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Building inflation won't hit rail loop price: treasurer

The Victorian government is confident it can convince Infrastructure Australia the Suburban Rail Loop stacks up and is sticking to its original costing.

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‘A long time coming’: Victoria’s apology to care leavers offers hope for a reckoning

Abuse and deprivation while in state care have led to depression, anxiety and substance abuse. Finally there will be formal recognition of the trauma

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Farmbots, flavour pills and zero-gravity beer: inside the mission to grow food in space

Astronauts currently content themselves with freeze-dried gruel, but with plans for crewed missions to Mars in the works, scientists need to create more delicious, nutritious menus

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‘It’s a no-brainer’: what voters in upcoming Dunkley byelection say about Labor’s stage-three tax cut changes

Victorian electorate will be first test of support for overhaul that shifts more of the benefit to low- and middle-income earners amid cost-of-living pressures

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Traditional owners speak out against claims Victoria’s cultural heritage laws are major setback to housing expansion

Exclusive: Laws impact less than 1% of building developments, despite being cited among reasons for the Coalition’s treaty backflip

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‘My wedding dress is very precious to me’: four dressmakers on their all-time favourite projects

From a bold corduroy suit to a dress for a ‘controversial’ marriage, four sewing enthusiasts share the garments they are most proud of

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Blessed are the cheesemakers – and everyone else who just loves their job

Four Australians who go to work with a smile on their face and a song in their heart explain how they achieved what seems impossible to so many others

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‘There was a connection right away’: the women’s jail training greyhounds for adoption

Inmates at Tarrengower prison in Victoria and retired racing dogs help each other prepare for life outside

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‘They honestly saved my life’: the Victorian project saving girls from the cycle of exploitation and abuse

Living Free is having such a profound positive effect that there are calls to expand it across the state, yet it is still to be permanently funded

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‘They are so convincing’: Vera Gazzard lost her life savings to HyperVerse

Australians who were convinced to put money into the Hyper group investment schemes say no one has been held to account for their losses

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‘That’s not Maebel, she’s so fun’: the rising number of children who are afraid to talk

Cases of selective mutism, a complex anxiety disorder, are growing in Australia, apparently exacerbated by pandemic lockdowns

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Sew sisters: the Melbourne gala where ‘it’s not weird to touch each other’s clothes’

Frocktails started as a dinner for 30 friends. Ten years on this party of homemade dresses has inspired events around the world

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William McInnes: ‘There were a lot of people more talented than me’

The Newsreader actor on talent, time and why life is too much fun to disappear up your own backside

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Loyal, cute and $50,000: we would do anything for our pets. But what if we can’t afford it?

Money is finite and my buffer is waning. I have one big bill left in me and then I’ll have to stop

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Kimberly’s former partner sought help for voluntary assisted dying at a Catholic hospital only to be told ‘I can’t help you’

When Rohan deteriorated with motor neurone disease, he began plans to end his own life. But a trip to a specialist hospital for help left him downhearted and angry

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Pia Miranda: ‘Even after I shot Alibrandi I was working in a clothes store’

The actor at 50 reflects on the teen movie that forever altered her trajectory – and shares her thoughts on the afterlife

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I’m a suburban Melbourne renter. Here’s how I weaned my home off gas and saved money on energy bills

After ditching central heating and focusing on power efficiency, we’ve cut our gas usage by 83% and are well on the way to paying off our new appliances

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Unrecognised and underestimated: the fight to get Australian women proper care after miscarriages

Exclusive: Doctors, midwives, researchers and support organisations have teamed up to change the paradigm on the ‘stigma’ of miscarriage

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Last resident of Port Melbourne housing estate vows to fight for her home after eviction notice

Barak Beacon resident Margaret Kelly says getting formally evicted this week as part of controversial redevelopment was like a ‘physical blow’

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Yes in my back yard! Sydney and Melbourne activists demand ‘soft density’ to ease housing crisis

Disparate groups frustrated by lack of affordable properties are taking the fight to Nimbys as they campaign to relax planning curbs and reinvigorate suburbs

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‘We absolutely deserve to be here’: the female Aboriginal-owned bar in Melbourne that honours strong Black women

In this Chapel Street venue there’s Wu-Tang Clan on the stereo, shellfish and spritz on the menu, and a sense of pride, joy and family.

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Wedge issue: rich soils of Melbourne’s fringe under siege from development

Housing and tourism are encroaching on the city’s fertile farmland, putting its food bowl – and livelihoods – at risk

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Melbourne bookstore accuses employee of breaking ‘confidentiality’ by discussing pay rise

Worker launches court action over termination from Hill of Content, after also being accused of upsetting colleague and reducing her shifts

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Pierre Bonnard meets a ‘colour supertaster’: inside the National Gallery of Victoria’s dazzling new show

The NGV’s new exhibition dedicated to the colourful French painter was put together by India Mahdavi, the revered designer shaping our taste in colours. She talks about assembling a once in a lifetime show

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Australian-first affordable rental scheme a ‘massive relief’ for Victorians faced with housing crisis

Exclusive: About 2,400 homes will be available for low- to middle-income renters under ‘big housing build’

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