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St Kilda’s penguins have been taking a break from visitors, but volunteers are still working to protect them

It’s been a while since visitors have been able to watch the daily procession of little penguins near the St Kilda pier in Melbourne, but volunteers have been working hard on new projects to support a healthy penguin colony for years to come.

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How artists Judy Watson and Helen Johnson are stripping back Australia's 'white blanket of forgetfulness'

In his 1980 Boyer Lecture, art historian Bernard Smith said a “white blanket of forgetfulness” had been thrown over the horrors of Australia’s colonial past.

The Conversation

How the pandemic triggered Australia's worst rental crisis

Advertised house rents have hit record highs in 85 per cent of suburbs profiled in exclusive new data. These maps reveal the areas facing the biggest hikes in rent since the start of the pandemic.

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AFL grand final: Sydney Swans fans fork out up to $1,781 to fly to Melbourne

Prices soar for direct return flights to see match against Geelong Cats a week after Collingwood diehards made the pilgrimage to Sydney

The Guardian - AU

Australia confirm Shelley Nitschke as full-time women's coach

MELBOURNE: Former allrounder Shelley Nitschke has been handed a four-year contract as head coach of the Australian women's team, Cricket Australia said on Tuesday.

The Times of India

Rapist who dragged woman off street jailed

A Melbourne rapist who dragged a woman off the street and raped her while she waited for a rail replacement bus has been jailed for eight years.

AAP

Drug trafficker jailed years after crimes

A Melbourne woman caught with meticulous records of her drug trafficking dating back to 2013 has been jailed for seven years, ending a long-running court case.

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Vic govt continues hospital cash splash

The Victorian government has vowed to spend $1 billion improving hospitals in Melbourne's northern suburbs.

AAP

Man arrested after 'erratic behaviour' in Melbourne CBD had bottles full of water

Police have confirmed a man who was behaving erratically in Melbourne's CBD, causing a partial lockdown, was carrying petrol cans and bottles full of water.

ABC News

Police reopen locked-down Melbourne street

Parts of William Street in the Melbourne central business district were closed after a man was reported to be behaving erratically in an office building.

AAP

‘A hallucinatory moment’: Goran Stolevski on his unlikely rise in Australian film

With queer romance Of an Age and oddball horror You Won’t Be Alone, Stolevski has marked himself as one of the country’s directors to watch

The Guardian - AU

Never say never with Virat Kohli, can go past Sachin Tendulkar: Ricky Ponting

MELBOURNE: Surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's feat of 100 international centuries is "possible" for Virat Kohli, Australian great Ricky Ponting has said looking at the Indian superstar's new-found hunger for runs.

The Times of India

‘End of an era’: how the Queen’s funeral was seen around the world

From Melbourne to Paris, New York to Delhi, the solemn events in London resonated around the globe

The Guardian - UK

Australia complain to World Rugby after New Zealand refereeing decision

French referee Mathieu Raynal penalised Australia’s Bernard Foley for time wasting, a decision that ultimately resulted in New Zealand scoring a winning try

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Bachie’s Florence Moerenhout Shared A Horror Story Of Being Spiked In A Melbourne Club

"I spent the entire night in the hospital."

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First Peoples' Assembly slam hospital name

An independent Indigenous representative body has slammed the Victorian government's promise to rebuild a hospital and rename it after Queen Elizabeth II.

AAP

Lions fight back to beat Demons in AFLW

Brisbane coughed up the opening three goals against Melbourne but fought back to post a 15-point win that put them on top of the AFLW ladder.

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Cats, Swans embrace AFL grand final hype

There will be no shying away from the enormity of AFL grand final week for this year's combatants, Geelong and Sydney.

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Brisbane Lions fight back to beat Melbourne as Adelaide, Richmond record AFLW wins

The Lions maintain their winning form, despite the best efforts of the Demons, While the Crows and Tigers celebrate their respective victories over the Magpies and Bombers.

AAP

Andrews to rebuild, rename Vic hospital

The Victorian government has pledged to redevelop a hospital in Melbourne's east and rename it after Queen Elizabeth II.

ABC News

Labor doubles Coalition funding promise for Maroondah Hospital, to be renamed after Queen Elizabeth II in billion-dollar upgrade

The announcement comes just one day after a Coalition funding promise for the same hospital in Melbourne's east.

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Australia’s Most Drunk High Cities Have Been Revealed I Hope You’re All Proud Of Yourselves

Major bag/slab alert.

ABC News

Melbourne shaken by magnitude-2.4 earthquake in Port Phillip Bay

Residents in Frankston, Langwarrin and Cranbourne report feeling the effects of the magnitude-2.4 earthquake that struck at 5:41am.

ABC News

Victorian pigeon racing event to mark death of Queen Elizabeth II

About 1,000 pigeons will today race from Mildura to Melbourne in an event that will mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and honour the royal family's pigeon racing heritage.

The Guardian - AU

Off the beaten tracks: how three Melbourne writers talking music became a Triple R institution

Superfluidity hosts Clem Bastow, Christos Tsiolkas and Casey Bennetto on the winning recipe of their ‘free association radio’

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