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Families and loved ones remember the four who died in a 'horror' crash outside Hamilton

The sole survivor of a devastating fatal crash in Victoria's west is showing signs of recovery in hospital, as the community mourns the loss of four people who died in the tragedy.

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Environmental message as plastic bottle survives for decade after being dropped in ocean off Portland

A message left in this plastic bottle revealed the packaging had stayed intact after a decade at sea, but it could have lasted 450 years.

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Port Fairy businesses sell up, reduce trading hours due to hospitality staff shortage

One Victorian council tries three different approaches in the search for an answer to the problem.

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Kirkstall shooter pleaded with police to act before double-murder-suicide

The man behind a triple fatality in a rural Victorian town pleaded with authorities to take action a week before the crime, police investigating the case have heard.

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Wylah The Koorie Warrior authors Richard Pritchard, Jordan Gould inspired by their mums

She's a girl, she's Indigenous, she's a dragon-fighting warrior and she was inspired by single mums. Wylah's creators say being specific with cultural details has led to a new type of hero.

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Wombeetch Puyuun, a unique friendship and the push to recognise a monument erected in his honour

In the late 1800s, an extraordinary warrior named Wombeetch Puyuun refused to be moved from his ancestral lands. A white colonist became his firm friend and an early advocate for Indigenous culture. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains images of people who have died.

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Australia's only Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster brings visitors to new Pastafarian 'religion'

Pirate Priestess Angela Carter and her husband Captain Colin "Cupcakes" Carter selected "no religion" on the 2021 Census — and their reason lies in Christianity.

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Long-running battle over Great Ocean Road eco-resort proposal

It's an age-old story — the million-dollar development and the locals who oppose it. But there's more than usual at stake in a long-running battle on Victoria's Great Ocean Road.

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Portland hospital forum dismissed by Health Minister Martin Foley as 'closed-meeting politics'

Health Minister Martin Foley describes a forum attended by the state opposition for patients and families to express concerns about the quality of hospital services in Portland as "closed-meeting politics".

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Ukrainian refugee donates art as part of Warrnambool's fundraising efforts for war-torn towns

Artist Vladymyr Naumenkov escaped Ukraine amid shelling and gunfire last month. Now safe with his daughter in Victoria, the 70-year-old refugee is using his art to raise money for those who remained.

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Fish kill attributed to blue-green algae bloom chokes Curdies River and the hopes of future fishers

Dead bream have been found for kilometres in Curdies River along Victoria's Great Ocean Road, triggering a debate about how best to prevent blooms of blue-green algae in the future.

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V/Line apologises to man forced to travel in luggage compartment to Commonwealth Games

Regional rail provider V/Line apologises to a man with a disability who was forced to travel in a luggage compartment to the Commonwealth Games in 2006.

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Passenger tells protest how train journey in luggage carriage still irks years later

A south-west Victorian man has recalled the pain of being forced to travel in the luggage compartment of a a regional train as a result of being in a wheelchair.

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High rents in Victoria's Western District leave families with $80 a fortnight for food

Families from regional Coleraine spend more on travel and food than Melburnians, and now high rent prices are consuming their food budgets.

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Vaping among Warrnambool children blamed on online black market, illegal store sales

Police and youth workers say the issue is reaching crisis point in south-west Victoria, where disposable vapes with high nicotine doses are available to children via a black market online and at some local stores.

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How Warrnambool locals saved the life of surfer Garry Druitt after heart attack in the ocean

Garry Druitt was found face-down in the ocean after having a heart-attack, but thanks to a spontaneous civilian rescue team, he is alive to tell the tale.

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Push for international seafarers to access COVID-19 vaccines and be allowed to come ashore

Inside Victoria's Port of Portland are the international seamen who work aboard cargo ships importing and exporting goods. During the pandemic, they haven't been allowed off their ships any further than a long, empty gangway.

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