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Retail syndicate 'steals items to order' for drug trade

Victoria Police have charged two men who they allege are part of a retail syndicate stealing items to order in Melbourne and regional towns.

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Calls for change after 'shocking' hospital discharge

An Indigenous woman's discharge from hospital after an alleged violent assault should prompt change in the health-care system, Victoria's health minister says.

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Two people found dead on a walking track in Victoria’s Otway Ranges

Police say bodies of man and woman were found near Wreck beach, but aren’t treating deaths as suspicious

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Plucking numbers from the air: Victoria’s big build for housing relies on impossible targets

The Victorian government this week gave the state’s local councils a gargantuan task: solve the housing crisis by accelerating new housing.

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Morning Mail: ‘$1,000’ nuclear bill shock, Victoria’s deal with Israel, Donald Sutherland dies

Coalition plan could see prices ramp up before new stations are built, analysts say; state signed agreement to exploit ‘global tensions’

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Victoria signed MoU with Israeli defence ministry to share ‘opportunities’ from ‘global tensions’

The 2022 agreement intended to foster trade relations and ‘support greater collaboration on defence industry objectives’, documents reveal

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Victoria’s $1.2 billion school tutoring program has not ‘significantly improved’ learning. How could it work better?

The Victorian Auditor-General has just released an audit of Victoria’s A$1.2 billion tutoring program designed to help struggling students post-COVID.

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Sydney Landlords Are Now Charging Up To $250 For A Single Bed In A Grotty Shared Room

A bunch of Sydney landlords have shown off their superhuman ability to stoop to new lows, this time by charging for rent per bed, instead of per room like most rentals. Somebody stop the planet, I’m getting off. As renters and governments look for solutions to Australia’s spiralling rental crisis,…

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Victoria moves to introduce default $50 loss limit on poker machines

Labor will also overhaul a much-criticised tax break scheme for gaming venues under deal with Greens

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Minister grilled over Indigenous women's deaths

Victoria's family violence minister has had a heated exchange with a commissioner at the Yoorrook Justice Commission over inaction on Indigenous women's deaths.

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States power up to shut down nuclear ambitions

As the federal opposition attempts to force the construction of nuclear reactors, state leaders say they will not go down without a fight.

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What is phonics and why is it used to teach reading?

Victoria has just announced all government schools will be required to use phonics to teach reading from next year. This brings it in line with approaches in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia.

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Demand for 'extreme' piggery and farm restrictions

An inquiry into Victoria's pork industry has called for the state government to ban sow stalls and make security cameras mandatory at abattoirs and farms.

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Trades Hall vandals slammed for 'performative stunt'

Victoria's Trades Hall has been vandalised with a group seen spray-painting anti-police and pro-Palestine slogans on the building's walls.

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I’m a CFA volunteer – and as firefighters we have to put community safety above politics

A threat by some volunteers to refuse to fight fires on renewable energy developments undermines the trust placed in us to protect lives and property

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Here’s what we know about the Coalition’s seven planned nuclear power sites

Peter Dutton has revealed the Coalition would use existing power stations in Queensland, NSW, Victoria and WA for nuclear energy. But from there it gets tricky

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An Indigenous girl asked to reconnect with her culture. In a ‘racist’ child protection system, her pleas were ignored

Victorian coroner condemns ‘systemic racism and paternalism’ in child protection system after inquest into 17-year-old’s death

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Victoria's social housing plan fails to consider demand

Homes Victoria, which manages social housing, lacks a plan to target areas in the state with the highest level of demand, a report says.

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Bird flu detected at egg farm in Sydney’s Hawkesbury

Avian influenza virus identified as H7N8 strain – different from outbreaks of H7N3 and H7N9 first detected in Victoria a month ago

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Time to learn from $1.2bn pandemic tutoring failure

A Victorian government tutoring program that cost taxpayers $1.2 billion did not significantly improve students' learning, an audit has found.

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The AEC has redrawn the boundaries for federal seats. How will this affect the next election?

Redistributions are held to keep the number of enrolled voters in each seat roughly equal. In Australia, this equal population per seat is possible for a particular state or territory’s seats, but not for all seats in the House of Representatives.

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Ambulance service demands reach unprecedented levels

Victoria's ambulance service demands have surpassed the height of the pandemic, with one family sharing a horror experience after their child stopped breathing.

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Experts struggle to crack mystery new bird-flu outbreak

Australia does not do enough to protect its biosecurity, an expert has warned as authorities work overtime to contain the spread of bird flu in two states.

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Following the money, not hot air, for more wind farms

Australia's green bank and international firms are generating more renewable energy projects, even as the political stoush over the nation's future warms up.

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Melbourne and Sydney wake to coldest morning this year after Queensland weather record

Band of cold blankets entire east coast, with widespread frost across Tasmania, Victoria, the ACT and NSW

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