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From Collingwood to Hawthorn, your AFL team's position after nine rounds summed up in two paragraphs

Want a quick rundown on where your team is at after nine rounds of the AFL season? From flag favourites Collingwood to potential wooden spooners Hawthorn, Andrew McGarry sums up each side.

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Teen stabbed to death at Melbourne train station

Detectives are investigating the stabbing death of a teenager at a busy Melbourne train station on Thursday afternoon. Police were called to Station Place

The New Daily

Attacking Port coach winding back clock: Demons coach

Melbourne assistant coach Troy Chaplin says an attack-minded Port Adelaide are winding back the clock to the early years of Ken Hinkley's tenure.

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Teenage boy stabbed to death near train station in Melbourne

Homicide squad detectives launch an investigation after a 16-year-old boy is stabbed to death near a train station in Melbourne's west.

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In the shadows of Melbourne and Spa, F1 does the right thing over Imola

The unease felt exactly the same. For the second time in just over three years, it was time to fly to a race that had disaster looming large around it.

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Melbourne bouncy castle king jailed over arson attacks on rivals

A Melbourne bouncy castle operator has been jailed for up to 11 years after he hired arsonists to burn down his rivals’ premises.

The Week

Melbourne party hire business owner James Balcombe jailed over arson attacks on jumping castle rivals

A party hire business owner who concocted a plan to target his industry rivals with a string of arson attacks has been sentenced to more than a decade behind bars.

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Bouncy castle king jailed for burning down rivals

James Balcombe had a burning desire to be No.1 in Melbourne's jumping castle game and his plan to bounce to the top had worked so far.

The New Daily

Seatbelt mandate flagged after horror bus crash

Victoria could look at mandating seat belts on all buses in response to a crash in Melbourne's west that left several children with traumatic injuries.

The New Daily

Gas lobby plans ‘national public awareness campaign’ – as it happened

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Calls for tougher regulations on developer 'promises' in new suburbs

At the Allura estate in Melbourne, like in many new housing developments, residents say they've waited years for infrastructure. The Consumer Action Law Centre is now calling on the state government to toughen laws for developers.

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Exford Primary School bus crash leaves Eynesbury community and first responders reeling

As Melbourne's outer-suburban sprawl has inched towards Exford Primary, the school has retained its country feel — and it was a sense of community that kicked in after Tuesday's horror bus crash.

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Amazing Australia: Melbourne and Victoria tick all the boxes for perfect golf, from Royal Melbourne down to the Mornington Peninsula

Kangaroos, koalas and golf: A trip to Melbourne and Victoria in Australia is even better than you can imagine.

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Women wear 6.5kg of clothes to avoid airline's baggage fees - but get fined anyway

Adriana Ocampo and Emily Altamura were travelling with airline Jetstar from Melbourne to Adelaide, Australia when they realised their suitcases were over the baggage allowance limit

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Protect ya king! Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA pairs bars and the board in speed chess tournament

A restored church in Melbourne’s north was the venue this week for an evening of chess fused with hip-hop

The Guardian - AU

‘I hope I never see that again’: a Melbourne school day that ended with a bus crash and the heartbreak of injured children

Teachers and witnesses first on the scene described as heroic after an accident that left students with ‘life-changing’ injuries

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Children in Melbourne bus crash found yelling 'where's mum?' when rescuers arrived

Two tradesmen who ran to help at the site of Tuesday's school bus crash in Melbourne tell of the horrific scenes they faced as they tried to rescue the children.

Reuters

Australian truck driver charged over school bus crash that hospitalised 18 children

Australian police on Wednesday charged a truck driver over a collision with a school bus near Melbourne that hospitalised eighteen children, including seven who were seriously injured.

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Seven children seriously injured in school bus crash in Australia

Some of the seriously injured pupils sustained head injuries, arm amputations and suspected spinal injuries.

Daily Mirror

Melbourne bus crash leaves 9 kids with 'life-changing' injuries including amputations

A bus carrying 45 kids collided with a truck and rolled onto its side on Tuesday, leaving nine children aged five to 11 with traumatic or serious injuries in Eynesbury, west of Melbourne, Australia

The Guardian - AU

Council in Melbourne declares health emergency, claiming truck pollution is linked to high rates of illness

Maribyrnong city council says lack of enforcement of road train curfew has undermined its ability to protect residents

The Guardian - AU

Used condoms allegedly mailed to dozens of Melbourne women in ‘targeted attack’

Police allege the offender or offenders used an old student yearbook from Kilbreda College Mentone, which contained home addresses

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: truck driver charged after school bus crash; young Australians spending less; and arson suspected in Wellington fire

Seven children were seriously injured in collision, including one who has undergone a complete arm amputation

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First woman to appear on Melbourne television, Mary Parker, dies

When television arrived in Australia in 1956, Mary Parker became an overnight star and a household name.

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Police Have Found A Link Between The 65 Melb Women Who Were Sent Letters W/ Used Condoms Inside

Police revealed the letters were "sexually explicit, suggestive, and repulsive".

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