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The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

Wimbledon serves plant-based Victoria sponge – and banana skin muffins

Changes to menu are part of All England Club’s drive to be more environmentally sustainable

The Guardian - UK

£41million walking and cycling 'bendy bridge' to Elizabeth line station under review

Cash-strapped council to rethink plan to spend £13.2m subsidising bridge across Royal Victoria Dock

Evening Standard

Victoria police make 2,700 arrests in five-month domestic violence blitz in south-east Melbourne

Police say 7,500 charges laid, including against a man, 42, who allegedly stabbed a woman and assaulted a teenager in front of two younger children

The Guardian - AU

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Indigenous homelessness centre to open in Melbourne CBD

An Indigenous homelessness service centre is opening in Melbourne's CBD, as private rentals become increasingly unaffordable for many Victorians.

AAP

Opioid-laced cocaine 100 times more potent than heroin sparks Victorian health warning

Drugs sold in Melbourne found to contain protonitazene, which has resulted in ‘serious harm’

The Guardian - AU

Push to rename La Trobe University due to namesake’s links to ‘genocidal violence’

Submission to Victoria’s Indigenous truth-telling inquiry calls for university to cut ties over first governor’s role in colonisation

The Guardian - AU

Premier to pocket $500,000 as MPs handed pay bump

Victorian MPs have been awarded a 3.5 per cent salary bump, pushing Premier Jacinta Allan's annual pay package close to half a million dollars.

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Police seize $12 millon of illicit tobacco

Illicit tobacco worth more than $12 million has been seized in a combined operation by Victoria Police and the tax office.

AAP

‘A shift in thinking’: Victoria’s hospitality workers to be trained on identifying family violence risks

Measure is among reforms minister Vicki Ward says will be a success ‘when women can walk to their car without feeling they need to have their keys in their hands’

The Guardian - AU

Eastern Australia to shiver through cold week as snow predicted for ski fields in Victoria and NSW

Weather bureau says the cold front sweeping from SA to Tasmania will move up into alpine areas to bring much-needed snowfalls

The Guardian - AU

Debt collection giant Panthera puts large parts of its business into administration

A Guardian Australia investigation has revealed Panthera had circumvented blacklisting designed to stop it operating in Victoria

The Guardian - AU

Fix gap in drunkenness laws for safety: police union

More lives are at risk if the Victorian government doesn't reform its public drunkenness laws, the police union says, after the death of a man hit by a car.

AAP

Revealed: Australian police accused of improperly accessing force databases more than 2,000 times

Police forces are fielding hundreds of complaints about unauthorised access of police databases – and advocates are particularly worried about cases involving family violence

The Guardian - AU

Death and taxes: Victoria considers probate fee hike

The cost of finalising a dead loved one's estate in Victoria could rise by up to 580 per cent under the state government's preferred changes to probate fees.

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The Guardian - AU

Fake wedding celebrant sentenced over five ‘invalid’ marriages in Victoria

Man, 31, pleaded guilty after charging each couple between $700 and $1,000 for his services

AAP

Industrial-scale change gives energy to small producers

Less obvious sources of greenhouse gases - including wine and pet food producers - have been awarded grants to lead the way in reducing industrial emissions.

AAP

Potential Canberra bird flu case linked to NSW outbreak

A Canberra egg farm has been locked down while the ACT government investigates a suspected case of the bird flu virus believed to be linked to a NSW outbreak.

AAP

Treasurer admits lack of Indigenous staff unacceptable

Victoria's treasurer has revealed his department employs just one First Nations person as he flags potential long-term budget changes.

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The Guardian - AU

Victorian government to close Port Phillip prison as states increasingly ditch private facilities

Closure means Fulham and Ravenhall prisons will be the state’s only privately run jails

AAP

Tyrannosaur Victoria adds real bite to Melbourne museum

One of the world's best-preserved T.rex fossils will go on display in Melbourne, offering visitors an exclusive insight to the fearsome predator's life.

AAP

Victoria to axe lucrative private prison deal early

Two prisons will close in Victoria with inmates moved to facilities including a $1.1 billion state-of-the-art prison that's been mothballed since 2022.

The Guardian - AU

Only Carol Clay’s murderer Greg Lynn knows what really happened to her and her lover Russell Hill

Lynn told the Victorian supreme court his story of events in March 2020 at the remote Wonnangatta Valley camp with a disarming level of detail

The Conversation

Victoria will begin pill testing this summer. Evidence shows it reduces harm (and won’t increase drug use)

This week Victorian premier Jacinta Allan announced the state will trial a drug checking service beginning this summer festival season, describing it as a “simple and commonsense way to save lives”.

AAP

More than 1000 stolen cars found in $30m dumping ground

Hundreds of stolen cars have been found in three local government areas which Victoria Police say are dumping grounds for joyriding youths.

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Victoria Will Finally Trial Pill Testing This Summer: Everything We Know So Far

Victoria will begin trials for pill testing in the summer, with Premier Jacinta Allan declaring it a "common sense way to save lives."

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