53 h. ago ‘Safe to visit’: Businesses hit by hunt for alleged police killer urge tourists to return

Businesses hard hit by the ongoing search for Dezi Freeman have welcomed a $2.5 million rescue package for the region. 

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3 d. ago After three weeks, travel warning lifted as police continue search for suspected cop killer

Facing a fraught balance between public safety and local needs, Victoria Police have lifted a travel warning for a remote town, even as a massive manhunt for Dezi Freeman continues in the surrounding bushland.

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3 d. ago After three weeks, travel warning lifted as police continue search for suspected police killer

Facing a fraught balance between public safety and local needs, Victoria Police have lifted a travel warning for a remote town, even as a massive manhunt for Dezi Freeman continues in the surrounding bushland.

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1 week ago Day 13 for manhunt, but still no sign of alleged police killer

Officers could be seen searching the Porepunkah Airfield on Sunday afternoon as the extensive police manhunt for Dezi Freeman continued.

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1 week ago The $900 million fee fight that could hit frequent flyer points

The arcane system that sits beneath credit card loyalty schemes is being put under the microscope by a Reserve Bank plan to ban surcharging.

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1 week ago High Country hideouts: Old gold mines complicate search for Dezi Freeman

Bounty hunters have been warned not to join the search for the alleged High Country killer after police offered a $1 million reward for information leading to his arrest.

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1 week ago Bounty hunters warned off trail of alleged police killer Dezi Freeman after $1m reward offered

As the manhunt continues for the man suspected of murdering two officers in the High Country, Victoria Police announced the biggest bounty in the state’s history.

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1 week ago ‘You will be caught’: Police set $1 million reward for capture of alleged police killer Dezi Freeman

As the manhunt continues for the man suspected of murdering two officers in the High Country, Victoria Police announced the biggest bounty in the state’s history.

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1 week ago ‘Dezi just loved the bush’: Former friend says fugitive knows how to navigate alpine terrain

Heavily armed police and sniffer dogs visit the property of Ray Kompe, a former friend of Dezi Freeman, as they continue their hunt for the alleged police killer.

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1 week ago ‘Oh my god, it’s Uncle Des’: The spiralling descent of an alleged police killer

Christmas 2018 was a final tipping point for many of the Filbys, who say they have been estranged from the alleged double murderer for years by both name and ideology.

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2 w. ago ADF specialists to help track down accused Victorian cop killer

Police continue to hunt accused cop killer Dezi Freeman amid concerns members of the public are helping him hide.

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2 w. ago A helicopter circles, police return to Freeman’s home: Search for alleged killer enters second week

Heavily armed police kept up the manhunt on Tuesday as, in Adelaide, a man was charged over a poster of Dezi Freeman displayed at a March for Australia rally.

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2 w. ago Hunt for accused police killer Dezi Freeman enters its seventh day

Victorian police move into Mount Buffalo National Park as the hunt for accused cop killer Dezi Freeman enters its seventh day.

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2 w. ago Dezi Freeman attended mass days before the alleged murders. On Sunday, the church stayed locked

On day six of the hunt for the alleged Porepunkah gunman, local Catholics revealed Freeman was a worshipper at their church in Bright.

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2 w. ago Dezi Freeman attended Mass days before two police were slain. On Sunday, the church stayed locked

On day six of the hunt for the alleged Porepunkah gunman, local Catholics revealed the fugitive was a worshipper at their church in Bright.

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2 w. ago Camouflaged police search farmland on day five of Dezi Freeman manhunt

Camouflaged specialist police search farmland and pine plantations in Victoria’s High Country for accused double murderer Dezi Freeman.

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2 w. ago Snow in High Country as search for accused police killer Dezi Freeman enters fifth day

As wild weather buffeted much of Victoria, the town of Porepunkah awoke on Saturday to clearer skies than the day before.

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2 w. ago Police to be recalled from manhunt to protect Sunday protests

An anti-immigration march and the weekly pro-Palestine demonstration, both in Melbourne’s CBD on Sunday, will divert police away from the hunt for alleged murderer Dezi Freeman.

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2 w. ago Alleged police killer’s wife, teen arrested and released as manhunt continues

Victoria Police’s top cop has urged fugitive Dezi Freeman to hand himself in, as his wife was one of two people arrested last night and released without charge.

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2 w. ago Police hunting alleged gunman in Victoria escort people from home

Police in Porepunkah escort people from a home amid hunt for alleged gunman.

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