2 h. ago Mixing pride and sorrow, Victoria says sorry to First Peoples

In emotional scenes, Premier Jacinta Allan has used her apology to First Peoples to vow that Treaty will not be a mere gesture.

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24 h. ago My suburb makes some people panic, but it’s a case of mistaken identity

After a wrong turn off the Tulla freeway on the way to the airport, you’re lost. You think you might be in a suburb whose reputation has you nervously looking for knives.

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24 h. ago My village suburb makes some people nervous, but the hoons brought me here

You’ve probably never heard of this place. And what’s with locals calling it a village? But you have to admit it has charm.

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4 d. ago Diabetic driver in bid to dodge Daylesford pub crash inquest

A driver with diabetes who ploughed into and killed five people outside a pub in regional Victoria will object to giving evidence at an inquest.

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8 d. ago People think my suburb is dull and boring. But they can’t stop talking about it

It seems everyone has an opinion on my neighbourhood, where there’s a lingering characterisation that we’re the heart of Melbourne’s dull suburbia.

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8 d. ago My suburb is mocked relentlessly. But people can’t stop talking about it

It seems everyone has an opinion on my neighbourhood, where there’s a lingering characterisation that we’re the heart of Melbourne’s boring suburbia.

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8 d. ago Almost two dozen people taken to hospital after carbon monoxide leak in Melbourne’s west

Emergency services were called to a pork processing plant in Benn Court, Derrimut, about 12.45pm.

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8 d. ago Two dozen people rushed to hospital after carbon monoxide leak in Melbourne’s west

Emergency services were called to a pork processing plant in Benn Court, Derrimut, about 12.45pm.

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1 week ago More kids in crisis, suicides rise: Despair as tsunami of psychiatric ill

Young people and those in psychiatric crisis are fairing the worst in Victoria’s overflowing mental health system.

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3 w. ago Newman takes aim at former colleagues, hints at Victoria Park legal strategy

For the 100-or-so people who assembled on a Victoria Park ridge to mark 150 years since its establishment on Wednesday morning, the mood was more resolute than celebratory.

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last month ‘We owe it to people like Jessica’: Victoria considers decriminalising begging after brutal killing

Begging is still a crime in Victoria that can land people in prison for up to a year. Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny has asked for advice on whether to decriminalise the offence.

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