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11 Y.O. Girl Sexually Abused In Victoria After Adding Stranger On Snapchat

An 11 Y.O. girl in Victoria, who the court called “April”, became the victim of sexual abuse after adding a stranger on Snapchat in 2023.

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RSPCA Victoria warns surging animal cruelty against horses cannot be investigated without more funding

Organisation receives $2.3m from Victorian government but has projected operation costs of $10.8m this year

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Juror discharged from mushroom lunch trial as child protection worker reveals what Erin Patterson told her

Victorian supreme court judge says he received information the juror had been discussing Patterson’s case with family and friends

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It’s wild mushroom season in Australia. Here’s how to stay safe and avoid poisoning

A number of Australian states including New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia have issued warnings in recent weeks about the risks of eating wild mushrooms.

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June Dryburgh was asked to help out at an abortion clinic. She stayed for 47 years

For almost five decades, she witnessed first-hand how access to safe and legal abortion improves women’s lives. Now, she fears for the future

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Erin Patterson showed no sign of liver damage experienced by other mushroom lunch attenders, trial hears

Victorian jury also sees images appearing to show accused disposing of food dehydrator at tip, and hears from expert who examined lunch leftovers

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Five vice-chancellors in Victoria paid more than $1m in 2024, prompting claims of ‘largesse’

Union says universities blaming budget deficits for job cuts while pushing executive salaries ‘into the stratosphere’

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Political influence and powerful allies: how relative unknown Sam Rae catapulted himself into Labor’s ministry

The 38-year-old’s rapid rise through the Victorian right faction has raised some eyebrows – but former colleagues say the new aged care minister is no political hack

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Cost of crime crackdown criticised as Victoria prepares for influx of prisoners with huge jail spend

Jacinta Allan announces $727m expansion of prison system as data shows rise in remand numbers after ‘tough new bail laws’ introduced

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Distinguishing between edible and poisonous fungi is difficult, mushroom expert tells Erin Patterson trial

Victorian court hears from mycologist who identified death cap mushrooms growing near Patterson’s home in Gippsland

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‘Little chicken whisperer’: Tommy, sentinel flocks and the fight against deadly mosquito-borne viruses

Victoria may have gone high-tech but in NSW birds cared for by volunteers are still a first-line defence against potentially deadly Japanese encephalitis

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See the reconstructed home of 'polar dinosaurs' that thrived in the Antarctic 120 million years ago

Fossil sites in Australia hold pollen and spores from the dinosaur age, when the island straddled the Antarctic Circle. Now, scientists have re-created the habitat of "polar dinosaurs," using these plant remains.

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Plea for drivers to stop taking risks as deaths soar

The road toll in one state spiked by 10 over a deadly Mother's Day weekend as authorities beg "entitled" motorists to stay safe.

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Train cash splash in budget amid state's tunnel vision

The Victorian government will set aside $727 million to run services through the $15 billion Metro Tunnel as part of a state budget cash injection.

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Victoria’s planning reforms could help solve the housing crisis. But they are under threat

The federal election campaign was dominated by the housing crisis. But the real power to solve it rests with the states.

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‘Getting barer by the day’: drought conditions in SA and Victoria worsen, leaving rural communities in the dust

Farmers are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on hay as the promised winter rain is pushed back until June

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Koalas face death, attacks and starvation as blue gums chopped down in Victoria

The state government is aware of koala welfare problems but says it has ‘no cost-effective’ solutions

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Almost half of Victorian male inmates have a brain injury. For Michael, diagnosis was the first step to a new life

Legal experts argue that the system that is supposed to be providing justice is effectively criminalising disability instead

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'Trump-style rhetoric': premier to lead China mission

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan will embark on a trade mission to China with an eye to economic growth and distancing the state from anti-Chinese rhetoric.

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It’s almost winter. Why is Australia still so hot?

This year, for many Australians, it feels like summer never left. The sunny days and warm nights have continued well into autumn. Even now, in May, it’s still unusually warm.

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Helmeted honeyeaters return to Cardinia in Victoria for first time since 1983’s Ash Wednesday bushfires

Healesville sanctuary releases 21 critically endangered birds in Cardinia in hopes a new wild population will thrive

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Roll Up Your Sleeves: Victoria Announces Free Mpox Vaccines To Combat Outbreak

Queer men, sex workers and people living with HIV are among those eligible for free vaccines up until June 30.

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'Can't win': Clarkson skeptical on Origin timing

North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson is skeptical State of Origin can successfully fit into the busy modern-day AFL schedule.

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Forest home of ‘polar dinosaurs’ 120 million years ago in southern Australia recreated in detail for the first time

Roughly 140 million to 100 million years ago, the piece of land that is modern day Australia was located much further south on Earth. In fact, what is now Victoria was once within the polar circle, up to 80 degrees south of the equator and shrouded in darkness for months…

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Hundreds of little corellas killed in suspected poisoning attack in regional Victorian city

Horsham local Glenn Coffey witnessed large numbers of sick birds falling out of trees and drowning in Wimmera river

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