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AEMO ditches community meeting to discuss VNI-West transmission project with farmers

The Australian Energy Market Operator has refused to attend an energy infrastructure consultation meeting in western Victoria after hundreds of people arrived to voice their opposition.

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Killer of man bashed to death remains a mystery

The death of a man in regional Victoria, after he was found bloodied and injured in his apartment, remains a mystery despite police and coronial investigations.

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Statue of World War I surgeon Vera Scantlebury Brown unveiled in home town of Linton

World War I surgeon, trailblazer, and child health advocate Vera Scantlebury Brown is memorialised in bronze in her home town of Linton.

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Government ‘ignored’ home builders’ warning: opposition

The Victorian government ignored a warning about insolvencies in the residential construction sector months before the Porter Davis collapse.

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Porter Davis failure robs customers of deposits

Porter Davis customers left in limbo following the collapse of the home builder are questioning how the company failed to insure their builds.

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Experts urge Victoria to provide promised CBD safe injecting room or risk further harm to vulnerable people

Andrews government bought a Flinders Street site for $40.3m in 2021 but it has sat empty since

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Melbourne overtakes Sydney as Australia’s biggest city

Victoria’s capital has scooped up enough extra people to outnumber Sydney’s population

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Afternoon Update: Fox News reportedly pushes to settle Dominion case; deadly violence in West Papua; and Victoria’s big infrastructure pause

The high-profile defamation case has been rescheduled amid reports it may not proceed

The Guardian - AU

Victoria budget expected to slash spending on infrastructure, public service and health

Daniel Andrews warns of ‘very difficult measures’ in May budget as government works to get state finances on track post-Covid

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Deputy Premier Jacinta Allan blames Melbourne Airport as airport rail delay confirmed

The Victorian government says Melbourne's airport rail line won't be completed by its scheduled finish date in 2029 because of "challenging" negotiations with airport operator.

ABC News

Nostra to take over arm of failed Victorian building company Porter Davis

The collapse of Porter Davis left about 1,700 home building projects in limbo, with the majority of those in Victoria and about 200 in Queensland.

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Gippsland diabetes sufferer keeps remaining toes thanks to new high-risk foot clinic at Latrobe Regional Hospital

He is just one of the diabetes patients in Victoria's Gippsland region who no longer have to travel up to five hours to Melbourne for public treatment.

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Foxtel’s new thriller series set in the heart of Victoria’s Man from Snowy River country

Leah Purcell and Aaron Pederson star in latest local production, High Country, set in heart of Man from Snowy River territory

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Home builders plead for government help after collapse of construction firm Porter Davis

Some who have lost tens of thousands of dollars due to the collapse of construction firm Porter Davis broke down as they shared their stories on the steps of Victoria's parliament.

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Health groups hit out at millions in flagged cuts

Community health groups have hit out at proposed funding cuts to preventative programs in Victoria but the government says it's reducing funding "double ups".

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‘How we heal as a nation’: the replanting and return of the forests of Tower Hill

A lush landscape devastated by colonisation, and a people disenfranchised and decimated – nearly two centuries later, could Tower Hill be returned to its former owners and glory?

ABC News

Residents claim some insurance companies 'dragging their feet' six months after Rochester flooding

The flood-damaged community in Central Victoria is hurting, as the reality of frustrating delays and a lack of support services takes its toll.

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Over 200 roosters seized after cockfight tip-off

RSPCA Victoria has disrupted a cockfighting syndicate west of Melbourne following an anonymous tip-off about an upcoming event.

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Victorian police chief issues bail direction in wake of Veronica Nelson inquest findings

Chief Commissioner Shane Patton has told senior officers to make sure they are not unnecessarily denying bail to marginalised people, as the force accepts all of the recommendations from the coronial inquest into Veronica Nelson's 2020 death in custody.

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Former tropical cyclone Ilsa to bring heavy rainfall to central and south-eastern Australia

The powerful storm weakens to a tropical low, but is expected to bring rain to several states. Farmers in South Australia say they feel for those affected in Western Australia, but say the timing for them is "perfect".

ABC News

Chinese wine importers looking to re-sign contracts with Australian growers amid government talks

A wine grower from Victoria says she's been contacted by Chinese importers over the past three months who are confident the two countries' wine trade will soon resume.

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne’s new combined addiction and mental health treatment centre ‘a no-brainer’

The creation of a facility such as the Hamilton centre was a key finding of Victoria’s mental health royal commission

The New Daily

Public drunkenness laws lifted on Melbourne Cup day

Victoria will move to decriminalise public intoxication from November, with services to provide a health-based response instead of a criminal justice one.

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Victoria's public drunkenness laws to be lifted on Melbourne Cup day

Victoria's Police Association says the state's decriminalisation of public drunkenness, which comes into effect on Melbourne Cup Day, will leave officers powerless to act in some situations.

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Public drunkenness decriminalised on Melbourne Cup day

Victoria will move to decriminalise public intoxication from November, with services to provide a health-based response instead of a criminal justice one.

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