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City Of Melb Council Votes To Support Change The Date Decline Australia Day Events Funding

The City of Melbourne will support changing the date of Australia Day and will lobby the Federal Government to move celebrations from Jan 26.

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Starcevich expecting fiery Demons showdown

Lions defender Brando Starcevich says the Demons' forwards pose the biggest challenge in the AFL.

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Asofa-Solomona welcomes Raiders' NRL fire

Ahead of their NRL final, Melbourne big man Nelson Asofa-Solomona says he's happy to be a Canberra target, seeing it as a compliment.

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Judith Durham, lead singer of The Seekers, farewelled at state memorial in Melbourne

The unreleased song, Carry Me, is written by band member Bruce Woodley and features Judith Durham's vocals.

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City of Melbourne will lobby to change the date, but will keep 26 January ceremonies if unsuccessful

Councillors vote to ask government to change the date to ‘celebrate what it means to be Australian’

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Judith Durham state memorial sees Australia farewell The Seekers icon — as it happened

Devoted Judith Durham fans gather at Melbourne's Hamer Hall to bid a final farewell to the lead singer of The Seekers, after her death last month aged 79.

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Review into tender process for Brompton Gasworks development finds Crows bid failed to meet criteria

An independent review into the previous state government's decision to chose a Melbourne firm's proposal to redevelop the old Brompton Gasworks site over the Adelaide Crows' finds the football club's bid did not meet the project's criteria.

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'Lies and deception' in Melb nurse murder

Jurors have been told to consider lies and deception in deciding if Melbourne man Colin Graham is guilty of murdering his friend Ina-Doris Warrick in 1986.

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Lions must do more than stop Oliver in AFL

Melbourne have beaten up Brisbane mentally and physically twice this season but Brisbane's Hugh McCluggage says confidence is high ahead of the do-or-die final.

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Munster puts contract on hold for finals

Contemplating a move home to Queensland, star playmaker Cameron Munster has told Melbourne to put contract negotiations on hold until the NRL season is over.

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Jetstar flights cancelled, leaving 4,000 passengers stranded overseas for up to a week

Travellers in Bali have run out of medication and been offered tortuous routes home

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Melbourne off-road racers Ede Taric, Gerry Hoekstra remembered by family, friends, community

The motor racing industry and families remember two Melbourne men killed in an off-road enduro at the weekend.

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Vic driver avoids jail over fatal crash

Matthew Lorkin has avoided a jail term after he struck and killed a Melbourne man who was walking home with his groceries.

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Let footy do the talking: Lions captain

Brisbane captain Dayne Zorko says he'll let his footy do the talking against Melbourne while expecting some heat from his verbal sledging of the Demons.

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Community spirit, new families and tree-changers drive change in Long Gully

Money has moved up the Calder Highway in the past two years as young professionals, families and established couples from Melbourne and other areas buy up or flip houses in the area. It's changing the perception of "who" a Long Gully resident is.

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Fatal blaze in Melbourne's north-east leaves one woman dead, two children in critical condition

A woman is dead and a boy and a girl are in a critical but stable condition in hospital after sustaining smoke inhalation injuries.

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Woman dies, kids hurt in Melbourne fire

A woman has died and two children remain in a critical condition after a house fire in Melbourne's northeast, with police investigating the cause of the blaze.

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How The Seekers' Judith Durham's voice became the soundtrack to our lives

As Australia prepares to bid a final farewell to The Seekers' frontwoman, people across the country share touching tales about what Judith Durham's "beautiful" voice and warm character gave to their lives.

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Petracca passes early AFL fitness test

Melbourne star Christian Petracca has trained fully, proving he can play through a corked calf and hairline leg fracture on Friday night against Brisbane.

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Australian artist takes down mural of hugging Ukraine and Russia soldiers after huge backlash

Mural criticised for creating false equivalency between victim and aggressor

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Kolodjashnij chance for Cats' next final

A knee injury has left Geelong defender Jake Kolodjashnij in doubt for their AFL preliminary final against either Melbourne or Brisbane.

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Victorian musicians still grappling with the sting of the global pandemic call for revellers' return

The "long tail" of the pandemic will continue to weaken Victoria's live music industry unless it can work on a "strategic partnership" to keep musicians on stage and venue doors open, a new report says.

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Lawyer denies assaulting underage girl

Melbourne lawyer Glenn Thexton has faced court accused of sexually assaulting an underage girl outside a kebab shop.

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NRL's top-four premier rule in real danger

James Tedesco claims the calibre of teams placed between fifth and eighth means means an NRL premier could finally come from outside the top four.

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Aker' says Lions can beat MCG hoodoo

Three-time Lions premiership winner Jason Akermanis has revealed how psychologist Phil Jauncey had their 2001-2003 team always believing they could win at MCG

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