Victorian Labor vows to close loopholes that allow domestic violence perpetrators to ‘slip through the cracks and walk free’

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Sat, 19 Sep 2026 19:00:54 UTC.

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  1. Atlanta man arrested after phone wipe; new ruling allows border searches

  2. Germany braces for key state elections where far right party AfD seeks another breakthrough

  3. Dutch riot police break up far-right protest in The Hague after violence erupts

  4. Victorian Labor vows to close loopholes that allow domestic violence perpetrators to ‘slip through the cracks and walk free’

  5. U.S. touts number of barrels of oil escorted through Strait by U.S. military

  6. Man charged with stabbing murder of 90-year-old woman in Bondi Beach amid spate of alleged domestic violence killings

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