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Pay per view: Victoria wants to charge visitors to see the Twelve Apostles – will it become like Stonehenge?

Like Stonehenge, the Australian coastal landmark is first seen from a busy highway – and locals warn charging a fee for safe viewing could make existing congestion worse

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Rockers on song for pop-up gigs to boost ailing CBD

An iconic Australian rocker kicked off a series of free concerts, but a critic likened the effort to 'band-aids on a bullet wound' to CBD confidence.

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Upgrades revved up for Australia's F1 Grand Prix venue

Formula One fans in Australia are set to flock to Melbourne for years to come, with upgrades coming to the Albert Park track to meet international standards.

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Three-strike bail proposal not axed by penny-pinching

A three-strike bail policy was put forward by Victoria's police boss before his sacking, but wasn't rejected because of the cost, the government says.

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Melbourne best friends on ‘dream getaway’ before feared methanol poisoning in Laos left them fighting for life

Teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles in hospitals in neighbouring Thailand after incident last week

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Family prayers as teens fight for life in Laos tragedy

The family of an Australian woman gravely ill in Thailand is praying for her, after she and her best friend suffered apparent methanol poisoning in Laos.

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As Daniel Andrews gets immortalised in bronze a year after retiring, will obsessed critics ever get over him?

Confirmation that the former Victorian premier will have a statue in his honour has sparked another series of headlines

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Dingo culls to continue in most of Victoria

Dingoes will continue to be controlled in large parts of Victoria due to the extension of the state government's management plan.

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Victorian zoo celebrates new white rhino calf

An as-yet unnamed southern white rhino calf is thriving at a Victorian zoo almost a week after its birth.

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A ‘scare campaign’ over national parks? The fight over the future of Victoria’s forests

Conservationists say the push to protect forests and endangered species with a giant national park has become mired in ‘disinformation’

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Disneyland Might Be Coming To 1 Of 3 Melbourne Suburbs If This Local MP Gets His Way

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Aged care Covid vaccination rates ‘disappointingly low’, chief medical officer warns – as it happened

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Victoria cut traditional owner groups from $2b windfall

Historical land use agreements in Victoria were set up to exclude traditional owner groups from their share in billions of dollars in revenue, a minister says.

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Cost of living, natural disasters impact tourism

Domestic travellers are opting to have shorter, cheaper holidays closer to home as international tourism continues to recover from the pandemic, new data shows.

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Australian Open: Victorian premier defends $100m Tennis Australia bailout during Covid pandemic

Jacinta Allan says event is a ‘key anchor’ on the state’s major events calendar and is worth millions to the economy

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Child attacked by crocodile at Kakadu – as it happened

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Swathes of Melbourne could face flooding from rising sea levels, new long-term modelling suggests

Government analysis finds climate change could see a quarter of Port Philip council area facing inundation from a 1.1-metre sea level rise and one-in-100-chance storm

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Coastal communities under threat from sea level rises

Victorian coastal communities face heightened flood threats caused by climate change-induced sea level rises by the turn of the century, a report forecasts.

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Taylor Swift Tickets Are Being Sold For $2k By Scalpers As Inspectors Crack Down On Sales

Scalpers have been busted reselling tickets to the Taylor Swift Eras Tour's Melbourne shows at an increase of more than 400%.

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Forestry welcomes contracts but derides compo deal

The Victorian government has offered forestry harvest contractors five-year deals but the industry is unimpressed with its "compensation" packages.

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Law firm launches legal action over F1 Las Vegas GP spectator ejections

It is asking for payments of "in excess" of $30,000 per spectator, split equally between "general" and "special" damages.

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Hotels in firing line as Airbnb hits out at state tax

Airbnb has called for hotels not to be spared from Victoria's incoming statewide tax on short-stay platforms but the government is not budging.

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Bye bye brutalism, hello Instagrammers: inside Geelong’s spectacular $140m arts centre

Australia’s newest and largest regional arts centre features malleable theatres, Indigenous art and spaces especially designed to get your camera out

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Ticketek shakes off half a billion bots in Swift sale

Millions of Swifties have missed out on securing tickets to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in Sydney and Melbourne.

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Bad Blood for Taylor Swift scalpers in Victoria

The Victorian government has declared Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour a major event in a bid to stop ticket scalpers ripping off fans.

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