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The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

Flood warnings as rainstorms inundate southeast Australian states

Evacuation centres open on the island state of Tasmania, parts of which could see 300mm (12 inches) of rain by Friday.

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Victoria's giant Thomson Dam could spill for the first time in decades

Communities downstream from one of Victoria's largest dams are monitoring conditions, with warnings rainfall in coming days could see it spill for the first time since 1996.

ABC News

Flood warnings as southeast Australia lashed by heavy rain

Flood warnings have been issued, thousands of homes have lost power and a man is missing as heavy rain lashes southeast Australia

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‘A lot more to come’: Bleak outlook as flood emergencies hit

There have been rescues across Victoria and Tasmania, while thousands of people have been told to evacuate.

The New Daily

Floods in Victoria are uncommon. Here's why they're happening now – and how they compare to the past

Think Victoria and disasters and you’ll think bushfires. But floods can hit – just not as often.

The Conversation

Australians rush to grab sandbags as heavy rain slams southeast

Hundreds of homes in southeast Australia were without power on Thursday and residents filled sandbags as an intense weather system lashed the region, bringing warnings of more heavy rain, damaging winds and flash flooding.

Reuters

Power cut, state on flood alert as winds, heavy rain arrive

Thousands of homes across Victoria are without power, and Tasmanians are on flood alert as heavy rain lashes south-eastern Australia.

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Victoria, NSW and Tasmania prepare for flooding amid heavy rains — as it happened

Emergency school closures in Victoria and evacuation centres open in south-east Australia as floodwaters rise.

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Residents urged to evacuate as floodwater rises in Victoria's north and central areas

Emergency warnings issued in Victoria and residents warned to evacuate, as Castlemaine loses power.

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Most casual workers will have to choose between no pay or going to work with COVID-19

There are concerns that casual workers who are not entitled to sick pay will hide symptoms of COVID-19 and continue going to work, now that subsidies for most of them are ending.

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Vic downpour prompts evacuation warning

Residents in low-lying areas of Central Victoria have been told they are in danger and need to move to higher ground with major flooding expected.

AAP

Pregnant woman killed, Vic coroner finds

A heavily pregnant woman was killed by another person when she disappeared in Victoria's north more than 13 years ago, a state coroner has found.

AAP

Passenger describes 'shocking' moment armed police burst onto train in dramatic evacuation of Manchester Victoria

'It does put you on edge. I've been here for drills before and this felt different'

Manchester Evening News

Victoria's pandemic declaration comes to an end, scrapping mandatory isolation rules

As the clock ticked past midnight overnight on Wednesday, Victoria officially left its declared pandemic period behind. For many, it's a sigh of relief, but others are now living in fear as health measures wind back.

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Murray-Darling Basin plan: states likely to get extra time to deliver water

Tanya Plibersek says 2024 deadline is ‘challenging’ as NSW and Victoria expected to ask for exemptions from commitments

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Lengthy legal battles threaten to hold up Victoria’s corruption probes

Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog has revealed it is tied up in a number of lengthy, expensive legal battles that threaten to silence crucial corruption investigations.

ABC News

Falls Creek evacuation as landslide cuts access to alpine community

Victoria's alpine region has experienced a mass exodus of people as a slow-moving landslide cuts access to the Falls Creek ski village.

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Victorian Liberal leader distances himself from party HQ after shock departure of its legal adviser

Matthew Guy ‘trusts the secretariat’, despite Chandra Lloyd making allegations in resignation letter

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Heavy rains, flash floods threaten Australia's southeast

Residents in Australia's southeast were warned on Wednesday to prepare for an intense weather system which could bring damaging winds and heavy rains over the next two days.

ABC News

Independent MP Russell Northe facing 45 charges by Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog

The troubled but popular Victorian MP announced his retirement earlier this year.

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Victorian vets back home after treating animals in war-torn Ukraine

Emma Tomkins and Pauline Lillie say it was tough to say goodbye to their co-workers and the numerous animals they treated during their weeks in the war-torn country.

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Rain across Victoria expected to cause flooding, evacuations in worst-hit areas

Residents in flood-prone areas of Central Victoria are sandbagging properties with the swollen Campaspe, Avoca and Loddon river catchments expected to be areas of deepest concern.

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Vic’s About To Be Splooged By A Wet Weather Dong So Check If You’re In A Flood Zone Now

Premier Daniel Andrews has warned of flash flooding in Melbourne and across the state as residents brace for Wednesday and Thursday's deluge.

AAP

Long COVID on the rise, inquiry told

More Australians are suffering from long COVID, a condition that can last for months, a federal parliamentary inquiry has been told.

ABC News

Carisbrook residents continue to wait for levee almost 12 years on from devastating 2011 floods

As residents of Carisbrook in Central Victoria stare down the barrel of two days of heavy rain, they fear a repeat of 2011 when floods swept through the community.

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