Bar Wars: Inside the attacks on Melbourne's nightlife

Life and Crimes with Andrew Rule by audio@news.com.au

May 15, 202628:16Society & Culture

Victoria's capital has been rocked by a series of attacks on nightlife venues, that has Olivia Jenkins and her colleagues on the Herald Sun crime desk searching for answers.

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