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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.

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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’

The Guardian - AU

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.

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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

The Guardian - AU

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.

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‘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 Guardian - AU

'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.

The Canberra Times

NSW in control vs Vics amid Shield drama

NSW are 1-58 in pursuit of 233 for their first victory of the Sheffield Shield season after a day of high drama against Victoria at Junction Oval.

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Surge in calls forces Ambulance Victoria to enact a code red in Metropolitan Melbourne

Off-duty paramedics are called in to deal with a surge in calls around midnight. Ambulance Victoria says 140 staff are currently furloughed because of COVID-19.

ABC News

Victoria’s election result dispelled the myth of Daniel Andrews’ supposed unpopularity

Media and the Liberal party were enthralled by the ‘toxic Dan’ narrative in the face of evidence to the contrary

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Victorian election results declared in Hastings and Mornington as new Labor ministers revealed

Just three seats remain in doubt in Victoria as the Labor Party reveals its new ministers in the wake of the weekend's election victory.

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Afternoon Update: No retrial for Bruce Lehrmann; Chris Dawson sentenced; and viva magenta colour of the year

ACT prosecutors drop charges against Lehrmann citing risk to health of Brittany Higgins posed by a second trial

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Two fresh faces to join Vic Labor cabinet

A Victorian government minister has been dumped to make room for two cabinet newcomers after seven Labor MPs shifted their factional allegiance.

The Guardian - AU

Australia Covid cases rising but peak before Christmas still predicted

Infections climbing at slower pace than last month and death rate stable but experts say reporting changes making numbers harder to interpret

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Ung Services and director Nico Keat fined almost $500k after Labour Hire Authority probe

Ung Services and its director Nico Keat have been slapped with almost $500,000 in penalties following an investigation by Victoria's Labour Hire Authority.

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Welsh primary school pupil dies after contracting invasive Strep A

Public Health Wales say severe symptoms extremely rare and it is unlikely other pupils will be affected

Evening Standard

Influential Black model Fanny Eaton celebrated with blue plaque in Shepherd’s Bush

Fanny Mathilda Eaton was painted by several pre-Raphaelite artists in Victorian Britain

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Victim wrongfully charged with DV assault

A Victorian coroner has found a woman who was the victim of family violence was wrongly accused of assaulting her abuser, who later killed her.

The Guardian - AU

Homeless family who lost almost all their possessions in Victoria floods denied relief funds

Jess Jeffery and family were looking for rentals when their belongings stored in Rochester were destroyed by floods, and have been excluded from relief as they lack fixed address

ABC News

Police officer who shot and killed Gabriel Messo may have committed homicide, coroner says

A junior police officer who gunned down a man as he savagely stabbed his own mother in broad daylight may have committed homicide, according to Victoria's coroner, who has referred the case to state prosecutors.

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Political integrity doesn’t require a radical shakeup

Victoria’s newly-elected parliament will have a mandate to address growing concerns of integrity and transparency. Here’s what it could do immediately.

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