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Wombeetch Puyuun, a unique friendship and the push to recognise a monument erected in his honour

In the late 1800s, an extraordinary warrior named Wombeetch Puyuun refused to be moved from his ancestral lands. A white colonist became his firm friend and an early advocate for Indigenous culture. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains images of people who have died.

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Prevent Detect Escape fire safety course aims to help those living with disabilities prepare for emergencies

A fire safety course that aims to help those living with disabilities to prepare for life-threatening emergencies gets the seal of approval from a Victorian resident all too familiar with the nightmare scenario.

ABC News

Baby dies waiting in emergency department after 'testing positive for Covid'

The baby was attending Geelong University Hospital in the state of Victoria when they died, with hospitals under pressure in the region due to a rise in Covid cases

Daily Mirror

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Yoorrook: the fight for Victoria’s truth-telling commission to achieve its groundbreaking goals

The historic process has already seen requests for extension, calls for delays and departures

The Guardian - AU

Call for NAIDOC Week public holiday in Vic

An online petition has been launched calling for a public holiday in Victoria during NAIDOC Week to celebrate Indigenous history and culture.

AAP

One-year-old baby dies in Victorian hospital amid sector-wide staffing shortages

University hospital in Geelong confirms baby’s death on Monday night as Covid outbreaks worsen emergency room pressures

The Guardian - AU

Harness racing industry mourns 12 horses killed in stable fire at Forbes

Twelve horses have died in a stable fire in central Victoria at a property on Kilmore-Lancefield Road in the early hours of this morning.

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Calls to improve Australia's biosecurity as cost of varroa mite incursion to agriculture mounts

As threats like varroa mite and foot-and-mouth disease capture public attention, agriculture leaders say the cost of managing Australia's biosecurity needs to be spread more evenly.

ABC News

Social housing tenant forced to cook in living room amid Victoria’s ‘broken’ complaints system, report says

Investigation recommends the state creates dedicated social housing ombudsman and makes law changes

The Guardian - AU

Lockdowns, mandates still on cards for Vic

Victoria's new health minister hasn't ruled out mask mandates or work-from-home rules after the state's pandemic powers were extended for another three months.

AAP

Victoria restricts bee movement into Sunraysia as NSW varroa mite outbreak worsens

With 24 infestations of the deadly parasite now identified in NSW and the almond pollination season looming, Agriculture Victoria has taken steps to protect the north-west border region.

ABC News

Can a new department head get the politics out of infrastructure? (And is that a good idea anyway?)

Federal infrastructure policy has been rife with controversy for years: from the sports rorts scandal and dubious commuter car parks to overpriced land for the second Sydney airport. So notorious did the excesses become that they convinced the Morrison government’s critics to campaign for a strong anti-corruption commission during the…

The Conversation

Benalla in Victoria's north-east struggles with Centrelink and NDIS support after offices close

When Benalla’s Centrelink and NDIS offices abruptly closed last year, residents were told there would be community consultation and a new site established. That has yet to happen.

ABC News

Cat containment policy for Victorian Bass Coast Shire Council delights conservationists

Cat owners will be fined if their pets are caught off their properties in a move welcomed by wildlife conservationists.

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Steph Ryan resigns as deputy leader of Victorian Nationals ahead of state election

After eight years in politics, Steph Ryan has announced her retirement. Her resignation, in the lead-up to the birth of her second child, means the Victorian Nationals have lost a third of its female MPs in one hit.

AAP

Police post $1m reward over Vic cold case

Pamela Tascas has pleaded for information about the suspected murder of her son Trevor 16 years ago as Victoria Police offer a $1 million reward.

The Guardian - AU

Greater glider now endangered as logging, bushfires and global heating hit numbers

The cat-sized nocturnal marsupials, which are unique to Australia, live in areas from north Queensland to central Victoria

ABC News

Victoria records grim pandemic milestone with COVID deaths surpassing 4,000

As Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5 become dominant in Melbourne, the number of Victorians dying from COVID-19 continues to climb.

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Newly identified waterlily species is world’s largest

Leaves of species grown at Kew Gardens can reach up to three metres in the wild

The Guardian - AU

Victoria’s truth-telling commission requests extension to avoid replicating ‘colonial injustices’

Yoorrook commission says it needs time to create culturally appropriate model as interim report details ongoing pain of First Nations elders

ABC News

Yoorrook Justice Commission releases interim report detailing Aboriginal elders' experiences of racism

Aboriginal elders have recounted their experiences of discrimination, dispossession and child removal for a landmark Victorian inquiry.

AAP

Vic truth-telling inquiry seeks extension

Tasked with creating a public record of Indigenous experiences since colonisation, Victoria's truth-telling inquiry has formally asked for a two-year extension.

The Guardian - AU

‘I take pride in myself now’: Victoria to boost housing access for ex-prisoners

Former prisoners and politicians say having a place to call their own helps reintegrate offenders into society and reduces reoffending rates

The Guardian - AU

Children in out-of-home care are less likely to finish school. Victoria is launching an inquiry to understand why

Children have reported schools making them feel as if they were too much trouble, and of stigma and bullying

The National (Scotland)

Australian MP warns introduction of abortion protest buffer zones won’t be easy

AN Australian MP who introduced abortion clinic buffer zone legislation in her state has welcomed plans to further protect patients in Scotland, but…

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