crime figures have caused frightening chaos with a record number of cigarette burglaries known as “swarmings” over the past two years. Offenders are ...

A young disabled man has conceded he will likely never go back to his northeast Melbourne home after it was targeted by a ...

Petrol stations and convenience stores are on the frontline of Victoria’s retail crime crisis. Here’s how organised crime figures recruit young gang members to carry out the attacks. Youth gang ...