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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...
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Victoria to limit WorkCover compensation for stress after deal struck with opposition
Workers receiving payments beyond two-and-a-half years to undergo another impairment test under changes expected to pass...
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Telstra apologises to family of Victorian who died during triple zero outage
Government says regulator is looking into the disruption which prevented more than 100 calls being transferred...
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Celeste Manno’s mother condemns murderer Luay Sako’s ‘outrageous’ sentence and vows to fight to keep him behind bars
Sako avoids life sentence for stabbing former colleague to death at her Melbourne home after stalking...
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Victoria fires: authorities on alert as strong winds develop amid 40C heat and catastrophic conditions
Residents across state’s west told to take action while bushfire continues to burn near BallaratTrack fire...
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Australia’s use of hotels as detention centres was unlawful, refugee’s lawyer argues in appeal
Federal court hears appeal after finding Mostafa ‘Moz’ Azimitabar’s Melbourne detention ‘lacked ordinary human decency’ but...
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Victoria fires: more than half of state on extreme bushfire danger alert as hot weather forecast
Temperatures tipped to climb above 40C in parts of the state on Wednesday with extreme fire...
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‘Grave concern’ over Wednesday heat spike in Victoria after six homes destroyed in bushfires
Firefighters continue to battle blazes as they brace for temperatures to exceed 40C in western parts...
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Family of young Indigenous woman who took her own life in Melbourne hospital call for investigation
Makalie Watts-Owens, a 24-year-old Tagalaka, Kukatja and Worimi woman, voluntarily admitted herself to St Vincent’s before...
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Bob Brown arrested at Tasmania logging protest – as it happened
This blog is now closedAlbanese signs WA GST pledge on reporter’s arm and signals possible support...
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Mornington Peninsula hotel owner forced to sell business after gambling watchdog finds payout error cover-up by staff
Owner of Rye hotel hit with $80,000 fine and required to sell business after staff falsified...
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Dutton says reports of WA boat arrival ‘disturbing’; Barnaby Joyce denies drinking problem – as it happened
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Nearly 135,000 Victorians still without electricity after storms as homes lost to bushfires
Dairy farmer dead after wild weather in South Gippsland, while ongoing power outages affect more than...
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Ten must pay Wilkinson’s legal fees, court rules – as it happened
Lisa Wilkinson took Ten to court over its refusal to pay more than $700,000 in legal...
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Half a million Victorian homes without power and trains cancelled as storm causes outage at state’s largest coal-fired plant
Authorities working to ‘get Victorians back online as quickly as possible’, state’s energy minister says Follow...
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Summer heat scorches much of Australia as forecast cool change in Victoria prompts fire risk warning
Five capitals swelter through 30C-plus temperatures as dramatic cool change forecast to sweep Melbourne and regional...
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‘Absolute tragedy’: Murray River waterskiing race called off after death of sixth competitor in 18 years
Man succumbs to serious injury suffered during fall while skiing, with paramedics declaring him dead at...
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Ad guru Harold Mitchell mourned; man dies at Echuca’s Southern 80 water ski race – as it happened
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Man shot by officer in Melbourne CBD made threats with broken glass, police allege
Shooting one of two separate incidents on Friday night after second man allegedly attacked four people...