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Victorian schoolies urged to monitor for meningococcal symptoms after case linked to Queensland celebrations

An 18-year-old who was celebrating the end of school on Queensland's Sunshine Coast is diagnosed with meningococcal disease.

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Police search for man who allegedly walked out of Melbourne store with $10k Armani jacket down his pants

Victoria Police release an image of a man they want to speak to in connection with the theft of a $10,000 jacket, which was taken out of a store down the suspect's trousers.

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Victorian election results confirmed for Labor in Preston as Liberal MP laments party's 'existential crisis'

The Liberal Party is facing a crisis and must undergo generational change, one of the few MPs to gain ground in the election says, as his party prepares to elect a new leader in the wake of a widening electoral defeat.

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Australian Dolphins Swim Team in Bendigo ahead of FINA World Short Course Championships

Australia's swimming stars are in Bendigo preparing for next week's World Short Course Championships in Melbourne. It's also a practice run heading to the Commonwealth Games in 2026.

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Victoria Police arrest 10 people after six-month probe into alleged drug ring

Police say the disruption to the drug trade caused by the six-month covert operation could help to drive down the rates of other crimes.

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Reported family violence cases in Vic drop

Victoria's Crime Statistics Agency says the latest family violence data shows the beginning of a return to pre-pandemic trends.

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As overwhelmed hospitals in Victoria battle long wait times, doctors say GP shortages are part of the problem

Patients are being told to consider seeing a GP during non-urgent situations, but GP shortages and a decline in bulk-billing practices mean many have no choice but to go to an emergency department.

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On The Breadline: ‘A boy was picked for the football team – we had to make sure he had boots’

The Cardinal Hume Centre in Victoria is on the frontline of the cost-of-living crisis this winter. Robert Dex visits

Evening Standard

Permanent care orders and ‘racist’ carers cut some Aboriginal children’s cultural links, inquiry told

Muriel Bamblett tells Victoria’s Yoorrook commission there is little oversight of cultural plans for Indigenous children in permanent care

The Guardian - AU

Nationals candidate Jade Benham claims seat of Mildura in Victorian election

Jade Benham has claimed the seat of Mildura over incumbent independent member Ali Cupper, but says it will be challenging to deliver on her election promises from opposition.

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Liberal leadership hopeful looks to home ownership to boost support among young Victorians

Brad Battin says the party failed to define its values to voters and needs to target the outer suburbs

The Guardian - AU

Paper mill workers face uncertain future

A large paper mill in the Gippsland region of Victoria may have to stand down workers or stop making some products as it deals with dwindling timber supplies.

AAP

Aboriginal girl's heart issue hard to find

An inquest into the death of a 12-year-old Aboriginal girl in Victoria has heard she suffered from a rare and deadly complication that was difficult to detect.

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Sea urchins have invaded Tasmania and Victoria, but we can’t work out what to do with them

While crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef have long been ecological villains in the popular imagination, sea urchins have mostly crawled under the national radar – until now.

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Vic child protection hit with racism claim

Claims of racism, bullying and a toxic culture in Victoria's child protection system have been aired at a hearing of the Aboriginal truth-telling commission.

The Guardian - AU

Victoria vows to overhaul child protection as Yoorrook Justice Commission begins public hearings

Daniel Andrews says too many First Nations children taken from families and plans to work with minister to ‘devise a new system’

AAP

Yoorrook focus shifts to child protection

Witnesses are giving evidence to an inquiry into the experiences of Aboriginal Victorians in the state's criminal justice and child protection systems.

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Daniel Andrews unveils Victorian ministry

Victoria's new ministry will be sworn in at a ceremony at Government House following last month's state election.

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Regional Victorian soccer groups hopeful of players boost following Socceroos World Cup campaign

Soccer groups across regional Victoria say they hope the Socceroos' best showing at a World Cup can bolster local competition numbers.

The Guardian - AU

Victoria’s child protection system is creating ‘new stolen generation’, Aboriginal leader says

Condemnation comes as the state’s truth-telling inquiry, the Yoorrook Justice Commission, prepares to hold hearings on the subject

AAP

Young guns star in Vic Shield win over NSW

Outstanding bowling from Will Sutherland and Todd Murphy has carried Victoria to a 69-run Sheffield Shield win over NSW in Melbourne.

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Stawell's first rugby club fosters sense of camaraderie and a home away from home among Pacific migrants

From the balmy Samoan village of Asau to country Victoria, Storrs Ualesi has always carried rugby in his soul.

The Guardian - AU

‘The surprise element is gone’: how Victoria’s Nationals won voters back from independents

The major parties are now better prepared to fight them, says one defeated candidate, as Nationals win back seats in former strongholds

The Guardian - AU

Personal conversations not party press conferences will guide regional Australians on an Indigenous voice

Organisers say rural voters are not ‘empty vessels to be filled with political speak’ by the Nationals, who plan to oppose the voice to parliament

The Canberra Times

'People burst into tears': ACT volunteers dive in after flood devastation

About 150 people in Canberra will join the week-long rotations to help clean up after flood waters devastated towns in NSW and Victoria.

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