2 h. ago Woman drowns, man missing after three swept off rocks in Gippsland

The woman was found unresponsive in the water, but couldn’t be revived.

Events

4 h. ago Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: ‘Genuine local’ Julian Hill takes on Liberals over his address; Hamer addresses property controversy;

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Culture

8 h. ago Man shot dead after charging at police with knife in Footscray

Police said that when officers arrived at the scene Footscray Plaza and told the man to drop his knife, he allegedly ran at two officers, prompting both to open fire.

Events

9 h. ago ‘Creating monsters’: A violent inmate’s story prompts fears the system is failing

“His last words to me last Saturday were: ‘The system has made me the person I am today.’ I have thought long and hard about that.”

Politics

9 h. ago Which is Victoria’s smallest federal electorate? Take The Age quiz

How well do you know Melbourne and Victoria? Test your trivia and news knowledge with The Age’s weekly quiz.

Politics

9 h. ago Daniel Hope went to jail a teenager. He’s coming out a ‘monster’

“His last words to me last Saturday were: ‘The system has made me the person I am today.’ I have thought long and hard about that.”

Events

18 h. ago ‘People are going to die’: Funding doubt over state’s frontline public health defence

The Victorian government refuses to guarantee the future of local public health units that were crucial to the state’s pandemic fight, igniting concerns about more budget cuts to an already stretched health service.

Politics

20 h. ago Moira Deeming promoted in state Liberals’ shadow ministry, stoking tensions over Pesutto’s fate

Opposition Leader Brad Battin is poised to make Deeming the assistant shadow minister for the western suburbs, after her defamation victory against the party’s former leader threatens to push him to the brink of bankruptcy.

Politics

22 h. ago Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: Hamer addresses property controversy; Apparent push

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Society

22 h. ago Michael bought what he thought was cocaine. Two hours later, four people were dead

Four people died of an overdose of nitazines, a synthetic opioid 100 times stronger than heroin.

Events

23 h. ago ‘Disappointing’: VicTrack takes over station beautification program

Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria ran the Stationeers volunteers for 30 years – until a government agency quietly took over a few weeks ago.

Politics

23 h. ago A game of chicken (jockey): Melbourne cinemas embrace Minecraft mayhem

Theatres were prepared for the phenomenon when it arrived in Australia last week, even buying industrial vacuums to clean up the mess after each screening.

Politics

26 h. ago Swastika drawn on Liberal corflute of Indigenous candidate at home of MP David Southwick

Southwick, who is Jewish and campaigns against antisemitism, said the vandalism on the poster for Benson Saulo, who is running for the federal seat of Macnamara, was “very confronting”.

Politics

29 h. ago Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: Apparent push polling in Kooyong; Amelia Hamer revealed as beneficiary of $20m family trust; Wilson campaigns on cost of living

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Society

32 h. ago Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: Amelia Hamer revealed as beneficiary of $20m family trust; Wilson is no campaign bunny as cost of living bites

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Economics

33 h. ago Harry Dutton’s big win a sobering lesson for Victorian Liberals who think they might do a Bradbury

There is little evidence that a party which has malingered in opposition for all but four years this century is ready to start making a compelling case for change.

Politics

38 h. ago The fourth service: How AUKUS is consuming the defence budget

Army. Air force. Navy AUKUS? The nuclear submarine program could soon cost as much, or more, than other branches of our military, experts say.

Politics

39 h. ago How ‘Australia’s worst school’ transformed after public low point

Two determined principals dramatically turned around the culture of a school where student and educators’ physical and mental health, plus academic records, had been plummeting.

Politics

42 h. ago Mayor suspended just six months after election denies he made staff feel unsafe

Whittlesea Mayor Aidan McLindon, a former Freedom Party candidate, called a press conference outside Victorian parliament to fiercely deny the allegations.

Politics

42 h. ago Safety checks required before childcare centre can reopen after lead found in soil

The childcare operator says the contamination risk for children or workers is low, after heavy metals were found below a kindergarten area.

Politics