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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.

ABC News

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

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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.

ABC News

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.

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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.

AAP

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.

The Conversation

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.

AAP

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.

AAP

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

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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.

ABC News

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

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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.

AAP

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.

ABC News

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.

The Guardian - AU

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

ABC News

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.

The Guardian - AU

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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