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A clean energy grid means 10,000km of new transmission lines. They can only be built with community backing

If you drive through central Victoria, you might wonder at the signs reading “Piss off AusNet” in shop windows or even mown into grassland. Communities and farmers are pushing back against plans for new 85-metre towers and transmission lines needed to transmit renewable power to the cities.

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Drought, bushfires and beetles: The climate-related trifecta threatening Australia's iconic snow gums

Australia's beloved snow gums are being affected by drought, fire and disease, and those who know the high plains of the Australian Alps can see parts of the landscape changing before their eyes.

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High stakes: the cryptocurrency casino king who bought the most expensive house in Victoria

Edward Craven, whose online gambling business has processed billions of dollars worth of bets, reportedly plans to raze the $80m property and rebuild

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Crossbench MP prepares to wedge Victorian government on abortion access bill

Vote on bill to guarantee access to abortions at publicly funded hospitals could happen Wednesday

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Victoria passes landmark legislation to create First Nations treaty authority

Indigenous authority will act as an independent umpire to oversee treaty negotiations with the state government

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Cancer experts ask Victorian MPs to ban smoking in Crown casino’s high-roller rooms

Crown was exempted from smoking bans more than 15 years ago, but health advocates say the royal commission response is a chance to close the loophole

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Nationwide search for Vic treaty leaders

An independent body to oversee Victoria's treaty talks will move a step closer to reality, with a bill to create it set to be put to a final vote.

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Nomi Kaltmann announced as the first ‘teal’ candidate selected to run in Victorian election

Founder of Australia’s Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance will run against the deputy Liberal leader

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Dog walker's body found in Victorian creek

A body has been found in Traralgon Creek, a day after reports a person and their dog were swept away while on a morning walk.

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Jail pitch for police informants' exposure

New laws being introduced to Victorian parliament will make it a crime for people to expose police informants without a permitted purpose.

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Australian rental homes colder and more damp than WHO safety standards

Rentals in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and ACT dropped below 18C more than 80% of the time, report finds

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Vic govt handed new triple-O crisis report

Victorian Emergency Services Minister Jaclyn Symes has pledged to release a new report into the state's triple-zero call-taking service within the next month.

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Victorian Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation telehealth obstacle prevents house-bound from accessing service

A private members bill on the Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation, making it easier for doctors to access people restricted to their homes due to ill health, is unlikely to be reviewed until after the Victorian election.

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The latest COVID-19 case numbers from around the states and territories

Here's a quick wrap of today's COVID-19 statistics from each Australian jurisdiction.

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Greens want Vic coal plants' early closure

Victoria's coal-fired power plants would be shut down in the next eight years, compared with by 2046, under a Greens bill to be introduced to parliament.

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Greens propose shutting down all Victorian coal-fired power plants by 2030

Exclusive: New bill also increases the state’s legislated renewable energy target to 100% by decade’s end

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Victorian opposition pledges free public transport for health and aged care workers

The Victorian Coalition pledges to offer four years of free public transport for nurses, aged care workers and allied healthcare workers in both the private and public sector, if it wins the November election.

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Renewable energy projects are taking off but where is the workforce?

When key figures in Australia's renewable energy industry met in Victoria last week, finding and training up the future clean energy workforce was top of the agenda.

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Victoria to lift IVF counselling restrictions and loosen donor conception rules

Reforms to the state’s assisted reproductive treatment laws are set to come into effect on Monday

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Great Australian Platypus Search removes guesswork for scientists in Victoria

Citizen scientists collected more than 1,500 samples from waterways across Victoria, where the platypus is a threatened species, for The Great Australian Platypus Search.

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With a state election looming, a crisis has left Victoria's opposition with no choice but to regroup

Months out from a state election, a leaked email, a "disastrous" interview and staff departures have rocked Victoria's opposition.

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Property donated by family of John Clarke embroiled in Victorian First Nations dispute

Boonwurrung elder fights plans to transfer land from the satirist’s estate to the Bunurong Land Council

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The first monkeypox vaccines have arrived in Australia. What do we know about the jab and who is eligible?

Victoria kicked off phase one of the rollout after receiving 3,500 doses of the Jynneos vaccine

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OK boomer: the generational change that could shake up Victorian politics

Analysis: with Millennials and Gen Z outnumbering baby boomers, attention turns to the ‘youth vote’

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TV's The Block calls for Canberra Boots on the ground

They worked with most of the contestants and said they were all friendly

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