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Room for improvement in ballooning prison system

A review of Victoria's adult prisons has found a strong argument for reform to improve safety for inmates and staff and step up rehabilitation prospects.

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Police arrest more than 30 people from NSW, Victoria in cross-border crackdown on outlaw bikie gangs

Drugs, guns, explosives, and a stolen Harley Davidson are among the items seized by NSW and Victorian police during the four-day operation.

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Melbourne Now: a vast, sprawling and inspiring exhibition that seems to burst out of its architectural framework

Review: Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria.

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Bordertown bikies targeted in police crackdown

NSW and Victorian police have arrested 27 people and laid a multiple drugs and weapons charges during a four-day bikie crackdown.

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Want an easy $400 a year? Ditch the gas heater in your home for an electric split system

Earlier this month, regulators flagged power price rises in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. Like many people, you’re probably wondering how you can minimise the financial pain.

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WA closing in on first-innings lead in Shield final

Bad light has brought play to a premature end on day two of the Sheffield Shield final at the WACA Ground with WA 5-175 in response to Victoria's 195.

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Why bioplastics won't solve our plastic problems

Last month, Victoria banned plastic straws, crockery and polystyrene containers, following similar bans in South Australia, Western Australia, New South Wales and the ACT. All states and territories in Australia have now banned lightweight single-use plastic bags.

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Sheffield Shield final: Western Australia vs Victoria, live scores, stats, results and commentary

It's day four of the Sheffield Shield final, and Western Australia have wrapped up Victoria's second innings - the Warriors need 91 to clinch a second consecutive Shield title at the WACA. Check out the live scores and stats in our ScoreCentre.

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Gas giant ExxonMobil warns of rapidly reducing Bass Strait supplies

Gas giant ExxonMobil says the number of wells it operates in the Bass Strait could close to halve in the next eighteen months. But an expert says gas shortages can be avoided with the right policies.

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Union lashed over $1bn Vic consultancy costs complaint

The Victorian Labor government has spent close to $1 billion on consultancy agencies since it was first elected in 2014, new union data shows.

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Hundreds of fish found dead at Kangaroo Lake in Victoria as water authority urges calm

Authorities are blaming algae and last year's floods after thousands of fish — some up to a metre long — are discovered floating dead in the state's north-west.

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Morris strikes early, Victoria 2-66 in Shield final

Defending champions Western Australia have reduced Victoria to 2-66 at lunch on day one of the Sheffield Shield final at the WACA Ground.

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Passengers burst into song as drunk woman gets kicked off flight by police

Erica Jayne Carlson was due to fly to Avalon Airport in Victoria on Jetstar, but was removed by a group of five police officers after a flight attendant concluded she was not fit to fly

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Vics out to end WA's domestic dominance in Shield final

Victoria are on a mission to break Western Australia's stranglehold on domestic cricket when the sides meet in the Sheffield Shield final in Perth.

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Tracking technology to protect greyhounds will go ahead in Victoria after unanimous support

Motion from Animal Justice Party MP succeeds as regulator welcomes ‘opportunity to update and enhance our existing systems’

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Women majority of newly homeless, as ABS census data shows problem getting worse

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people severely overrepresented among the 122,400 people recorded as homeless

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Victorian dad admits shaking, killing newborn son

A Victorian father has admitted shaking his newborn son, pleading guilty to causing his fatal injuries at just eight weeks old.

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Victoria's Centre of Excellence VET program helps prisoners gain skills to prepare for employment

One participant started using drugs at 16, was trafficking by 21 and has been in and out of jail for much of her adult life. Now, she's using construction skills she learnt while incarcerated to build herself a better future.

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Push for Victorian bail laws to honour Veronica's story

The family of Indigenous woman Veronica Nelson, who died in custody in 2020, says Victoria's bail law reforms should be named in her honour.

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Veronica Nelson’s family call for big changes to Victoria’s bail laws

Exclusive: Mother and partner of First Nations woman argue for the right to bail and request reforms be named Poccum’s law in her honour

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Victorian MP to call for compulsory digital system to track illegally exported greyhounds

Animal Justice party’s Georgie Purcell wants scanning technology used on every dog, in real time, at every stage of life

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Nazi salute ban: Daniel Andrews looks at European lessons as Victoria moves to outlaw gesture

Experts say ban’s success would depend on willingness to prosecute and wider legislative approach that targets ideology may be more effective

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Victoria can deny Nazis a breeding ground with deradicalisation instead of playing whack-a-mole with bans

Legislation such as this is often used as recruitment fodder for far-right groups and can end up harming innocent parties

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Ballarat, Morwell Foodbanks further delayed as demand reaches boiling point

More than four years on, these two regional Victorian locations are still waiting for promised Foodbanks to be delivered.

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Victoria Liberals at odds expelling MP Deeming

Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto is facing internal resistance over his move to expel MP Moira Deeming for allegedly bringing the party into disrepute.

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