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Birth, deaths and marriages: we all have them, which is why they should be protected

Why does Victoria’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry matter? Civil registrations are the most important documents created about you by the state: they certify your existence in time and place, your citizenship, your marital status, your parenthood, your entitlement to inherit. All of these things also affect your partners and…

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TfL issues 'sincere apology' to family of woman killed in bus crash outside Victoria station

Melissa Burr, 32, died when a bus driver lost control of an electric bus in 2021

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'Inspiring' chief justice announces retirement

The Chief Justice of Victoria Anne Ferguson, who championed change in the courts and worked on high-profile cases, will retire in February 2025.

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John Setka’s appearances at Victorian project sites referred to police, Jacinta Allan says

Premier says former Victorian CFMEU boss attended a government hospital project and a Metro Tunnel site this week

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Scrapping Vic electorate a 'backwards step', MP says

The Australian Electoral Commission has confirmed it will abolish the Melbourne-based seat of Higgins at the next election, leading to backlash from its MP.

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'Sort this out': police launch new action over pay deal

The Fair Work Commission has been called in again to resolve a long-running pay dispute between Victoria and its police force as fresh industrial action begins.

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Simmering anger from firies over cyber attack details

Victoria's fire service says it continues to update the workforce about a cyber attack but a union is fuming over being "left in the dark".

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‘It’s inevitable’: Australian beekeepers brace for national spread of varroa mite

Varroa destructor mites were introduced to Australia two years ago and are expected to kill most wild European honeybees in the next five years

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Alfred Deakin’s great-grandson apologises for second Australian PM’s role in removal of Aboriginal children

Yoorrook Justice Commission hears from descendants of colonists about their horror regarding families’ impact on Indigenous Victorians

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Health minister defends 'urgent' $422m hospital funding

Documents show Victorian hospitals came close to being unable to pay staff, prompting the health minister to seek support for an urgent $422 million payment.

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Surprise state shines brightest in solar energy ranking

Victoria may have better coffee, NSW a more iconic bridge, but Queensland is winning the race for solar energy in a report card from the Climate Council.

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Australia must confront bloody colonial past

Australians have a duty to investigate the nation's colonial history in order to move forward, a landowner on the site of the Warrigal Creek massacre says.

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Sadiq Khan apologises to family of woman killed by bus at Victoria station

Catherine Finnegan died on January 29, prompting demands for a TfL safety review

Evening Standard

Minister hits back at 'triple taxed' Airbnb campaign

Accommodation platform Airbnb has begun a campaign against the Victorian government's new short-stay rental levy after it was introduced to state parliament.

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Former ABC host Tim Bowden dies aged 87 – as it happened

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Afternoon Update: severe weather hits Australia’s south-east; nationwide strike in Israel; and a Bluey coin rush

Falling tree kills woman as dangerous weather sweeps across Victoria and Tasmania and into NSW

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Wild weather across three states – as it happened

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Flood evacuations, walkers stranded in wild weather

Flood warnings have been issued in Tasmania and dozens of flights cancelled at Sydney Airport as wild weather continues to wreak havoc in three states.

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Victorians could bankroll Scotland's Commonwealth Games

Victoria's hefty compensation bill for abandoning the 2026 Commonwealth Games is being touted by the likely new host as enough to largely cover the event.

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Workers fearful over 'rotten culture' on building sites

Construction workers are reluctant to make complaints about bad behaviour on building sites, fearing reprisals and lacking confidence any action will be taken.

The Guardian - AU

Sale of chemical used in suicides of three transgender women should be restricted, Victorian inquest finds

The chemical has been used in dozens of deaths in the state and federal government should take action, coroner says

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It’s windy across southern Australia and there’s more to come. Here’s what you need to know

The BoM says coastal communities in South Australia as well as Victorians, Tasmanians, the ACT and southern NSW can expect more gusty weather on Thursday night

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Indigenous woman's death in custody to go unpunished

Victoria's workplace safety regulator has declined to launch a prosecution over the death of an Indigenous woman in custody, citing insufficient evidence.

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'Pure insanity': tobacco tax hike fuelling black market

Increases to federal tobacco tax duties are fuelling Victoria's rampant black market and states and territories should get a cut to police it, an inquiry says.

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PM wraps up Pacific Islands Forum talks – as it happened

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