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Jacinta Allan might have offered a bold vision for Victoria. This is what Labor’s budget delivered instead
The new premier had little relief from cost-of-living pressures for single people, couples without children and...
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If Jacinta Allan isn’t Daniel Andrews, her first budget should show Victorians exactly who she is
A huge infrastructure agenda helped win Andrews three elections but the priority now for the state...
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Residents to continue fighting demolition of Melbourne public housing towers despite court setback
Pledge comes after Victoria’s supreme court dismisses residents’ class action against government, saying it has ‘no...
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Churches accused of a ‘shattering silence’ on redress for past injustices at Victoria’s Indigenous truth-telling inquiry
Catholic, Anglican and Uniting Church representatives tell Yoorrook Justice Commission of efforts to repent for ‘terrible...
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Truth-telling ‘critical’ to treaty, Victorian premier says ahead of historic appearance at Indigenous-led inquiry
Jacinta Allan says failure of voice referendum hardened her resolve to ‘present the facts’ about impacts...
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Senator’s X account removed – as it happened
This blog is now closed.Elon Musk’s X v Australia’s online safety regulator: untangling the tweet takedown...
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‘Will cost lives’: addiction experts condemn decision to scrap proposed safe injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD
Government claims no appropriate location could be found for long-mooted second facilityFollow our Australia news live...
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Arj Barker and a ‘gurgling’ baby: comedian’s request for mother to leave Melbourne show sparks furore
Trish Faranda claims she felt ‘humiliated’ when asked by the comedian to leave but fellow audience...
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Double or nothing: Australia’s first ‘job-sharing’ political candidates raise constitutional questions
Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock say they would split official duties and make joint decisions if...
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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...