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Jacinta Allan Condemns ‘Disgusting’ Racist Banner & Chant At Melbourne Shopping Centre

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has condemned a group of men who held a racist banner outside the Northland Shopping Centre.

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Victorian man sentenced for attacks on men he met on Grindr says TikTok vigilante videos inspired him

Christian Keryakus, 19, pleads guilty to aggravated burglary, common assault and recklessly causing injury

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Credit rating downgrade cost unknown for debt-hit state

No research has been done on how much interest repayments on spiralling state debt would soar from a possible credit rating downgrade.

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Victorian public servants hit back at Labor’s planned job cuts with push to curb ‘executive bloat’ instead

Report argues large-scale public sector job losses can be avoided in part by ‘culling’ 450 executive-level roles

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It never rains or it pours: Australia suffers two weather extremes in May

Parts of eastern NSW recorded wettest May on record as rainfall in Victoria and South Australia was 70% below average for the month

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Decades of searching and a chance discovery: why finding Leadbeater’s possum in NSW is such big news

Until now, Victorians believed their state was the sole home for Leadbeater’s possum, their critically endangered state faunal emblem. This tiny marsupial is clinging to life in a few pockets of mountain ash and snow gum habitat in the Central Highlands of Victoria.

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Is the cost-of-living crisis over? Victoria’s new treasurer is optimistic, but housing remains a battleground

Exclusive: Jaclyn Symes is confident cost pressures will have eased by the 2026 election, and that voters won’t be spooked by the state’s debt

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Secret figures show Liberal party’s ageing membership in freefall in NSW and Victoria

Exclusive: Sources reveal closely guarded membership numbers as average age hits 68 in Victoria

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Victoria says it is getting out of gas – so why has it approved a new LNG import terminal?

State government says Viva Energy’s floating terminal near Geelong will not undermine net zero target, while Greens call project ‘polluting [and] unnecessary’

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Shock NSW Senate result as One Nation beats Labor to win final seat

The button was pressed to electronically distribute preferences for the New South Wales Senate today. All analysts expected Labor to win the final seat, for a three Labor, two Coalition, one Green result. Instead, One Nation won the final seat, for a two Labor, two Coalition, one Green and one…

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‘Trauma porn’: media urged to reflect on role as victims’ families speak at Bondi Junction stabbing inquest

Victim’s partner says media involvement ‘only served to exacerbate my pain’. Plus: Kerry Stokes’ media empire energised by North West Shelf gas approval

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Non-payment is a major issue for Victorian sex workers. They could soon lose crucial help finding justice

Exclusive: Just two years on from decriminalisation, a legal service dedicated to helping sex workers is at risk of closure due to lack of funding

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Warm winter forecast for Australia as SA and Victoria face unseasonal fire risk

BoM prediction follows much wetter than average autumn for northern and eastern Australia, and much drier one for south

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Labor gains Senate seats in Victoria and Queensland, and surges to a national 55.6–44.4 two-party margin

Buttons have been pressed to electronically distribute preferences for the Senate in Victoria, the ACT, Queensland and Western Australia. Labor gained a seat from the Liberals in Victoria, with the other two unchanged. I had a wrap of earlier button presses on Tuesday.

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'Archaic' law casts cloud over Kiwi's top cop job

Concerns over the eligibility of a New Zealander to serve as an Australian state's top cop have forced law changes to be rushed through parliament.

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Secrets of ‘polar dinosaur’ forest home revealed for first time in 120 million years

At least 100 million years ago, dinosaurs thrived on the piece of land that is modern-day Australia

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MP whose seat was abolished ends up moving houses

Labor's Michelle Ananda-Rajah has won a Senate spot, after her lower house seat in Victoria was abolished in a redistribution by the electoral commission.

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7 Charged Over Wild Machete Brawl At Northland Shopping Centre In Melbourne

All seven people, including four teenagers, allegedly involved in a wild machete brawl at a busy shopping centre have now been charged.

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Machete ban enforcers slow to hit beat after mall brawl

A task force dedicated to monitoring shops' compliance with a machete sales ban won't hit the ground until after it takes effect.

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Traditional owner group seeks to negotiate local treaty with Victorian government in state first

Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation takes historic step as it pursues more independence and authority to manage land on its country

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‘It’s a moral issue’: Jacinta Allan faces backlash from own MPs as pokies reforms stall

Exclusive: Victorian premier confronted at Labor caucus meeting after budget forecasts $5.9bn in taxes from poker machines over next four years

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Protester accosts judge as Erin Patterson trial hears how officials tried to find source of deadly mushrooms

Health department witness tells Victorian supreme court of efforts to glean information from Patterson in days after fatal mushroom lunch

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Australia has some of the world’s toughest gun laws – it now wants to tackle machetes

England banned possession of machetes and some other knives in September last year

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Australia’s first machete ban is coming to Victoria. Will it work, or is it just another political quick fix?

Following a shopping centre brawl in Melbourne at the weekend, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan announced the state will ban the sale of all machetes from Wednesday.

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