Vic: Main stories on today's 1800 Nine News

AAP General News (Australia)
08-30-2009
Vic: Main stories on today's 1800 Nine News

MELBOURNE, Aug 30 AAP - Main stories on tonight's Nine News:

- A young father had surgery today after he was stabbed 12 times at a dance party.

- The family of slain good Samaritan Luke Mitchell has unveiled a plague and demanded
tougher sentences for gang bashers.

- Anger is simmering between Hawthorn and Essendon after their violent clash on Saturday.

- Bushfires are burning north and south of Sydney, threatening homes in Port Stephens.

- Police fear a fire bug in Melbourne has struck again with a car fire overnight, the
fifth blaze in the past four days.

- The Victorian government says Melbourne's transit is safer than ever as new state
figures show crime is down 10.5 per cent this year, even though there is a huge jump in
rapes and drug offences.

- The remains of the last two Australian service men from missing in Vietnam are heading home.

- Obama has delivered the eulogy at the funeral of Ted Kennedy.

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