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Elephant seal that caused havoc in Victorian seaside town reappears at another beach

Authorities say the 500kg animal is ‘definitely not Henry’, a seal that used to frequent the Mornington Peninsula in the early 2000s

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Future of duck hunting to be reviewed in South Australia, but season will go ahead this year

After the Victorian government announced it would consider banning duck hunting, South Australia will also look at the future of the practice.

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Bail law reform on the cards in Victoria

The Victorian government is considering reforming the state's bail laws as the coroner prepares to release his findings into the death of Veronica Nelson.

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Victoria urged not to delay bail reforms as state awaits Veronica Nelson inquest findings

Victoria's legal community anticipates the inquest will recommend an overhaul of the state's bail laws, which were toughened in the wake of the 2017 Bourke Street car attack.

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Truck driver faces court over Bacchus Marsh school bus crash that left Ballarat students in hospital

A 60-year-old Croydon man has faced court this afternoon over a crash on a Victorian freeway that resulted in 33 people, including dozens of students, being taken to hospital.

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Workers fear for jobs as Opal Australian mill produces last ream of white paper for foreseeable future

Opal Australian Paper's Maryvale mill, in Victoria, has halted white paper production indefinitely, as the office supplies industry predicts paper prices will soar across the country.

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Queensland's economy now the best-performing in the country, CommSec's State of the States report reveals

Strong interstate migration and jobs growth lifts Queensland to its first top ranking on the State of the States economic report, with South Australia ranking strong in construction and Victoria leading the nation on retail spending.

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Flood insurance complaints lead to $6 million in compensation after regulator steps in

Nearly $6 million is clawed back from insurance companies after policyholders affected by the Victorian and NSW flood disaster complained about their treatment.

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Queensland public schools to join NSW in banning students from ChatGPT

Exclusive: Artificial intelligence expert questions firewall strategy, as Victoria opts to wait and see

The Guardian - AU

Court to rule on release of ‘explosive’ evidence in accused Victoria campsite killer case

Lawyers for Greg Lynn seek to suppress contents of all interviews and statements he gave to Victorian police

The Guardian - AU

Victorian road deaths rise after three people killed in separate crashes

The number of lives lost on Victoria's roads this year has risen to 21, after crashes across Melbourne and regional Victoria claimed three lives.

ABC News

Victorian B&S balls at the crossroads due to rising insurance costs, permit requirements

Rising insurance and operating costs are threatening the future of some Bachelors' & Spinster's Balls in Victoria, but organisers say they are more than a fun event for future couples to meet.

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Solar panels are leading the clean energy revolution, but recycling them isn't easy

Used solar panels cannot go into landfill, but recycling them is difficult and the profit margins are slim. Now, researchers say they have found an easy way to refine a substance from the panels that is worth more than $60,000 per kilogram.

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'Significant risk' to Mildura as Murray Valley encephalitis mosquito detections grow

Health authorities warn there is a "very high" risk of human cases of Murray Valley encephalitis in coming weeks, as detections rise in the northern Victorian city of Mildura.

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‘No one wants to talk to us’: victims of child sexual abuse from Victoria state schools fight for justice

‘We believe you, we support you,’ Daniel Andrews said after George Pell’s death, but those abused in the state’s government schools are still waiting for an apology

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Tennis fans frustrated as taxi drivers request set fees outside Australian Open

A taxi industry representative says high set fares requested by drivers outside the Australian Open are "damaging" Victoria's brand, after tennis fans were once again left stranded in the early hours of Friday morning.

The Conversation

Would a law banning the Nazi salute be effective – or enforceable?

Amid the growing threat of far-right extremism in Australia, Victoria recently became the first state to ban the Nazi swastika, (known as the Hakenkreuz). Publicly displaying the symbol is now a criminal offence and carries a penalty of up to $22,000, or 12 months of imprisonment.

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Vic women's jails purged of private health

Victoria will stop outsourcing health care across the state's women's prisons to a for-profit provider, conceding it hasn't always been up to scratch.

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National COVID-19 cases continue to fall

The latest Australian COVID-19 data on cases, hospitalisations and deaths shows the number of cases are still decreasing.

ABC News

Public health bodies to take over care in Victorian women's prisons

The state government will end outsourcing of health care for female prisoners to a for-profit company, admitting the current arrangement "hasn't always" fulfilled duty of care.

The Conversation

Victorians won't miss myki, but what will 'best practice' transport ticketing look like?

With fewer people using public transport and more working from home due to the COVID pandemic, public transport agencies need to do everything they can to encourage more people to use their services. An essential step is to make the ticketing and payment process as easy as possible. That means…

Evening Standard

From Dubai to down the Tube, moggy dubbed ‘Pimlicat’ finds his ‘fur-ever’ home

Mr Jingles spent up to two weeks in Victoria line tunnel – before being tempted into cat box by scent of ‘smelly fish’

ABC News

Murray Valley encephalitis virus detected in mosquitoes along river in South Australia

Following detections in NSW and Victoria, the Murray Valley encephalitis virus has now been found in mosquitoes in five council regions along the river in South Australia.

ABC News

Largest population of critically endangered butterfly found in western Victoria

A wildlife trust has found Wimmera reserves, in Victoria's west, is home to Australia's largest population of Eltham copper butterflies.

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Court documents reveal why police allege Greg Lynn killed campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay

New details have been revealed in documents provided a committal hearing about why police allege Greg Lynn killed campers Carol Clay and Russell Hill in the Victorian High Country.

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