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EPA finds 3,000 tonnes of soft plastics in Melbourne warehouses amid REDcycle investigation

Victoria's environmental watchdog says it's working to mitigate fire risks after discovering 3,000 tonnes of soft plastics in half a dozen warehouses, weeks after the national REDcycle recycling program was halted.

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Mourners in Archie Roach's funeral procession fined after being caught by red light camera

Victoria Police has reviewed several fines given to members of the Archie Roach funeral cortege, but says they won't be overturned due to the seriousness of the offences.

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Yoorrook Justice Commission hears of racism in child protection and pushes on criminal age of responsibility

Yoorrook Justice Commission hears testimonies about systemic injustice in Victoria ahead of a meeting of state and territory attorneys-general to discuss the criminal age of responsibility.

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Victoria’s new Liberal leader: the five things to know about John Pesutto

The former shadow attorney general narrowly won back Hawthorn prior to securing the party’s leadership

The Guardian - AU

Victorian Labor could surpass 2018 ‘Danslide’ after claiming victory in Pakenham

Emma Vulin wins newly created seat in Melbourne’s south-east to equal party’s previous election result

The Guardian - AU

Lift criminal age, assembly urges Vic govt

Victoria's First Peoples' Assembly wants action from the government as the truth-telling inquiry hears more evidence from members of the stolen generation.

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Flood-affected Murray River tourist plea

Tourism operators along the Murray River are crying out for visitors, with reduced summer bookings hampering their flood recovery efforts.

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Port Stephens paper on brink of closing

ACM wants NSW Labor to adopt the same policy Dan Andrews took to the Victorian election, a commitment to place weekly government ads in all regional newspapers.

Newcastle Herald

Victorian schoolies urged to monitor for meningococcal symptoms after case linked to Queensland celebrations

An 18-year-old who was celebrating the end of school on Queensland's Sunshine Coast is diagnosed with meningococcal disease.

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Police search for man who allegedly walked out of Melbourne store with $10k Armani jacket down his pants

Victoria Police release an image of a man they want to speak to in connection with the theft of a $10,000 jacket, which was taken out of a store down the suspect's trousers.

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Victorian election results confirmed for Labor in Preston as Liberal MP laments party's 'existential crisis'

The Liberal Party is facing a crisis and must undergo generational change, one of the few MPs to gain ground in the election says, as his party prepares to elect a new leader in the wake of a widening electoral defeat.

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Australian Dolphins Swim Team in Bendigo ahead of FINA World Short Course Championships

Australia's swimming stars are in Bendigo preparing for next week's World Short Course Championships in Melbourne. It's also a practice run heading to the Commonwealth Games in 2026.

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Victoria Police arrest 10 people after six-month probe into alleged drug ring

Police say the disruption to the drug trade caused by the six-month covert operation could help to drive down the rates of other crimes.

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Reported family violence cases in Vic drop

Victoria's Crime Statistics Agency says the latest family violence data shows the beginning of a return to pre-pandemic trends.

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As overwhelmed hospitals in Victoria battle long wait times, doctors say GP shortages are part of the problem

Patients are being told to consider seeing a GP during non-urgent situations, but GP shortages and a decline in bulk-billing practices mean many have no choice but to go to an emergency department.

Evening Standard

On The Breadline: ‘A boy was picked for the football team – we had to make sure he had boots’

The Cardinal Hume Centre in Victoria is on the frontline of the cost-of-living crisis this winter. Robert Dex visits

The Guardian - AU

Permanent care orders and ‘racist’ carers cut some Aboriginal children’s cultural links, inquiry told

Muriel Bamblett tells Victoria’s Yoorrook commission there is little oversight of cultural plans for Indigenous children in permanent care

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Nationals candidate Jade Benham claims seat of Mildura in Victorian election

Jade Benham has claimed the seat of Mildura over incumbent independent member Ali Cupper, but says it will be challenging to deliver on her election promises from opposition.

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Liberal leadership hopeful looks to home ownership to boost support among young Victorians

Brad Battin says the party failed to define its values to voters and needs to target the outer suburbs

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Paper mill workers face uncertain future

A large paper mill in the Gippsland region of Victoria may have to stand down workers or stop making some products as it deals with dwindling timber supplies.

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Aboriginal girl's heart issue hard to find

An inquest into the death of a 12-year-old Aboriginal girl in Victoria has heard she suffered from a rare and deadly complication that was difficult to detect.

The Conversation

Sea urchins have invaded Tasmania and Victoria, but we can’t work out what to do with them

While crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef have long been ecological villains in the popular imagination, sea urchins have mostly crawled under the national radar – until now.

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Vic child protection hit with racism claim

Claims of racism, bullying and a toxic culture in Victoria's child protection system have been aired at a hearing of the Aboriginal truth-telling commission.

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Victoria vows to overhaul child protection as Yoorrook Justice Commission begins public hearings

Daniel Andrews says too many First Nations children taken from families and plans to work with minister to ‘devise a new system’

AAP

Yoorrook focus shifts to child protection

Witnesses are giving evidence to an inquiry into the experiences of Aboriginal Victorians in the state's criminal justice and child protection systems.

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