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Morning Mail: manhunt in Victorian high country, Iran reprisal fears, and Taylor Swift gets engaged

Police continue to search bushland in Victoria for Porepunkah shooting suspect; singer explodes the internet with engagement announcement

The Guardian - AU

Manhunt for ‘sovereign citizen’ in rural Australia after two police officers shot dead

Prime minister Anthony Albanese pays tribute to bravery of slain officers, who were killed serving a warrant for historic sex offences

The Independent UK

Porepunkah Shooting: What We Know About the Gunman Who Killed Two Police Officers in Rural Victoria

Two detectives have been killed and another injured in Porepunkah, Victoria, after a police warrant operation ended in tragedy. Here's what we know about the gunman, the victims, and the ongoing manhunt.

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Police in Australia hunt gunman after two officers killed in rural town

Manhunt under way for man accused of shooting dead two officers and wounding another in southeastern state of Victoria.

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‘Dangerous’ suspect who allegedly killed two officers escaped into bush alone and is believed to be ‘heavily armed’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Police hunt ‘dangerous’ suspect who fled into Australian bush after allegedly killing two officers ‘in cold blood’

Police believe alleged offender is heavily armed and urge local residents to stay indoors

The Guardian - AU

What we know on day one of the Victoria shooting

Two police officers have been killed and another wounded about 300km north-east of Melbourne

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Eagles making the most of extended AFLW road trip

West Coast are staying in Melbourne between two AFLW games in Victoria and coach Daisy Pearce and midfielder Dana Hooker believe it can have massive benefits.

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Young star rejects rivals, signs fresh deal with Eagles

In-demand midfielder Harley Reid has rejected overtures from Victorian clubs and signed a two-year contract extension to remain at West Coast.

AAP

Australia police shooting latest: Gunman identified as ‘sovereign citizen’ while massive manhunt continues

Prime minister Anthony Albanese says threat of ‘extreme ideologies’ needs to be taken seriously

The Independent UK

Some victim-survivors take their own lives. We need to better understand how suicide and family violence are linked

In 2024, a young mother in Victoria ended her own life. As family violence services and Victoria Police pointed out, there were key circumstances that may have contributed to her death.

The Conversation

Victoria will fast-track new child safety laws as part of a system ‘overhaul’. Here’s what we know

The power to immediately suspend an individual’s working with children check during an investigation is among changes expected to pass parliament this week

The Guardian - AU

Cooking for Seamus: celebrities and chefs clamour to cook for a disabled bull in this irresistible show

The YouTube series is a lo-fi celebration of cuisine-as-care, starring a disabled rescue bull in regional Victoria who is obsessed with human food, and his best friend and carer

The Guardian - AU

Crochet, isolation and the prison chaplain: Erin Patterson’s life behind bars detailed in court

Victorian supreme court also hears that mushroom lunch murderer spends 22 hours a day in cell and has had no contact with other inmates

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Australia's Mushroom Murderer Faces Victims' Family In Court

Australian toxic mushroom killer Erin Patterson faces her victims' relatives in court Monday before a judge sentences her for a triple murder that made headlines worldwide.

The Guardian - AU

Licence to burn: Victoria is changing the way it deals with rubbish – is it moving too fast?

Full health and environmental impacts of increasingly relying on waste-to-energy plants to deal with state’s rubbish still unknown

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Australia’s privacy laws are a dog’s breakfast — and it’s costing us

As a technology entrepreneur in Victoria, I’ve seen how Australia’s fragmented privacy laws create confusion, cost and risk. We value privacy deeply — and rightly so. But our current system of overlapping federal, state and territory regimes is a mess that helps no one.

The Guardian - AU

Victoria’s mountain ash forests could lose a quarter of giant trees as temperatures rise

Eucalyptus regnans – which regularly reach 60 to 80m tall – lose about 9% of their trees for every degree of warming, research finds

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The Conversation

Labor rebounds to leads in Victorian and Queensland Resolve polls

Victorian and Queensland state Resolve polls both show Labor rebounding from big deficits to now lead. In Tasmania, Josh Willie from the left faction replaces Dean Winter as Labor leader.

The Guardian - AU

University of Melbourne breached students’ privacy by using wifi network to monitor pro-Palestine protest

Victoria’s deputy information commissioner finds university did not give adequate notice or justification for how location data would be used

The Guardian - AU

Childcare needs a ‘fundamental reset’ to improve safety. These are Victoria’s key recommendations

State to accept all 22 recommendations as federal government releases names of 30 childcare centres subject to compliance action

The Guardian - AU

‘Anything half-arsed will not be tolerated’: a night at the most chaotic, beloved dance battle in regional Australia

The Victorian town of Castlemaine lets loose at the annual costumed dance competition Hot Moves No Pressure

The Guardian - AU

Victorian Liberal leader defends impromptu press conference at scene of fatal stabbing

Labor calls on Brad Battin to apologise after appearance at active crime scene before victim’s next of kin were notified

AAP

Renewable transmission plan expands, cost to double

One of Australia's largest renewable energy transmission projects faces a cost blowout with expanded areas of land for solar, battery and wind.

The Guardian - AU

Jacinta Allan wants to pick a fight about working from home – and businesses are playing into her hands

The Victorian premier has been on shaky ground since taking over in 2023 but in this populist, women-focused policy she may have found her footing

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