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Regional hospital's devastating news for pregnant women

A hospital in Victoria's second-biggest city will close its maternity ward after consultations over staff shortages failed to save the service.

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Ambulance call answer times stretch out in Victoria

More than one in three calls for an ambulance in Victoria last financial year were not answered within 10 seconds, new Australia-wide data shows.

AAP

Renters and families to be hit hardest by new gas price rises, advocates warn

Consumer Policy Research Centre survey reveals 11% of Victorians asked for payment assistance from energy provider

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Zac Efron, Ryan Gosling among Hollywood actors to boost local film industry

Zac Efron touched down in Melbourne this week, where he'll spend the next two months filming action-comedy Ricky Stanicky.

The New Daily

Cost of living sees 35,000 Vic households struggle with rental stress, homelessness and overcrowding

With the cost of living soaring, Brooke is "scrambling" to pay rent, which costs over half her weekly household income. According to a new report, Brooke is one of thousands of Victorians facing the same financial pressure.

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Victoria's single-use plastic ban starts today, but experts worry it does not go far enough

Changes include prohibiting the supply and sale of plastic straws, cutlery, plates, drink-stirrers and cotton bud sticks, bringing Victoria into line with most other states.

ABC News

Tram delays after 'medical emergency' at Manchester Victoria station

There were delays on the Altrincham, Bury, East Didsbury and Rochdale lines

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Unsentenced prisoners make up a third of Australia’s prison population as bail refusals boom

Advocates urge overhaul of laws to ensure people aren’t needlessly funnelled into jail

The Guardian - AU

String of office pre-lets for Landsec in London’s Victoria

Property developer Landsec has agreed a number of office lettings at its latest development in central London

Evening Standard

Driver dies and young boy suffers critical injuries after fatal Gippsland crash in eastern Victoria

A fatal crash in Gippsland involving three cars and seven people kills a driver and leaves a young boy with critical injuries.

ABC News

Wombat found in middle of Mulwala Lake on Victoria-NSW border a first for wildlife rescuer

Kylee Donkers has been involved in some "very strange rescues" over the years, but this animal recovery on a lake on the Victoria-NSW border was a new experience.

ABC News

Daniel Andrews promises Victorian bail law reform after inquest into Veronica Nelson’s death

Premier vows responsibility to ‘make the necessary changes’ after state coroner recommended urgent review of bail act

The Guardian - AU

Rural community in northern Victoria fights to save its only school after teacher pulled from classes

Lilly Binion should be starting year 4, but she's been left without an education as the department tries to close her school without warning.

ABC News

Victoria has implemented all 227 recommendations from its royal commission into family violence. So was it a success?

In 2016, the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence released its findings following an exhaustive 13-month inquiry. In it were 227 recommendations to completely transform the state’s family violence services.

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Premier flags sweeping justice reforms for Victoria

There will be a greater distinction between violent and non-violent offenders in bail reforms to be introduced in Victoria in the first half of 2023.

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Ribbons tied by abuse survivors removed from Sydney's St Mary's Cathedral

Solidarity ribbons tied to the fence of St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney put a spotlight on clergy abuse, but as quickly as they are tied the ribbons are being taken down.

AAP

Ex-Vic priest extradited on assault charge

A paedophile priest who abused Victorian schoolboys will be sent to Tasmania to face further indecent assault charges.

The Conversation

'Discriminatory impact on First Nations people': coroner calls for urgent bail reform in Veronica Nelson inquest

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‘Complete, unmitigated disaster’: inquest into Veronica Nelson’s death urges overhaul of ‘discriminatory’ Victorian bail laws

Coroner refers prison health contractor to Director of Public Prosecutions over death in custody

ABC News

Victorian coroner tells Veronica Nelson inquest he backs changes to 'disaster' bail laws

Victorian coroner Simon McGregor has described the conditions in the lead-up to the 37-year-old Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman's death as "harrowing", while labelling the state's bail laws a "complete and unmitigated disaster".

AAP

Findings due on Nelson death in custody

A Victorian coroner will deliver his finding into the death in custody of Indigenous woman Veronica Nelson following a five-week inquest.

The Guardian - AU

‘Tip of the iceberg’: hundreds of victims allege sexual abuse at Victorian state schools

Exclusive: Pressure builds on government to apologise, as lawyer likens ‘trail of destruction’ to that wreaked by Catholic church

Evening Standard

Police appeal for help after missing Streatham woman is last seen at Victoria

The police are appealing for the public’s help to trace a woman missing from Streatham.

ABC News

Sailors on abandoned ship Yangtze Fortune in limbo while anchored on Victorian coast

With a cracked hull and thousands of dollars in unpaid wages owed to its Filipino crew, the Yangtze Fortune's Chinese owners have abandoned the ship amid mounting debt.

ABC News

As single-use plastic ban starts in Victoria, shoppers tackle waste, recycling issues at the source

As a single-use plastic ban is introduced in Victoria, an unpackaged food co-operative in one regional city is allowing residents to complete their grocery shop plastic-free.

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