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Some victim-survivors take their own lives. We need to better understand how suicide and family violence are linked

In 2024, a young mother in Victoria ended her own life. As family violence services and Victoria Police pointed out, there were key circumstances that may have contributed to her death.

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Victoria will fast-track new child safety laws as part of a system ‘overhaul’. Here’s what we know

The power to immediately suspend an individual’s working with children check during an investigation is among changes expected to pass parliament this week

The Guardian - AU

Cooking for Seamus: celebrities and chefs clamour to cook for a disabled bull in this irresistible show

The YouTube series is a lo-fi celebration of cuisine-as-care, starring a disabled rescue bull in regional Victoria who is obsessed with human food, and his best friend and carer

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Crochet, isolation and the prison chaplain: Erin Patterson’s life behind bars detailed in court

Victorian supreme court also hears that mushroom lunch murderer spends 22 hours a day in cell and has had no contact with other inmates

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Australia's Mushroom Murderer Faces Victims' Family In Court

Australian toxic mushroom killer Erin Patterson faces her victims' relatives in court Monday before a judge sentences her for a triple murder that made headlines worldwide.

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Licence to burn: Victoria is changing the way it deals with rubbish – is it moving too fast?

Full health and environmental impacts of increasingly relying on waste-to-energy plants to deal with state’s rubbish still unknown

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Australia’s privacy laws are a dog’s breakfast — and it’s costing us

As a technology entrepreneur in Victoria, I’ve seen how Australia’s fragmented privacy laws create confusion, cost and risk. We value privacy deeply — and rightly so. But our current system of overlapping federal, state and territory regimes is a mess that helps no one.

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Victoria’s mountain ash forests could lose a quarter of giant trees as temperatures rise

Eucalyptus regnans – which regularly reach 60 to 80m tall – lose about 9% of their trees for every degree of warming, research finds

The Guardian - AU

Labor rebounds to leads in Victorian and Queensland Resolve polls

Victorian and Queensland state Resolve polls both show Labor rebounding from big deficits to now lead. In Tasmania, Josh Willie from the left faction replaces Dean Winter as Labor leader.

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University of Melbourne breached students’ privacy by using wifi network to monitor pro-Palestine protest

Victoria’s deputy information commissioner finds university did not give adequate notice or justification for how location data would be used

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Childcare needs a ‘fundamental reset’ to improve safety. These are Victoria’s key recommendations

State to accept all 22 recommendations as federal government releases names of 30 childcare centres subject to compliance action

The Guardian - AU

‘Anything half-arsed will not be tolerated’: a night at the most chaotic, beloved dance battle in regional Australia

The Victorian town of Castlemaine lets loose at the annual costumed dance competition Hot Moves No Pressure

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Victorian Liberal leader defends impromptu press conference at scene of fatal stabbing

Labor calls on Brad Battin to apologise after appearance at active crime scene before victim’s next of kin were notified

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Renewable transmission plan expands, cost to double

One of Australia's largest renewable energy transmission projects faces a cost blowout with expanded areas of land for solar, battery and wind.

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Jacinta Allan wants to pick a fight about working from home – and businesses are playing into her hands

The Victorian premier has been on shaky ground since taking over in 2023 but in this populist, women-focused policy she may have found her footing

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Shoplifting gang busted as retailers face rising thefts

A peak retail group welcomes the efforts of police in dismantling a major theft syndicate, but warns more action is needed to curb the retail crime rate.

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Ending greyhound racing could save taxpayers $450m

A state will fork out almost half a billion dollars in subsidies for the greyhound racing industry over the next decade, budget office analysis shows.

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Victoria could save nearly $500m over 10 years by scrapping greyhound racing, estimates show

Exclusive: Parliamentary Budget Office analysis shows any loss of revenue from betting would be offset by lower government spending

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Shark-like prehistoric whale with razor-sharp teeth discovered off Australia

Region was was once a cradle for some of the most unusual whales in history, scientists say

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A cornucopia of tiny, bizarre whales used to live in Australian waters – here’s one of them

Australia is home to a unique bunch of native land mammals, such as koalas, wombats and wallabies. These furballs evolved in isolation on this island continent and have become Australian symbols.

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‘Deceptively cute’ ancient whale with razor-sharp teeth and eyes the size of tennis balls discovered in Australia

Scientist says new species described from 25-million-year-old fossil found in Victoria ‘was a gnarly whale I wouldn’t want to get in the water with’

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Victoria’s new anti-protest laws to be watered down amid pushback from human rights groups and unions

Exclusive: Plans for ban on ‘face coverings’ at protests, with fines of up to $2,000, have been scaled back, sources say

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Decade-high overdose deaths a 'preventable crisis'

Health advocates warn a state is facing a preventable crisis after drug overdose deaths, driven in part by illicit drugs, reached a 10-year high.

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Fiery meteor sighting leaves onlookers in awe across Australia

A meteor caused widespread awe across Australia as people across the state of Victoria captured it falling to earth.

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Meteor explodes in fireball and sonic boom over Australia

Sonic bloom rattles houses in Victoria

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