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Australian PM tours flood-hit areas; evacuations, sandbagging underway

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday toured flood-hit parts of Victoria state, including the city of Melbourne, as three southeastern states continued to grapple with a flood crisis after days of heavy rain.

Reuters

Fed funds for rail loop, East West dead

The federal government will include $2.2 billion for early works on Victoria's controversial Suburban Rail Loop project in the budget.

AAP

More than 100 schools to be closed on Monday amid Victorian flood crisis – as it happened

Residents in Victoria’s north told to move to higher ground as situation worsens. This blog is now closed

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Victoria's flood crisis 'far from over', with Shepparton inundated and Echuca on high alert

There are fears up to 10,000 homes in the Shepparton region of Victoria could be flooded, with other towns around the state warned to be on high alert.

ABC News

Commitment to treaty key to ALP retaining inner city at Victorian election, poll suggests

Exclusive: ALP needs to be more ambitious on a treaty with First Nations Victorians to stop younger voters flocking to the Greens

The Guardian - AU

Unlimited travel for $2 a day: how does the Victorian opposition’s public transport proposal stack up?

Liberal plan comes after some European cities introduced free public transport and Germany trialled a €9 monthly ticket

The Guardian - AU

Flood crisis worsens in Victoria's north

Victoria has been hit for widespread flooding, with more than 600 homes and businesses inundated and dozens of people rescued fro the rising water.

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Flood evacuations reach northern Victoria, with Tasmania on high alert, as NSW begins clean-up

Thousands of people in communities throughout northern Victoria are told it's too late to leave as flooding exceeds the devastation of 2011.

ABC News

Torrential Rainfall Leads To More Flooding In Waterlogged Southeastern Australia

Torrential rainfall led to dozens of rescues, hundreds of evacuations and thousands of power outages across southeastern Australia

Zenger

Victoria floods: Shepparton and Mooroopna ‘too late to leave’ as man found dead in Rochester backyard

Victorian authorities warn flooded rivers yet to peak and prepare for one of the largest evacuation operations in the state’s history

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Man dies in Victorian floods as floodwaters moves south in Tasmania and NSW

Evacuation orders are in place in parts of Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania as flooding continues to impact residents.

ABC News

Man dies in Victorian town of Rochester and Shepparton told to evacuate – as it happened

More than 500 Victorian homes damaged and 500 others cut off in flooding. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Victorian man dies in backyard as floodwaters in Tasmania, New South Wales move downstream — as it happened

Authorities report Victoria's first flood fatality — a man whose body was discovered in the backyard of his home in the state's north. Tasmania and NSW are also battling swollen waterways

ABC News

Communities on edge as rivers, creeks rise after deluge across Australia's south-east

Communities across the country's south-east are bracing for the effects of heavy rainfall to continue, with towns across Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales carefully monitoring swollen rivers and creeks.

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Budget management in a time of big-spending Victorian election campaign promises

Coalition has pledged $19bn more than the government, while claiming it is the better economic manager

AAP

Too late to leave for those in Vic's north

Residents in Shepparton, Orrvale, Kialla West, and Mooroopna in Victoria's north have been warned it is too late to leave their homes.

Wales Online

Former Great British Bake Off winner whips up tiny Victoria Sponge cake

David Atherton demonstrated how to make the miniature sponge, which measures just a few centimetres tall, and bakes in just eight minutes

The Independent UK

Australia issues flood evacuation orders as areas receive three times average October rain in just a day

More than 4,700 households were left without power

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‘Just too much rain’: small-town Australians survey damage after massive flooding

As thousands of people fled their homes, many Victorians and Tasmanians sat in darkness, ready with sandbags and shovels to fight the rain

ABC News

Thousands under flood evacuation orders across Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania

Homes in Melbourne's west are inundated with water and parts of Tasmania are hit by record rainfall, as residents in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania are given evacuation orders.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Floods Swallow Cars, Swamp Houses in 'Major' Australian Emergency

Flash floods swamped hundreds of homes in southeastern Australia and thousands of people were warned to flee surging waters threatening towns across three separate states Friday.

Evening Standard

Australia floods: Three states issue evacuation orders after heavy rain

South eastern parts saw a month’s worth of rain in two days

AAP

Kiwis share treaty insights with states

New Zealand's treaty negotiations minister has met with officials from Victoria and Queensland as both Australian states pursue their own Indigenous agreements.

ABC News

Victorians share stories of hope and despair as floods take an emotional toll

Victoria's floods have caused heartbreak for thousands of residents around the state, but it has also highlighted a fighting community spirit as locals band together.

AAP

Nine years' jail for Vic drug deal killing

A Victorian drug dealer who fled with his girlfriend after fatally stabbing one of his customers has been jailed for nine years.

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