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Logging agency failing to protect possums

State agency VicForests' approach to logging presents a serious threat to two endangered species of possums in Victoria, the Supreme Court has ruled.

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Victorian opposition makes $160m bus overhaul election promise as Labor flags more dog parks

Matthew Guy seeks to woo outer-metropolitan voters while Daniel Andrews campaigns in inner suburbs on day three of the Victoria election

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Should Queenslanders be worried about rising cases of new COVID-19 variants, BQ.1 and XBB, in Victoria and New South Wales?

Chief Health officer John Gerrard says "it is quite possible" Queensland would experience a wave "in the coming weeks" as other states record rising COVID-19 case numbers.

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Victoria floods: Loddon Campaspe and Goulburn Valley legal centres assist flood-affected tenants with advice

Community legal centres in the Loddon Campaspe and Goulburn Valley areas are offering free advice to people impacted by floods as political parties are questioned on how they will improve legal literacy ahead of the state election.

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Andrews heckled as crash dogs campaign

On the Victorian election hustings, Labor leader Daniel Andrews has been heckled while visiting an off-leash dog park to announce an animal welfare package.

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Vic school evacuated over levee fears

A primary school in northern Victoria was evacuated as a precaution after floodwaters pushed a nearby levee to its limits.

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Police warn child sex scams rising in Vic

Dozens of Victorian children have been targeted in sextortion scams, where criminals solicit child abuse material from victims online and blackmail them.

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A heavily armed police officer was pictured talking to a mother on the beach. But was it really in Victoria?

Weeks out from the Victorian election, a photo of an armed officer talking to a mother and children has been used to attack the state's premier. But the photo is probably from Brazil.

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3D-printed custom knee replacement implant surgery at Maryvale Hospital

An orthopaedic surgeon has performed the first 3D-printed, custom knee replacement surgery in regional Victoria.

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Australia’s richer areas more likely to have people working from home in pandemic, analysis finds

Census data shows Sydney’s northern suburbs had highest WFH proportion, with lowest in regional areas such as Maryborough in Victoria and Taree in NSW

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Migrant crisis leaves us struggling to cope, admits minister

Migrants ‘disorientated and disturbed after being dropped outside Victoria’

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Home Office 'dumps cold and hungry asylum seekers in central London' ahead of major storm

About 40 people were taken by bus from the Manston migrant centre in Kent, but 11 of them had nowhere to go after being dropped off at Victoria railway station without jackets and wearing flip-flops on Tuesday night

Daily Mirror

Victorian opposition promises $500 dental vouchers as Labor pledges new medical scanners

Matthew Guy and Daniel Andrews focus on health announcements on second day on the campaign trail

The Guardian - AU

Victorian batting prodigy unfazed by hype

Victoria's rising star Ashley Chandrasinghe is not setting any timeline on debuting for Australia after a composed Sheffield Shield century on debut.

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Northern Victorian farmer Tim Ashcroft uses tinnie to deliver bales of hay to sheep stranded by floodwaters

When water on the Goulburn River floodplain stranded 400 of his sheep on a sandhill almost two weeks ago, Undera farmer Tim Ashcroft had to get creative.

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Nelson beaches blanketed by bubbles of sea foam after wild weather and strong winds lash coastal areas

Residents of a Victorian hamlet — and their pooches — have been enjoying an outdoor bubble bath after heavy rain, powerful winds and fierce surf hit the coast.

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Victoria rain eases, river threat remains

It is still not safe to return to the northern Victorian town of Echuca, but flood levels are expected to drop from major to moderate overnight.

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Court grants gag order against The Age

Victoria's Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission has been granted an interim order to stop The Age publishing information from a proposed report.

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Flood emergency 'far from over', Victorian SES warns, as swollen Murray River rattles border communities

Record rainfall which fell across Victoria in October continues to pose a flood risk, with dams at capacity and authorities warning residents in the north of the state to remain on high alert.

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Home Office leaves asylum seekers from Manston stranded in central London

Exclusive: People who had been held at Kent centre left ‘stressed and disoriented’ at Victoria station for hours, some in flip-flops

The Guardian - AU

Trains, a bus and an ambulance that wasn’t: the Victorian state election campaign is officially under way

There was a stark contrast between Daniel Andrews and Matthew Guy when they hit the hustings

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Hail storm destroys apple and pear crops in Victoria's Goulburn Valley

Many growers are in 'survival mode' after a hail storm hit apple and pear crops in a major Victorian growing region on Melbourne Cup day.

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Victorian state election campaign officially begins with promises on V/Line and water bills

Victorians will pay less for public transport across regional Victoria regardless of who wins the state election, with transport, hip-pocket issues, health and ISIS brides all featuring on the first official day of the campaign.

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Probe into DNA testing at troubled Queensland lab hears of 'divided allegiances' as $6m inquiry hearings wrap up

Two independent scientists called in from Victoria and New Zealand to inspect Queensland's forensic lab tell an inquiry into botched DNA testing that lab staff had "divided allegiances and a lack of trust".

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Vic Libs reject 'ISIS brides' resettlement

Australian women and children remain in Syrian camps, but the Victorian coalition has objected to their resettlement on security grounds.

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