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Former cop jailed years after sexually abusing teen

A former Victorian police officer who sexually abused a teenager and tried to get her to move to France with him has been jailed for up to three years.

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Hungry gold miners created Victoria's Murray cod fisheries – and we're still dealing with the consequences

In this edited book extract, Paul Humphries describes how a proposal to feed hungry miners on Victoria’s goldfields led to a Murray cod fishery – and the collapse of cod populations, the effects of which are still with us today.

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Victorian Greens threaten to block planning changes unless housing demands met

Leader Samantha Ratnam says half of all dwellings in new projects should be public or affordable housing

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Woeful Victorian poll for state Coalition; Victoria and NSW to lose federal seats as WA gains

A Victorian state Resolve poll for The Age, conducted with the federal May and June Resolve polls from a sample of about 1,000, gave Labor 41% of the primary vote (down one since April), the Coalition just 26% (down four), the Greens 15% (up five), independents 12% (steady) and others…

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What to do with 1.8m hectares of Victorian public forest?

Native forest logging will cease in Victoria from 2024, but those who live and work in state forests say there’s been little communication about what happens next

The Guardian - AU

Police and crime researchers fear social media’s effect on crime in NSW and Victoria

Data released in both states suggest online posts may have contributed to a rise in certain types of crime

The Guardian - AU

Many urban waterways were once waste dumps. Restoration efforts have made great strides – but there's more to do to bring nature back

In the 19th century, many of Australia’s urban creeks and rivers were in poor shape. Melbourne’s major river, the Maribyrnong, was full of waste from abattoirs, tanneries and factories.

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Search for girl, 10, missing for more than a week

A ten-year-old girl missing for more than a week was last seen in the NSW-Victoria border area and police have concerns for her welfare.

The New Daily

Victoria crime surge as offences by youths spike

Youth crime continues to rise across Victoria, with burglaries committed by children aged 10 to 14 almost doubling in the past year.

AAP

Metrolink boss says sorry after 'catastrophic' incident causes days of disruption

Staff are working 'flat out' to get it fixed

Manchester Evening News

Almost every Victorian Indigenous prisoner has enrolled to vote for body negotiating treaty

First Peoples’ Assembly will begin negotiations with Andrews government later this year

The Guardian - AU

‘A community like this is interlinked’: how road deaths ripple through Australia’s small towns

A quadruple fatality near Hamilton and the Hunter Valley bus crash have highlighted the trauma of road deaths on close-knit communities

The Guardian - AU

Big battery opens at retired coal-fired power site

A battery system able to store an hour of power from 30,000 solar homes has opened at a former Victorian coal-fired power station site in an Australian first.

The New Daily

The crisis in our universities

We are falling further behind Australia in terms of everything, especially the recruitment of high-quality academic staff and research funding, argues Ananish Chaudhuri

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Calls for justice after damning mental health report

A special report has found mistreated mental health patients in Victoria should be given an apology and compensation as part of calls for restorative justice.

The Canberra Times

New wind farm could power 71,000 ACT homes a year

The ACT awarded the contract for the Victorian wind farm to be built.

The Guardian - AU

Calls for restorative justice after ‘dehumanising’ incidents in Victoria’s mental health care system

‘I chewed my way through the restraints in front of two security guards who were laughing at me’, one woman says

Daily Mirror

Travel chaos for Soccer Aid and festival fans as major transport mode shuts until MONDAY

Transport for Greater Manchester has announced that the Bury tram line will remain suspended for the rest of the day due to damage to the overhead line at Victoria

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Manchester Evening News

Parklife and Soccer Aid travel chaos as Metrolink line set to remain shut until tomorrow

Damage to the overhead line at Victoria has caused major disruption for Soccer Aid and Parklife ticket holders

Manchester Evening News

Metrolink racing to restore full service before thousands leave Parklife as overhead line damage causes chaos

The damage at Victoria station has caused major disruption

The Guardian - AU

‘Decades of neglect’: calls for social housing quota on new Victorian developments as homelessness rises

Proposal from the Council to Homeless Persons comes as analysis shows huge increases in homelessness levels in some regions, with one rising 465%

The New Daily

Easy to use at-home defibrillator being trialled by Ambulance Victoria

Mini defibrillator targets sudden cardiac arrest – which has significantly increased in Australia over the past 10 years.

Newsroom.co.nz

The Week in Detail: Bilingual signs, starving universities, and vulnerable men

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

The Guardian - AU

Farewell Brett Sutton, the silver fox chief health officer Victorians couldn’t keep their eyes off

Like a superhero in an open-necked shirt and a vaguely sexy beard, he emerged during the Covid crisis to keep us safe. And now he’s gone!

The Guardian - AU

‘They don’t get country footy’: the regional Victorian clubs saying no to the AFL

Concerns over salary caps and a player points system are spreading – and one community football league has decided to de-affiliate

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