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The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

Fire threat high despite cool relief as states swelter

Temperatures are starting to ease after a blast of heat sent the mercury soaring past 45C in parts of Victoria, NSW, Queensland and South Australia.

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A small Victorian tourist town of 2,600 people has 100 properties for sale. What’s going on in Bright?

With few homes for rent and a chef living in a van, the Alpine shire town is described as an ‘extreme version’ of Australia’s housing crisis

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Temperatures soar with heatwave to hit Melbourne and western Sydney as fire bans declared

Victorian capital to swelter through 41C heat on Monday as BoM issues extreme heatwave warnings for NT and northern Queensland

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Taxpayers slugged as state's deficit rises to $1.4b

The Victorian government's $1.4 billion deficit in the mid-year budget update has forced it to dip its hand into taxpayers' pockets to fund critical services.

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Victoria to axe its last EV incentive while increasing levies on property owners

Registration discount for electric vehicles to end as government introduces higher levies to fund emergency services

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Major surgeries affected as nurses and midwives strike

St Vincent's Hospital nurses and midwives are beginning rolling strikes to push for better staffing levels as workers face burnout and exhaustion.

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Will we have a COVID wave, spike or blip this Christmas? It depends where you live

As the holiday season approaches, COVID cases are rising again in Australia, particularly in Victoria and Tasmania.

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Liberal leader digs in as support slips away

A state opposition leader is under mounting pressure following a defamation ruling, with one of his frontbench team announcing their resignation.

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The toast of Christmas: 10 of the best Australian sparkling wines, from budget to bougie

Celebrate local tipples this festive season with bargain proseccos, special-occasion bubbles and a sparkling shiraz

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Turbine bat deaths could fall without loss of power if wind speed triggers were raised, Victorian research finds

Changing state guidelines to lift the wind speed at which turbines start spinning won’t notably affect energy generated, government consultants say

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Afternoon Update: Pesutto to stay after defamation verdict; PNG’s historic NRL entry; and Flinders’ journal under the gavel

Victorial Liberal leader defies calls to resign from several party MPs

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John Pesutto defies calls to resign after being ordered to pay $300,000 for defaming Moira Deeming

Court finds Victorian Liberal leader defamed then party-room colleague when referring to rally gatecrashed by far right

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The sharp, smart humour of Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein – and Gene Wilder’s genius performance – still stands up after 50 years

In the mid 1970s, Hoyts Cinema Centre in Bourke Street Melbourne (the first multi-screened cinema in Victoria) was my go-to place for new release movies.

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Why Australian politicians are flocking to ‘Little Red Book’ to engage with Chinese voters

Wen Li, a graduate student living in Brisbane, ran for the seat of Mansfield as a Greens candidate in the recent Queensland election. Li promoted his policies on Xiaohongshu, one of the most popular Chinese social media platforms. When he lost, he posted a message on the platform announcing his…

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Rogue taxi drivers ‘preying’ on Victorians as industry grapples with national crisis

The state’s laws enable independent cabbies to overcharge with ‘no checks and balances’. But nowhere in Australia has a perfect system

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‘Loss of faith in police’: Indigenous victims of crime fear not being believed, Victorian study finds

Exclusive: First Nations victims obtain ‘inadequate support’ throughout state’s justice system, researchers say

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$200 taxi fares for a 5km trip: how illegal overcharging is surging – even as Victorian police are forced to crack down

Exclusive: Industry says Melbourne police having to force an entire rank of cabs to turn on their meters shows regulators have failed to stamp out rogue taxis

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Red tape cut for business but taxes stuck fast

One state could become the least-regulated in Australia under a plan to slash watchdogs in half and potentially save businesses half-a-billion dollars.

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Warning faster environment approvals may cost community

One state's plan to slash environmental approval times for projects in half has blindsided conservationists.

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Albanese announces antisemitism taskforce, as synagogue firebombing investigation upgraded

Anthony Albanese has announced an Australian Federal Police Special Operation Taskforce to combat antisemitism, after criticism from within and outside the Jewish community that the government has not done enough to deal with the escalating issue.

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Soldo in seamless return to Port after trade request

Port Adelaide forward Mitch Georgiades says there's no grudges held against ruckman Ivan Soldo who has returned to club since asking for a trade to Victoria.

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Melbourne synagogue fire a terrorist attack ‘on the Jewish people’, police believe

Victoria police make formal declaration over Friday’s attack at the Adass Israel synagogue in Ripponlea

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Up to 40% of bushfires in parts of Australia are deliberately lit. But we’re not doing enough to prevent them

A recent bushfire in Kadnook, western Victoria, which destroyed at least one property and burned more than 1,000 hectares of land, is being investigated due to suspicion it was deliberately lit.

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Swepson stars as Bulls pip Victoria in Shield thriller

Queensland have notched their first win of the Sheffield Shield season following match-winning bowling displays from Mitch Swepson and Mark Steketee.

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Peirson bats Queensland to a chance of first Shield win

A 119-run stand between Jimmy Peirson and Mark Steketee has given Queensland hope of a Shield win over Victoria, after a day where 15 wickets fell before tea.

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