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Short respite for flooded eastern Victoria

A major highway has been closed after heavy rain and strong winds lashed eastern Victoria, with power slowly being restored to affected communities.

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Heavy rain expected to return to NSW coast as flood warnings remain in Victoria due to water flows downstream

Immediate threat of severe weather dissipates but SES warns rivers across Gippsland may still peak as rain water flows through catchments

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Pilot killed in Vic helicopter crash named

Meat industry boss Paul Troja, 73, was identified was one of the passengers.

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Princes Highway reopens between Orbost and Genoa after severe weather damage

The Princes Highway has been completely reopened in East Gippsland after closing earlier today because of severe weather damage.

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Lismore MP says federal government needs to ‘step up’ flood support – as it happened

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'Premature' to ease Vic COVID-19 iso rules

A fresh call for Victoria to dump seven-day isolation rules for close contacts of COVID-19 cases has been branded premature and not without health system risks.

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Victoria to restore area five times size of Melbourne with $31m boost to private land conservation

BushBank scheme aims to revegetate parcels of private land to create habitat for endangered wildlife and capture carbon

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Victorian government vows to catch up on surgery backlog with $1.5 billion investment package

The government claims from 2023, the health sector will be running at 125 per cent of pre-pandemic capacity, delivering 40,000 additional public surgeries each year.

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First XI of 1868: The story of the all-Aboriginal cricket side that was Australia's first sports team to tour overseas

It's a great sporting story but you may never have heard of it. The director of a play about the First XI of 1868, an all-Aboriginal cricket side, wants to change that.

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Major flood warnings for East Gippsland as severe weather thrashes Victoria's east coast

Victorian authorities have urged East Gippsland residents to monitor flooding as heavy rain and damaging winds continue to pose a threat this afternoon.

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Whiteman ton has WA eyeing shield glory

Time is running out for Victoria after Western Australia extended their Sheffield Shield final lead to 297 by tea on day 4 thanks to a Sam Whiteman century.

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‘A beacon’: Victoria police praise teenager who used watch to signal helicopter during kayak rescue

The 13-year-old boy and a 51-year-old woman were rescued from the Glenelg River near South Australia border in early hours of Sunday

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Eastern Vic braces for heavy rain, floods

Rivers across Victoria's East Gippsland region are expected to flood after a weekend of heavy rain, with residents urged to mover to higher ground.

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Vics launch $1.5bn elective surgery plan

The Victorian government has unveiled a $1.5 billion plan to address growing elective surgery waitlists, boosting non-urgent surgery capacity by a quarter.

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Severe weather and flood warnings – as it happened

Dangerous flash flooding possible in East Gippsland; NSW reports 11 Covid deaths and 16,807 new cases; Victoria has two deaths and 9,008 cases; Towke breaks silence over 2007 preselection fight with Morrison. This blog is now closed

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WA edge closer to long-awaited Shield win

A Victorian batting collapse could prove ultimately pivotal as Western Australia built a strong 171-run lead in the Sheffield Shield final.

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Fifth victim named in Vic helicopter crash

A Sydney father of three and agricultural business director was the fifth person killed in a helicopter that crashed at Mt Disappointment in Victoria.

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Hyperlapse video: hiking the epic Grampians Peaks Trail in 5.5 minutes

The GPT is a new 13-day, 160km traverse of western Victoria’s Grampians national park. David Fanner survived the walk, but condensing his journey into a hyperlapse almost broke him

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Australia’s busiest state government goes into hibernation – not just isolation

Daniel Andrews and Matthew Guy are in isolation – but that hasn’t made Victorian politics that much quieter

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Flood watch warning for Victoria's east

A dump of rain is forecast for Victoria's Gippsland regions this weekend, with the weather bureau warning of possible major flooding.

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WA on top after roller-coaster Shield day

Western Australia will be quietly optimistic about breaking their 23-year Sheffield Shield drought despite a Victoria revival on day two.

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You have got to be kidding me: this year’s standout April Fools’ gags

Did you get got by these April Fools’ Day pranks? Plus: the ones we wished were real, and the real news we were hoping was a joke

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Vic govt to fund below market rental homes

The Victorian government will make 2400 homes available to low and moderate income earners for prices below the median value, it has announced.

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ATSB to comb chopper crash site for days

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau will spend at least three days combing the scene of a fatal Victorian helicopter crash for clues into what happened.

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Victoria to subsidise rent for 2,400 new homes in attempt to ease housing crisis

Under new scheme, families earning up to $132,000 can rent homes from state government at cheaper rates

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