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'Downside risks': warning as state debt edges to $200b

A $200 billion state budget debt bomb remains live and ticking as a long-time Labor government favours cost-of-living measures for struggling families.

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Economic hawks eye restraint in pre-election budget

Business and economic leaders are warning against an election-year spendathon as a state treasurer prepares to hand down her second budget.

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The Liberals stared down One Nation in Nepean – but they shouldn’t be popping champagne just yet

Nepean might have ‘said yes for Jess’ but the Victorian Liberal leader knows her party still has a major task ahead of the November election

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Dozens paddle out in Sydney and Newcastle in solidarity with Gaza Flotilla – as it happened

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Record-breaking May warmth soon to blow away as cold front moves towards eastern Australia

Daytime temperatures on Friday were 10 to 14C above average in four states

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‘The air resounds with a Babel’s Tower of languages’: why I wrote a novel based in Victoria Square, Athens

It once housed the fanciest shops and restaurants in Greece’s capital city – then it crashed. Now the area is reborn as a vibrant, multicultural neighbourhood

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Rightwing provocateur’s plan to register ‘Free Palestine party’ renews concern over Victoria’s voting system

Labor under pressure to scrap group voting tickets as Avi Yemini details plan to funnel votes to conservative parties at state election

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'Different outcome' possible with victim law reforms

An advocate who spent years pursuing her alleged abuser believes her case may have turned out differently if state government law reforms had been in place.

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Brittany Higgins criticises federal inaction as Victoria moves to protect victim-survivors’ counselling records

Exclusive: State government commits to strengthening laws as Higgins labels Albanese government’s response to women’s safety issues ‘disheartening’

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Confident' Katy Perry Vows To Fight 'Dangerous' Ruby Rose Allegations As Justin Trudeau Backs Her: Report

Katy Perry is under investigation in Victoria, Australia, for sexual assault allegations made by Ruby Rose. Perry denies the claims, calling them 'categorically false.'

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Port's sought-after star opens up on future

Port Adelaide's acting captain Zak Butters has addressed persistent questioning over his future in the face of lucrative offers from Victoria.

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Canavan addresses Canberra anti-immigration rally – as it happened

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Fast-tracking or ploughing through? Renewable energy shaping up as defining issue for Victorian election

Most landholders in regional Victoria support renewable energy – if they get a say. But planning approvals are riding roughshod over community concerns

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Crime fighting plan revealed as brawling teens charged

Police officers are set to be freed from their desks as a state pledges $80 million for new crime fighting measures while four brawling teens have been charged.

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Will Katy Perry Be Extradited? Legal Experts Weigh In on Victoria's Historical Sexual Assault Laws

Katy Perry is under investigation in Melbourne after Ruby Rose reported an alleged 2010 sexual assault, with Victoria's lack of time limits on serious offences bringing historic allegations back into focus.

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YouTuber investigated for trespassing after footage of Dezi Freeman’s hideout posted online

Several videos of Thologolong property where Freeman was killed by police, including vision from inside the shipping container where he was living, were shared online

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While Rick waited for his insurance payout, mushrooms sprouted in his flooded Victorian home. He’s not alone

Exclusive: Insurance complaints are at record levels as Australian industry struggles with delays on ‘everyday’ claims

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Fatal fungi: health alert as mushroom season begins

Death caps and yellow-staining mushrooms are among the toxic fungi health authorities are warning residents to avoid as growing season gets under way.

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Homeless camps are rising as affordability falls. It’s a problem Australia has solved before

A homelessness worker in regional Victoria has seen a 200% increase in people living in free campgrounds – and a big increase in families “sleeping rough”, he told the ABC this week. For many people, finding a rental is “nearly impossible”, he said.

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Ben Roberts-Smith denies war crimes allegations – As it happened

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Victoria made public transport free in April – but is that enough to change behaviour?

There are signs that public transport is just one of the ways Victorians are trying to share the fuel load

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One Nation rejects allegations Victorian candidate was told to use personal bank account for campaign finances

Pauline Hanson says reports contain ‘false allegations’ during a shambolic press conference in Victoria

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Jacinta Allan wants voters to see Victoria’s 12-year-old Labor government as ‘new and united’. Can she cling to power?

With a reshuffled cabinet, the premier is hoping to quell leadership rumblings as her party seeks an unprecedented fourth term

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Victorian councils rubbish statewide mandate that all homes must have four wheelie bins

Local governments have until 1 July next year to introduce a four-bin recycling system, but some councils – and waste experts – say it’s unnecessary

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Afternoon Update: Victorian fuel price fears after refinery blaze; One Nation’s SA seat recount; and how to breathe

Petrol production affected at Viva plant in Corio as mayor calls blaze ‘unprecedented’

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