82 m. 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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1 hour ago Newspaper, TV man ‘livestreamed child abuse from Philippines’

The man allegedly paid for child abuse material to be livestreamed from the Philippines.

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2 h. ago ‘Gobsmacking’ final win over council eviction for Williamstown residents

After a two-and-a-half year war against Hobsons Bay council and its secret eviction plans, Williamstown residents have received a final ruling on their homes’ fate.

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2 h. ago Former Labor ministers grilled over delayed child protection scheme

As MPs returned to state parliament on Tuesday, the government went on the attack over a damning report into the state’s worst childcare paedophile.

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3 h. ago Australia news LIVE: RBA keeps interest rates at 3.6 per cent; Wells under fire for fresh travel expense revelation

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4 h. ago Australia news LIVE: Wells under fire for fresh travel expense revelation; Victorian premier formally apologises to First Peoples

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5 h. ago ‘I saw my patient fly to the ceiling’: GP caught up in Niddrie fatal crash vows to rebuild

A doctor whose patient was seriously injured when an out-of-control car ploughed into his surgery says he has been overwhelmed by the support from his local community.

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5 h. ago A mayor on a mission nominates city safety as the biggest achievement of his first year

Just over a year into his term as lord mayor of Melbourne, Nick Reece says his greatest success has been in an area not usually within the council’s remit.

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5 h. ago A mayor on a mission nominates crime crackdown as biggest achievement of his first year

Just over a year into his term as lord mayor of Melbourne, Nick Reece says his greatest success has been in an area not usually within the council’s remit.

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6 h. ago ‘What a great and holy thing’: Roxburgh on what the world needs right now

Captivating and convivial, Richard Roxburgh talks over lunch about why he wants his new play to bring rowdy roars of laughter from the audience.

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6 h. ago Josh Hazlewood ruled out of Ashes series with Achilles injury

Australia were initially hoping to bring the fast bowler back later in the series, but he’s now been ruled out for the full Test summer.

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7 h. ago GP caught up in Niddrie fatal crash vows to rebuild as floral tributes grow

A doctor whose patient was seriously injured when an out-of-control car ploughed into his surgery says he has been overwhelmed by the support from his local community.

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10 h. ago Australia news LIVE: Wells under fire for fresh travel expense revelation; Reddit expected to challenge government’s social media ban in court

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12 h. ago Victoria enters election year on political knife’s edge as opposition support surges

The latest Resolve Political Monitor shows Jess Wilson is the most popular Liberal leader since the survey began and voters back Labor’s youth crime changes.

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22 h. ago For decades, Labor has owned Melbourne’s west. A new party plans to change that

Melburnians who feel left behind and taken for granted are coming together to try to break Labor’s stronghold on once-safe seats.

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22 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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22 h. ago The State Library won’t be frozen in time. Change keeps us relevant

Students, researchers and scholars want to use the library in different ways – hiring out the spaces and evolving its services are necessary if it is to survive as a temple of engagement.

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22 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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23 h. ago A coroner wants Unit 18 shut ‘urgently’. Roger Cook says it’s ‘the best solution we have at the moment’

Coroner Philip Urquhart said the “harrowing” evidence he heard about Cleveland Dodd’s final days at Unit 18 was some of the “saddest I have presided over”.

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24 h. ago The red flags childcare regulators may have missed in the Joshua Brown case

The rise of for-profit chains means the government now has to hunt “bad faith” providers through a complicated chain of company names, an inquiry has heard.

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