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'Get after it': hot start predicted for AFL Origin

While one of Victoria's top defenders acknowledges players will be on managed minutes, he expects a willing start to the AFL State of Origin clash.

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Queensland topple Vics again in 'extreme' conditions

Queensland's Tom Straker finished with career-best match figures of 7-75.as the Bulls completed a narrow Sheffield Shield win over Victoria at the MCG.

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Vics' debutant shines as Shield clash goes down to wire

Victoria's top-of-the-table Sheffield Shield clash with Queensland at the MCG is on a knife's edge, with Dylan Brasher the key to victory for the hosts.

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Test, Shield star Labuschagne reveals injury battle

Queensland captain Marnus Labuschagne has been battling a serious thumb injury since he was hurt in Australia's Ashes victory over England in Sydney.

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MCG deck plays fair to leave Shield clash in balance

Queensland have a 178-run lead in their Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria after Bulls captain Marnus Labuschagne threw his wicket away late on day two.

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The Voice campaign entrenched immature politics. We must do better for First Nations people

The defeat of the Voice referendum was not simply a political loss. It was a political and cultural failure. It exposed, yet again, the profound immaturity of Australia’s political life when it comes to First Nations people. It’s an immaturity that’s shared, in different ways, by governments, by sections of…

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More MCG carnage as Neser rips through Victoria

Queensland took the honours on an action-packed opening day of their Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria as 17 wickets fell at the MCG.

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A whole Australian town is up for sale for £5m – but residents fear auction could spell its end

Licola, a remote settlement in the Victorian High Country about 250km east of Melbourne, is home to just five people

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More GPs will be able to diagnose and treat ADHD – and experts say it’s a positive step

The Victorian government has announced it will train 150 GPs to diagnose and start treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults and children.

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Indian government urges Australia to ‘hold the culprits accountable’ over theft of Gandhi statue in Melbourne

Spokesperson for India’s ministry of external affairs calls for ‘immediate action to recover the missing statue’

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Victoria’s mountain ash forests naturally thin their trees. So why do it with machines?

There has been much global discussion about the best ways to manage Earth’s forests in an era of climate change and more frequent bushfires.

The Conversation

Rogers leads Vics to big win with freak catch and runs

Tom Rogers reeled in a one-handed screamer to send Marnus Labuschagne packing before making 69 as Victoria beat Queensland by seven wickets in the One-Day Cup.

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Renewables over 50%, wholesale prices down – is the energy transition… succeeding?

Ten years ago, if a heatwave as intense as last week’s record-breaker had hit the east coast, Australia’s power supply may well have buckled. But this time, the system largely operated as we needed, despite some outages.

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‘A mixed blessing’: crowdfunding has changed the way we give, but is it fair and effective?

Millions of dollars have been raised for Bondi hero Ahmed al-Ahmed, while campaigns are backing families hit by Victoria’s bushfires. What does this way of giving mean for the charity sector?

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Victorian opposition leader pulls out of event headlined by Barnaby Joyce after premier accuses her of ‘cosying up’ to One Nation

Exclusive: Jess Wilson will no longer speak at Across Victoria Alliance conference in Horsham due to ‘unavoidable scheduling conflict’

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Afternoon Update: fresh search for Dezi Freeman; Nationals leader survives spill bid; and Grammy winner says ‘ICE out’

Victoria police ‘believe strongly’ that the fugitive died soon after he allegedly killed two police officers in Porepunkah

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Police ‘strongly’ believe fugitive Dezi Freeman won’t be found alive in search of area where gunshot was heard

More than 100 police and volunteers in five-day search of Mount Buffalo national park, near Porepunkah

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Eighteen more brides and grooms get hitched before they've ever met, and our guide here explains how to watch Married at First Sight Australia Season 13 free from anywhere.

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'Equality is non-negotiable': pride on show in streets

Thousands have taken part in the Midsumma Pride March, celebrating LGBTQI arts and culture as a premier pledges to stand with the queer community.

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Heatwave across Australia’s south-east continues for eighth day ahead of a welcome cool change

The BoM forecasts parts of inland NSW will exceed 45C on Saturday, with Thargomindah in Queensland to reach 46C, Mildura 45C and Canberra 41C

The Times of India

Australia hit by severe heatwave with burning across places nearing 50 C and thousands without power; here’s the reason

A record-breaking heatwave has been gripping Australia for days now, and still temperatures have climbed to levels that feel almost unreal even by Australian standards. The heat that doesn’t just make headlines, but leaves scars.

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Day and night, there’s no relief: five ways this heatwave is one of Australia’s worst on record

Soaring temperatures, heat at altitude and hot summer nights combine to create one of south-eastern Australia’s ‘most significant’ heatwaves

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The Crunch: a deep dive into bushfires, executives who love AI and Trump’s stacks of cash

The animated wind/temperature map and other visualisations that show how the Victorian fires spread

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‘We shouldn’t be surprised’: bushfires in Victoria push threatened species to the brink

The impact of fires on wildlife can be ‘catastrophic’, with some plant species feared extinct

The Conversation

We know how to cool our cities and towns. So why aren’t we doing it?

This week, Victoria recorded its hottest day in nearly six years. On Tuesday, the northwest towns of Walpeup and Hopetoun reached 48.9°C, and the temperature in parts of Melbourne soared over 45°C. Towns in South Australia also broke heat records.

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