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Schoolies becomes 'quiet-palooza' in Victorian coastal towns, as students look elsewhere

With exams completed and university applications filed away, this year's graduating class of 2022 faces one last question: what are they going to do for schoolies?

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Covid cases double in NSW and Victoria in a fortnight as fourth wave surges across eastern states

Deaths and hospitalisations also rise, prompting NSW to upgrade its risk rating to amber and mandate a limited return to mask-wearing

The Guardian - AU

‘Mozzies like a cloud’: repellant runs out in flood-hit towns amid mosquito boom

Demand for repellant in flood-affected regions of NSW and Victoria likened to the rush on toilet paper early in the pandemic

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Hotel group charged over Vic pokies

The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission has brought charges against a major hotel chain over its operation of poker machines.

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Victoria’s state election campaign has become hideously ugly. What happened to the battle of ideas?

There have been Ibac referrals, legal challenges and revelations about backroom dealings – and that was just in a few hours on Thursday

The Guardian - AU

Glen Druery defends Victorian election preference deals, feels 'betrayed' by video leak

'Preference whisperer' Glenn Druery says he has met with senior staff and politicians from the Liberal and Labor parties and says he feels "betrayed" by a leaked video of him discussing deals.

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Kennett cops blame for Hawks' funding hole

Victoria's state government is withholding $15m in funding for Hawthorn's new headquarters and outgoing Hawks president Jeff Kennett admits he is to blame.

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It’s Festival Szn So Here’s What To Know About ‘Designated Areas’ Where Police Can Search Anyone

Victoria Police are often present at festivals and major events, but their little-known powers to stop and search people arbitrarily and without a warrant came to light on social media at the weekend. Here’s what you need to know about them.Ahead of Melbourne’s Summer Camp LGBTQIA music festival on Saturday,…

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Victorian Liberals tasked with winning back African voters after 2018 'gang violence' election campaign

Headlines around the 2018 state election focused on the threat of so-called "African gangs", and it's left an enduring mark – on the community it tarnished and the Liberal Party trying to win majority support so it can form government.

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Vic Libs leader, VEC at odds over probe

The Victorian Electoral Commission and Liberal Leader Matthew Guy are at odds over a donation-based investigation referred to the corruption watchdog.

AAP

We fact-checked Samantha Ratnam's claim that Victorians have lost $66 billion at the pokies. Here's what we found.

Samantha Ratnam says Victorians have lost $66 billion on the pokies. But that figure does not account for inflation — or the losses that have occurred at Crown Casino.

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SA navigates over-supply of power

SA has coped with an over-supply of power after the loss of its connection to Victoria left the state unable to export excess renewable energy there.

AAP

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tim Colebatch, Kos Samaras and Sumeyya Ilanbey on the Victorian Election

Victorians go to the polls on November 26, with the Andrews government seeking a third term.

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Liberal claims of Victorian teals acting as a ‘party’ dismissed as ‘vexatious’ by Climate 200

Two independent candidates say the complaint to the state’s electoral commission is ‘unfounded’

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Leaked video shows Glenn Druery bragging of working with CFMEU to help Labor hobble Greens

Opposition refers ALP to Ibac over video of so-called ‘preference whisperer’ skiting about 2018 Victoria election deal

The Guardian - AU

Matthew Guy and his former chief of staff referred to Ibac over $100k payments plan

Victorian Electoral Commission has ‘not received full cooperation’ in its attempt to investigate the issue

ABC News

Calls for Victorian electoral reform after 'preference whisperer' recorded boasting of influence

Members of the Angry Victorians Party record a preference negotiator explaining how he charged $55,000 for arranging preference deals to win seats for minor party candidates, a practice which is legal in the state.

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Charles sends message of support after ‘terrible’ floods in Australia

The east of Australia has experienced heavy downpours which flooded large parts of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

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Surf's up as Victorian high country floods

When a community was overwhelmed by floodwaters in Victoria's northeast, some locals decided to put on their wetsuits and have some fun.

ABC News

We fact checked Victorian Labor's claim that Matthew Guy cut $1 billion from health. Here's what we found

Labor is running ads with a claim about the Victorian opposition leader that doesn't stack up.

The Conversation

New study finds Australia's preschool expansion 'has not better prepared' kids for school

Since 2008, Australia has spent more than A$11 billion dollars over ten years to expand government-funded preschool (or kinder in Victoria) for four-year-olds to better prepare children for school.

ABC News

Political and Indigenous leaders rally to keep young children out of youth justice system

Members of the Indigenous, legal and political communities are uniting behind efforts to raise the state's criminal age of responsibility to 14.

The Guardian - AU

‘We’ve come such a long way’: Labor’s Jacinta Allan on pushing gender equality forward in Victoria

The likely successor to Daniel Andrews as party leader says it’s committed to overhauling women’s health statewide – but there’s always more to do

AAP

Accused neighbour killer admitted argument

A Victorian man accused of murdering his neighbour admitted in a triple-zero call that he and the victim had argued and it "looks like I'm the culprit".

ABC News

Victorian stroke survivors fear impact of support centre closures

Wayne Porthouse says "no-one wants to know you" when you have had a stroke. He and fellow survivors are desperate for a support centre program to be extended.

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