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Retreat death: family pays tribute to Melbourne woman as police investigate whether she consumed mushrooms
Rachael Dixon, 53, identified as person police believe died after ingesting a drink at Soul Barn...
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Teenager dead after stabbings – as it happened
This blog is now closedPort Arthur survivor criticises Peter Dutton’s comparison of pro-Palestine protest to massacreGet...
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Asbestos confirmed in six Melbourne parks after latest EPA tests
PA Burns Reserve in Altona the latest site to have ‘small amounts of asbestos’ discovered, environment...
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‘Tone deaf’: Melbourne council criticised over plans to restore ‘heritage’ concrete roads
Historian supports preserving some of the interwar period roads, but Yimby activist criticises Boroondara council planFollow...
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EPA believes ‘illegal dumping’ led to asbestos in mulch next to Melbourne playground
Second discovery of asbestos at Hosken Reserve, in Melbourne’s north, after similar material found in SpotswoodFollow...
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Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam announces run for federal politics
Some Labor figures are worried about their grip on Wills if Ratnam secures preselection Follow our...
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Melbourne men allegedly sought $2.5m worth of phones to be shipped to Russia and other countries
Victoria police say four men were charged with nearly 100 fraud and deception offencesFollow our Australia...
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Melbourne private school Kilvington grammar charged over death of student after Vietnam excursion
Worksafe also charged World Travel Expeditions after Lachlan Cook, 16, died in hospital following health complicationsFollow...
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Victoria government blasted for rejecting truth-telling inquiry’s key recommendations
Yoorook Justice commissioners disappointed ‘crucial’ recommendation to immediately raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14...
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Victoria trials reusable crates for fresh produce to cut ‘invisible’ waste from supply chain
Pilot scheme supplies 1,000 folding boxes to farms and wholesalers to reduce single-use cardboard, paper and...
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Man shot dead in ‘very targeted’ attack in Melbourne’s north, police say
Victoria police say victim of Glenroy shooting was known to them and had a criminal recordGet...
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Neo-Nazis’ sentences over attack on hikers don’t reflect level of violence, Victorian prosecutor tells court
Director of public prosecutions launches appeal against sentences handed down to Thomas Sewell and Jacob HersantGet...
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‘Controlling’ man tricked wife into leaving Australia in order to have her visa cancelled, court told
The man has pleaded not guilty to ‘exit trafficking’ after taking his wife to Sudan in...
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‘More than the usual gastro’: at least 260 people report symptoms after outbreak at Victorian music festival
Those who attended the Esoteric festival in Donald on 8-12 March warned about Shigella bacteriaGet our...
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Victorian doctor suspended amid investigation into woman’s death after abortion
Women’s health clinic boss claims ‘witch hunt’ after Dr Rudolph Lopes suspended in weeks following 30-year-old’s...
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NSW government knocks back Inner West Council demerger proposal – as it happened
This blog is now closed.Aged care workers to get 23% average pay boost as union heralds...
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Australian Alps face world’s largest loss of snow by end of century, research shows
Study of global heating finds snowfall in Victoria and New South Wales could decline much faster...
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Police investigate reports patrons performed Nazi salute in Melbourne cinema
Cinema Nova spokesperson says group of four men and one woman were ‘vocalising hate speech to...
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Hobart endures hottest night in 112 years as severe heatwave hits south-eastern Australia
Extreme heat forecast to continue across Victoria, Tasmania, SA and NSW for several days, as record...
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Woman’s body found in wheelie bin in bushes in regional Victoria
Victoria police say death is suspicious and alleged offender ‘may have fled overseas’Follow our Australia news...
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Officers who shot and killed woman caught stabbing mother in Melbourne faced ‘terrible dilemma’, police say
Police say they ‘acted appropriately’ when they shot a 26-year-old woman who fatally stabbed her 53-year-old...
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Melbourne’s Moomba parade cancelled due to heat as festivalgoers in Victoria advised to leave amid fire warnings
Pitch music and arts festival attenders urged to delay arrival, with those already on site advised...
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Samantha Murphy: Victoria police allege man murdered Ballarat woman in ‘deliberate attack’
Man, 22, faced court on one count of murder on Thursday, a month after 51-year-old was...
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Monash University criticised over $127,000 farewell party for vice-chancellor while students ‘sit on the floor’
The university held the lavish event at the NGV for Margaret Gardner, now the governor of...