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Shot in the arm for winter disease fight

Graduate pharmacists have joined Victoria's vaccine workforce permanently ahead of the busy winter illness season, as the number of doses administered rises.

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Man charged over speedway crash that killed 18-year-old

Police have charged a man with dangerous driving and reckless conduct over a crash at a regional Victorian motor sports club that killed an 18-year-old man.

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Victorian budget a family affair, but details scant

The Victorian budget remains cloaked in secrecy but shapes as a no-frills affair as the government tries to combat rising debt and infrastructure blowouts.

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Police family violence notices could be 'enduring'

Victoria's police commissioner has flagged changing family violence safety notices as a way to further clamp down on domestic abusers, the police minister says.

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If Jacinta Allan isn’t Daniel Andrews, her first budget should show Victorians exactly who she is

A huge infrastructure agenda helped win Andrews three elections but the priority now for the state – and new premier – is the housing crisis

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Eight years ago Australia had a wake-up call on family violence. So how did we end up here again?

There was hope for change after Victoria’s royal commission. Now the experts agree that it’s past time for ‘an abundance of words’ to be met by action

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Unchecked urban sprawl is eating our food bowl

Victoria's burgeoning population presents a number of complications for food supply unless a fragmented planning framework is overhauled, an inquiry has heard.

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Residents to continue fighting demolition of Melbourne public housing towers despite court setback

Pledge comes after Victoria’s supreme court dismisses residents’ class action against government, saying it has ‘no real prospect of success’

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Second chance for tower residents after case dismissed

A judge has dismissed class action by Melbourne public housing tower residents against the Victorian government, but will allow them to reframe their case.

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‘I did not know of the massacres, I am ashamed to say’: Premier’s education gap has lessons for us all

Jacinta Allan’s admission that she only learnt the horrific history of massacres in Victoria while prepping for the Yoorrook Justice Commission points to a much broader social problem.

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Lifting developers tax would boost Vic budget by $8.2b

Urgent cost-of-living relief could be rolled out for Victorians if the state government lifted the windfall gains tax on developers, the Greens argue.

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'Trash the brand': Comm Games chief takes on ex-premier

Australia's Commonwealth Games chief has taken a swipe at former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews over his move to stop the state hosting the 2026 event.

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No 'sugar-coating' Victorian budget, treasurer says

Victorian families won't be asked to shoulder an "inordinate burden" in the state budget so the government can balance its books, Treasurer Tim Pallas says.

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Morning Mail: university bosses’ pay soars, Harvey Weinstein to be retried, US campus mass arrests

Six out of eight Victoria vice chancellors earn more than $1m despite deficits; disgraced movie mogul to be tried again for rape after conviction thrown out

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Majority of university chiefs in Victoria earn over $1m despite budget woes

Federal government vows crackdown as institutions increased their vice-chancellor’s salaries amid job losses in the sector

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Churches accused of a ‘shattering silence’ on redress for past injustices at Victoria’s Indigenous truth-telling inquiry

Catholic, Anglican and Uniting Church representatives tell Yoorrook justice commission of efforts to repent for ‘terrible legacy’

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Healthy hospital staff posed as ‘fake’ patients for Victorian minister’s visit, investigation confirms

Health minister Mary-Anne Thomas says 10 people who were not unwell were inside Colac area health’s urgent care clinic during her 2023 visit

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Victorian premier confronts ‘bloody stains of colonisation’ at historic Indigenous truth-telling inquiry

Jacinta Allan’s journey to deepen her understanding of injustices is one many Victorians will need to embark on for Yoorrook to succeed

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Kids paid $500 to set shop alight in Vic's tobacco wars

Gangs fighting to control Victoria's illicit tobacco and vape market are using children to set shops alight with some kids being paid $500 to commit arson.

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Paramedics' mobile numbers 'exposed' in data breach

The mobile phone numbers of Ambulance Victoria personnel are suspected to have been exposed in a third privacy breach linked to the service's intranet page.

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Victorian premier to front truth-telling inquiry

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan will give evidence at the Yoorrook Justice Commission, in her first appearance before the state's truth-telling inquiry.

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Truth-telling ‘critical’ to treaty, Victorian premier says before historic appearance at Indigenous-led inquiry

Jacinta Allan says failure of voice referendum hardened her resolve to ‘present the facts’ about impacts of colonisation

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A wonky take on Australia's big food waste problem

As a deadline to halve food waste by 2030 looms, food rescue groups, upcycled food producers and a novelty fruit landmark are raising awareness of a big issue.

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Mum one of two killed after glider crashes near airport

A light aircraft crash has claimed the lives of two people, including a Melbourne mother, near an airport in Victoria's northeast.

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As regional Australia reels from several women’s deaths, advocates seek both policing and prevention

Half of the 26 women who have been killed so far this year have been in regional parts of the country, highlighting a need for more resourcing outside metropolitan areas

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