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Victoria records 71 legionnaires’ disease cases and outbreak’s first death as search for source narrows

Chief health officer Clare Looker says woman in her 90s died after becoming ill on Tuesday as others in intensive care battle severe pneumonia

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Plea to avoid panic as 'unusual' deadly outbreak grows

Victoria's legionnaires' disease outbreak has grown to 71 confirmed cases and a further seven suspected, following the death of an infected woman in her 90s.

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Pendlebury transforms from 'skinny boy' to AFL legend

Scott Pendlebury was once a "skinny boy" from country Victoria, now the Collingwood legend will become the sixth VFL/AFL player to reach 400 games.

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Ambulance 'ship is sinking' as response times worsen

New data reveals a third of Victorian ambulance response times to urgent cases are longer than the required 15 minutes but paramedics aren't surprised.

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Lord's Prayer axing from parliament off the table

The Victorian government has walked away from an election pledge to work towards replacing the daily tradition of reciting the Lord's Prayer in parliament.

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Melbourne’s ‘explosive’ legionnaires’ disease outbreak surges to 60 confirmed cases

Victorian premier says hunt for contaminated water source continues as number of cases rises by 20

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Restoring logged forests doesn’t mean locking them up as ‘wilderness’ – it means actively managing them

On January 1 this year, the commercial logging of native forests ended in Victoria and Western Australia. It was one of the most significant changes in the history of forest management in Australia.

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Pay bump for rail loop execs as ambos, cops wait

The Victorian government is defending topping up the salaries of Suburban Rail Loop big wigs amid long-running pay disputes with paramedics and police.

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‘Very frustrating’: for public school principals, applying for grants is now a big part of their job

Australians know public schools are underfunded. There are media reports of schools needing to fundraise to build essential infrastructure such as school halls and provide playground shade cloths and textbooks.

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Holdout states given deadline to sign up to school funding agreement

NSW, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia will now have until end of September to agree to proposed 2.5% federal increase or keep old agreement

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‘Preference whispering’: regularly exploited voting system should be scrapped, Victorian inquiry finds

Labor-led inquiry calls for end to group voting tickets that have benefited micro parties

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Call for voting reform to end 'preference whispering'

The Victorian government has been urged to move legislation to scrap group voting tickets as they sow distrust in the system.

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Officer who fatally shot fugitive 'acted appropriately'

Victoria's state coroner has released his findings into the death of Stanley Turvey, who was shot dead after evading police for three days.

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Roads to ruin: potholes top safety issues poll

Almost two out of three Victorian motorists reckon potholes and poor road conditions are the biggest safety factor across the regional network, a poll shows.

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Debt collector taken to court after flouting trade ban

Victoria's consumer protection watchdog will take a debt collector to court after the company allegedly continued to operate in the state despite being banned.

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Debt collecting giant Panthera charged for allegedly flouting operating ban in Victoria

A blacklisting was imposed on the company in 2020 after a federal court found it had harassed consumers to pay disputed debts

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Man accused of stealing army vehicle from barracks

A man has been extradited from Victoria to Queensland after being accused of stealing an Australian Defence Force vehicle from a Brisbane barracks.

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‘It doesn’t need to be one or the other’: balancing brolgas and windfarms in Victoria

Victorian brolga numbers have shrunk due to habitat loss and drying wetlands. Now conservationists are calling for careful planning of windfarms

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A ‘scare campaign’ over national parks? The fight over the future of Victoria’s forests

Conservationists say the push to protect forests and endangered species with a giant national park has become mired in ‘disinformation’

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Liberal leader Pesutto pitches housing plan to faithful

Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto has used a speech to party faithful to pitch a crackdown on cultural heritage process delays to speed up housing builds.

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‘People would abuse me’: how a ‘climate capitalist’ learned to sell solar in Victoria’s coal country

Andy McCarthy went from town pariah – being spat on and having his shop vandalised to employing hundreds of people

Evening Standard

10 homes for sale that are split into flats, from grand Victorian semis to a hidden opportunity in Islington

Ripe for creative reintegration or multi-generational set-ups, these London homes are currently divided into two or more flats

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Paramedic dispute unsustainable, Victorian premier says

Ambulance Victoria's board should end its lengthy pay dispute with paramedics following a union vote of no confidence, the state's premier says.

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Luke Briggs’ ‘heartbroken’ family calls for answers over 35-year-old’s death after arrest in Melbourne

Victoria police say Briggs became ‘unresponsive during his arrest’ in a Hoppers Crossing car park. He was taken to hospital and later died

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So far, so good - no new farms found with bird flu

Bird flu hasn't been found on any additional Victorian farms in a month, after multiple surveillance activities including property visits and bird collections.

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