Two arrested during investigation into Dezi Freeman’s movements as police reveal killer likely travelled to NSW

16 June 2026 at 08:02

Victoria and NSW police search seven properties as they examine where shooter travelled after killing two officers in Porepunkah

Two more men have been arrested as police continue their investigation into Porepunkah shooter Dezi Freeman’s months on the run after he killed two police officers in August 2025.

In a statement on Tuesday, police also revealed they believed Freeman travelled between Victoria and New South Wales in the seven months between the shootings at Porepunkah and when he was found on a remote property in Thologolong, near Walwa on the Victoria-New South Wales border, on 30 March.

‘Eyes up, screens down’: Victoria restricts tech in high school classrooms to two hours a day in national first

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By: Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent

15 June 2026 at 07:37

Academic says laptops have ‘completely overtaken’ traditional note-taking and research other states should ‘absolutely’ follow the state’s lead

Victorian secondary school students will spend less time on screens and more time using pen and paper under a national-first plan to limit classroom device use to two hours a day.

The Victorian government on Monday announced that all state secondary schools will be required to incorporate planned device-free learning time in their teaching programs from term 1, 2027. This could include “using whiteboards or paper, group debates, practical experiments or performances instead”, the government said.

We can’t deliver ‘like-for-like-services’ for people kicked off the NDIS, states warn Albanese government

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By: Sarah Basford Canales · Dan Jervis-Bardy · Benita Kolovos and Caitlin Cassidy

11 June 2026 at 07:56

Coalition also criticises swift timeline for proposed NDIS changes with Melissa McIntosh saying ‘we cannot forget that there are human lives at the other end’

State and territory disability ministers have rung alarm bells over the Albanese government’s proposed overhaul of the NDIS, warning they can’t deliver “like-for-like services” for more than 200,000 participants expected to be shifted off the scheme by 2031.

The opposition, which strongly supports making the scheme more financially sustainable, has also criticised the swift timeline for proposed changes, with shadow NDIS minister, Melissa McIntosh, saying “we cannot forget that there are human lives at the other end”.

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