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Election cycles come and go, but every year regional and rural Australians are forced to put up with roads so bad they threaten lives and livelihoods.

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‘Don’t muck it up’: First Nations communities are closely watching Victoria’s truth-telling commission

Leaders hope Yoorrook Justice Commission will spark nationwide treaty negotiations

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‘They brought their politics with them’: will Queensland’s newest residents affect the election?

The state’s population grew by more than 57,800 in 12 months, mostly from southern migration

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Becoming Bulldogs traces all-abilities Jets footy team's footsteps into a mainstream club

The filmmaker behind a documentary about an all-abilities football team integrating into a mainstream club in regional Victoria hopes the film will inspire other sporting clubs to follow suit.

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Veterans’ affairs minister threatened to quit over budget; Australia reports 30 Covid deaths – as it happened

Andrew Gee calls backlog of veteran’s compensation payments ‘a national disgrace’; WA teenager among 30 Covid deaths across the country. This blog is now closed

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‘A massive spiritual shift’: how the mindful movement of qigong can treat addiction

The gentle motion, breathing and meditation stop the mind ‘wandering to negative thoughts’, says a recovering Victorian addict

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Rising Covid cases force some schools in NSW and Victoria to return to remote learning

State governments leave schools to decide on response as Covid outbreaks lead to widespread teacher shortages

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Savic C-Series Earns Prestigious Victorian Premier’s Design Award

Australian electric motorcycle startup Savic earns the 2022 Victorian Premier’s Design Award for the social and financial impact of its C-Series line.

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Alinta says court wind farm ruling will have 'dramatic' and chilling effect on renewable energy investment

One of Australia's biggest renewable energy investors says a court's decision to uphold complaints against a Victorian wind farm will have "serious ramifications" for the transition from fossil fuels.

ABC News

Vic Labor figures seek end to intervention

Victorian Labor powerbrokers have sought a ruling in the High Court on whether a national intervention in the branch is valid.

AAP

Victorian donation, lobbying and political advertising rules need an overhaul, report says

Centre for Public Integrity says payments at fundraisers captured, but not attendance fees

The Guardian - AU

Passenger tells protest how train journey in luggage carriage still irks years later

A south-west Victorian man has recalled the pain of being forced to travel in the luggage compartment of a a regional train as a result of being in a wheelchair.

ABC News

WA three wickets from Shield triumph

Western Australia are closing in on a Sheffield Shield victory against Victoria, needing just three more wickets to secure the hosting rights for the final.

AAP

Albury Wodonga Regional Deal to receive $80m ahead of federal budget

The Victorian government is criticised for its lack of commitment to the Albury Wodonga Regional Deal, with an $80m pre-budget funding announcement from the federal government today.

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Ex-Vic premier to head disability board

Former Victorian premier Denis Napthine has been appointed as chair of the National Disability Insurance Agency.

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Melbourne-made COVID-19 jabs undergo trial

Victorian researchers are recruiting 114 adults to participate in human trials of two Melbourne-made COVID-19 vaccines, which are distinct from other jabs.

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Queensland detects new case of Japanese encephalitis virus, two more suspected

Another Queenslander tests positive to the mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus and two others have been identified as suspected cases.

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Vic assembly makes moves in treaty talks

Victoria's First Peoples' Assembly has met at the MCG to discuss plans to pay for treaty negotiations.

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‘Long overdue’: MPs call for review of Victoria’s bail laws that disproportionately affect women

Parliamentary inquiry also calls for raising the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14

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First Australian electric motorcycle wins Victorian design award

Electric motorcycle, an ankle brace that grows as children age and a town hall among winners

AAP

Victorian judge-alone trial laws pass

Victorian criminal and special hearings will have the option of judge-only trials for one year after laws were passed through parliament.

The Conversation

First Peoples in Victoria have a right to the truth about the impact of colonisation

Formal hearings of the Yoorrook Justice Commission began today in Melbourne. This is timely because March 24 is the International Day for the Right to the Truth.

AAP

Cartwright has WA eyeing victory over Vics

Western Australia are 218 runs ahead of Victoria at tea on day two of their Sheffield Shield clash in Perth, after Hilton Cartwright brought up a century.

ABC News

Yoorrook truth-telling commission begins to examine 'brutal ugliness' of Australia's treatment of Aboriginal people

For the first time in Australia's history, a truth-telling commission has begun investigating the nation's brutal history since colonisation, to lay bare systematic abuses against Aboriginal people.

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Raise Victorian criminality age: report

An extensive review of Victoria's criminal justice system has called for major reform to address rising rates of imprisonment and recidivism in the state.

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