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Australia News
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Rex Widerstrom
Victorian Government Official Apologises for Historical Land Dispossession
Victoria’s Surveyor-General Craig Sandy said that in the past, surveyors had caused significant trauma to Indigenous people by taking their land.
Apr 16, 2024
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Rex Widerstrom
Apr 16
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Australia News
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Monica O’Shea
More Shopping Mall Chaos: Two Teens Arrested After Brawling With Machetes
Mothers and children were seen fleeing from the shopping centre.
Apr 16, 2024
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Monica O’Shea
Apr 16
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Australia News
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Rex Widerstrom
Cardiac Arrest Rates up 20 Percent in Victoria, Survival Rates Fall
Sudden cardiac arrests in Victoria have increased by 20 percent in the past 5 years—and more than 95 percent of patients are dying.
Apr 14, 2024
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Rex Widerstrom
Apr 14
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Australia News
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Monica O’Shea
Fire Service Still Enforcing Mandatory Vaccination After It Was Ruled Unlawful Interstate: Victorian MP
‘Fire Rescue Victoria is the only fire service in Australia still enforcing mandatory vaccination,’ Bev McArthur said.
Apr 11, 2024
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Monica O’Shea
Apr 11
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Australia News
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Rex Widerstrom
Tax Exemptions, Political Positions Among Demands From Victorian Aboriginal Group
As Victoria negotiates on a Treaty with its Aboriginal people, an elder has presented a list of 10 demands, which the premier says will be considered.
Apr 09, 2024
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Rex Widerstrom
Apr 09
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Australia News
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AAP
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings as Rain, Wind Hammer Victoria
The Bureau of Meteorology issued two alerts for more severe weather late on April 1 with a cold front lashing Melbourne from about 2pm.
Apr 01, 2024
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AAP
Apr 01
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Australia News
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Isabella Rayner
Victorian Government Spruiks Regional Jobs Growth
The government says 163,000 new jobs have been created over the past decade.
Apr 01, 2024
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Isabella Rayner
Apr 01
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Australia News
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Monica O’Shea
‘Our Break up Is Overdue’: State Government Department Quits Elon Musk’s ‘X’
The Department plans to switch to other platforms.
Mar 28, 2024
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Monica O’Shea
Mar 28
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Australia News
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Isabella Rayner
Surge in Teen Crime: Victoria Records Highest Weekly Offence Rate Since 2009
‘Offenders are telling us they will walk up and down a street until they find a door or window that is unlocked,’ police say.
Mar 21, 2024
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Isabella Rayner
Mar 21
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Australia News
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Monica O’Shea
$11,000 Fines in Store for Landlords Who ‘Do the Wrong Thing’ in Victoria
Investigators will look into issues like functional kitchens, lockable external doors, and leaky taps.
Mar 21, 2024
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Monica O’Shea
Mar 21
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Australia News
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Jim Birchall
$589 Million: Huge Cost of Cancelling Melbourne Commonwealth Games Revealed
Abandoning the Games cost more than $589 million, the state’s Auditor General said.
Mar 20, 2024
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Jim Birchall
Mar 20
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Crime and Public Safety
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Rex Widerstrom
Medibank Data Breach Led to Over 11,000 Cybercrime Incidents, Police Say
Victoria Police say they want an expansion of state laws to allow them to ’search and seize' data from cloud services.
Mar 14, 2024
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Rex Widerstrom
Mar 14
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Australia News
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Monica O’Shea
Locals Stripped of Power to Appeal: Victoria Streamlines Process for Building Renewable Projects
All renewable projects will be treated as a significant economic development—removing the planning panel process and third party appeals at VCAT.
Mar 14, 2024
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Monica O’Shea
Mar 14
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Australia News
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Isabella Rayner
Victorian Taxpayers to Pay Malaysia $200 Million to Host Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games Federation offered Malaysia a hefty sum to host the event, amidst ongoing turmoil and uncertainty.
Mar 13, 2024
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Isabella Rayner
Mar 13
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Australia News
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Jim Birchall
Victoria’s Offshore Wind Zone Slashed to One-Fifth of Original Size
The works around were originally planned to stretch from Warrnambool in Victoria up to Port MacDonnell in SA, an area of more than 5,000 square kilometres.
Mar 05, 2024
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Jim Birchall
Mar 05
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Australia News
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Henry Jom
‘Unviable’: Manufacturers Strain Under Weight of COVID Debt Levy
Victoria’s State Revenue Office has also been accused of inflating land valuations so the government can charge higher taxes.
Mar 04, 2024
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Henry Jom
Mar 04
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Australia News
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Isabella Rayner
Victoria Investigates Cause of Power Outage Impacting 530,000 Homes
Communities are still grappling with the aftermath of the storm.
Feb 27, 2024
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Isabella Rayner
Feb 27
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Australia News
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AAP
State of Play as Catastrophic Fire Conditions Loom
Firefighters are focused on preventing deaths as Victoria braces to confront catastrophic conditions on Feb. 28.
Feb 27, 2024
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AAP
Feb 27
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Australia News
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Alfred Bui
33,000 Victorian Homes Still Without Power Days After Catastrophic Storm
Approximately 3,000 houses remains without power until next week.
Feb 15, 2024
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Alfred Bui
Feb 15
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Australia Top News
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Rex Widerstrom
One Dead, Thousands Without Power After Victorian Storms
A severe thunderstorm, strong winds and bushfires have combined to wreak havoc across the state.
Feb 13, 2024
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Rex Widerstrom
Feb 13
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