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Vic $250 power bonus opens amid cost rises

Victoria's default energy offer will rise by about five per cent as a $250 power bonus becomes available for 2.5 million households across the state.

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Victoria to demand governments set completion dates for energy transmission projects

State energy minister, Lily D’Ambrosio, says investors need confidence electricity grid will be ready for renewables

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Katunga mother Amberly Hendy spared jail over crash that killed two people and injured her daughter

Amberly Hendy pleaded guilty in the Melbourne County Court in June to two charges of dangerous driving causing death and one charge of dangerous driving causing serious injury. The crash in northern Victoria killed her sister, her sister's boyfriend, and severely injured her daughter.

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Queensland, Victoria impose bee border bans as NSW battles varroa mite outbreak

Queensland and Victoria join South Australia in restricting the movement of all bees and related equipment from NSW as the state struggles to contain the destructive pest.

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Deadly ambulance ramping at Victorian hospitals was on the rise before COVID-19, study finds

New research shows long ambulance offload times in Victoria increased from 2015 to 2019, and patients who faced longer wait times faced a higher risk of dying within the next 30 days.

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Victoria fridge discount program suspended

The Victorian government has removed incentives for energy-efficient fridges from an upgrade program as an investigation into alleged rorting continues.

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Schools will now be required to support well-being, but the standards aren't clear on what that means

New Child Safe Standards come into effect in Victoria this Friday, July 1. The set of 11 standards builds on the original seven. One significant change was made with little fanfare: well-being was included alongside safety as a key responsibility of organisations working with children and young people.

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‘Covid has broken us’: warnings of a mass resignation among Victorian paramedics

Exclusive: 16% plan to look for new jobs according to survey of 348 Ambulance Victoria staff

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Regional Victorian business owners buy and rent houses for workers to combat major staffing barrier

Victorian business owners say they are being forced to buy and rent houses for staff to use in a bid to attract and retain workers — despite thousands of houses sitting vacant across the state.

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Mid-century architect's former home auctioned after 30-year battle over heritage listing

A mid-century home designed by renowned architect Robin Boyd has gone under the hammer in Melbourne, bringing to an end a decades-long battle between its owners and Heritage Victoria.

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London Tube: From the Victoria to Jubilee line - which is the noisiest in London?

The noisiest tube line received 282 noise complaints

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Free flu jab rollout extended in Victoria

Victoria has extended its free influenza vaccine program until July 10, as the state faces its most aggressive flu season since the start of the COVID pandemic.

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Serial killer cannot be trusted, jury told

A Victorian Supreme Court jury should ignore the evidence of convicted serial killer Bandali Debs in the Jason Roberts murder trial, a lawyer says.

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Andrews pins hospital woes on visa backlog

Victoria's premier says urgent efforts to clear the migrant visa backlog will help alleviate staff shortages in the state's regional health services.

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No punishment for swastika tic-tac-toe

A Victorian principal at the centre of a discrimination lawsuit has admitted the school did not punish some students for their anti-Semitic behaviour.

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Regional Victorian road conditions creating extra costs for trucking companies

A freight company and a farmer say a rail network could be the solution to the increasingly costly problem.

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Heavy load possible cause fatal Vic crash

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released a preliminary report from its on-going investigation into a fatal plane crash in Victoria in February.

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Australia's only Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster brings visitors to new Pastafarian 'religion'

Pirate Priestess Angela Carter and her husband Captain Colin "Cupcakes" Carter selected "no religion" on the 2021 Census — and their reason lies in Christianity.

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Does Australia need Tasmania to become a multi-billion-dollar 'Battery of the Nation'?

As coal-fired power stations close down, there is a push for the renewables-rich state of Tasmania to become the "Battery of the Nation". The problem is, no one knows who will foot the multi-billion-dollar bill.

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Photos capture strength after fires, COVID

Rural Victoria's resilience is captured in a State Library of Victoria photography exhibition, which will tour regional libraries.

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Man shot by police in Melbourne's north

A man shot by police in Melbourne's north had confronted detectives while armed with a screwdriver and is being treated in hospital, Victoria Police says.

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Australian doctor who posted racist and sexist remarks banned from working until 2023

Victorian tribunal cancels Christopher Kwan Chen Lee’s registration after he admitted to making ‘utterly unacceptable’ posts

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Victoria's transformed frontbench sworn in after Labor's major pre-election shake-up

New ministers Steve Dimopoulos and Harriet Shing are part of the cohort that will flank Premier Daniel Andrews as he vies for a third term in government later this year.

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Older Victorians are drowning at an increasing rate, and this program is hoping to turn the tide

A new program is enticing older people into the pool to improve their safety skills in the wake of a worrying rise in over-65s drowning in the water.

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Vic govt ministry sworn in after reshuffle

Victorian Governor Linda Dessau has sworn in the latest Andrews Labor government ministry, including four new frontbenchers.

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