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Go ahead for Vic inquiry into divisive duck shooting

Victoria's upper house has passed a motion to set up a parliamentary inquiry into the hotly contested future of duck shooting in the state.

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Victorian commission investigating Anglican diocese’s handling of child safety complaints

Investigation follows criticism over church’s managements of complaints against Peter Hollingworth but is not specifically examining any individual matter

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Victoria’s major parties back overhaul of drug-driving laws for medicinal cannabis users

The government and opposition are backing Legalise Cannabis effort to change ‘unfair’ road safety laws

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'Extraordinary' step to sack Moira Shire Council 'not taken lightly', says Victorian government minister

Victoria's local government minister Melissa Horne says she was unaware of dysfunction at Moira Shire Council until the death of manager Rick Devlin in 2021. But the commissioner says it has been in trouble for a decade.

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Privacy concessions for contentious Vic health bill

A contentious bill to let Victorian hospitals share patients' health records through a centralised database will be tweaked to quell privacy concerns.

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Victorian Greens secure stronger privacy protections for patients in medical records bill

Amendments to bill that will centralise records across state health system aim to protect vulnerable people such as abuse survivors

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Telstra, Optus say coverage being upgraded in regional Victoria as tourism businesses struggle

Regional tourism and hospitality operators say the potential of peak-season trade is being hampered as essential services crumble under the weight of big crowds.

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Tasmania 'vital location' in 'rewilding' efforts to rebuild native animal populations

Scientists are starting to think outside the box when it comes to 'rewilding' — a practice of reintroducing native animals back into their habitat — but could bringing in predators like Tasmanian devils also help deal with foxes and feral cats on mainland Australia?

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MP Georgie Purcell: Why I’m wearing my gendered online abuse to Victoria’s parliament

The language is unparliamentary but I’ll be marking International Women’s Day in a dress adorned with abusive comments

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Victorian coroner delivers findings of inquest into death of pregnant mother Annie O'Brien

The Victorian coroner releases the findings of an inquest into the death of Annie O'Brien, who died from septicaemia in 2017 shortly after miscarrying her baby.

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Two Vic Festivals Are Easing Strobe Lights Changing Stage Techniques To Be More Inclusive

Strobe lights will be removed from two Victorian festivals and stage lighting techniques updated to be more inclusive after punter feedback.

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‘I’m not impaired’: Victoria’s parliament to debate drug driving in age of medicinal cannabis

Alice Davy was legally able to drive on other painkillers but now risks losing her licence on the school run

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Northern Victorian council sacked following murder

Moira Shire Council will be dismissed following a "deeply concerning" probe into the murder of a manager by a worker, governance concerns and other issues.

AAP

Tony Mokbel's sentence cut after drug conviction quashed in wake of Lawyer X scandal

The prison sentence of one of Victoria's most notorious gangland figures, drug trafficker Tony Mokbel, is reduced following the quashing of one of his convictions due to the Lawyer X scandal.

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Closing power stations ‘not enough to meet target’

Environment Victoria is warning of a bleak future for the state, with households and businesses risking accounting for a third of its emissions.

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Premier insists Victoria will reach net zero by 2045

Victoria's premier maintains the state will reach net zero by 2045 despite warnings of a bleak future without a reduction in gas consumption.

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Seismic survey debate returns to south-west Victoria after national talks with fishers break down

National plans to create a framework for compensating fishers affected by seismic surveying have failed. What does it mean for fishers fighting big oil and gas companies?

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Pressure mounts on Victoria to follow gambling reforms of NSW and Tasmania

At the height of her gambling addiction, Bree Hughes was visiting up to seven venues each day. She's joined a growing chorus of voices urging Victoria to put the brakes on poker machine losses in the state's most disadvantaged communities.

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Calls to overhaul 'broken' WorkCover scheme

The Victorian government says WorkCover is fundamentally broken, calling for a complete overhaul of the compensation scheme.

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Victoria urged to cut gas use if it is to achieve 75% emissions reduction target

Conservationist organisation Environment Victoria finds closing state’s coal-fired power plants will still leave substantial ‘emissions gap’

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Murray Valley encephalitis claims second life in Victoria

A second woman has died from Murray Valley encephalitis and a man is in hospital with the virus as more suspected cases are investigated. A woman in her

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Second death from Murray Valley encephalitis confirmed

A second woman has died and a man is in hospital in Victoria after contracting Murray Valley encephalitis, the deadly mosquito-borne virus.

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Coroner recommends improvements to cross-border policing following death of psychiatric patient

An inquest into a 25-year-old psychiatric patient's death has resulted in recommendations for police on both sides of the Victoria-NSW border to improve coordination on missing persons cases.

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Police still trying to find body in delayed murder case

A committal mention over an alleged murder in Victoria's southeast has been delayed, as police continue their investigation and search for the body.

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When is a nature reserve not a nature reserve? When it's already been burned and logged

Australia has the world’s worst mammal extinction record, with nearly 40 native mammal species lost since European colonisation. By contrast, the United States has lost three.

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