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Uber to pay out taxi, hire drivers with almost $272m
Uber will cough up almost $272 million to compensate taxi and hire car drivers who lost out when the rideshare company “aggressively” moved into the Australian market. A class action …
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Crews to keep watch over fire ahead of more danger
Firefighters will keep a close eye on a massive blaze in Victoria’s west as investigators look into the cause of another fire. The more than 22,000-hectare Bayindeen fire, west of …
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Aim on preventing deaths ahead of ‘really tough’ day
Firefighters are focused on preventing deaths as Victoria braces for potentially catastrophic weather conditions. The Wimmera region’s fire danger rating for Wednesday was upgraded from extreme to catastrophic. Extreme fire …
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Company fined $1.3m for contractor forklift crush death
A Victorian company has been fined $1.3 million in the state’s first workplace manslaughter prosecution. The devastated family of Michael Tsahrelias wiped away tears outside court on Monday after Laith …
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Victorian courts reveal true scale of cyber attack
The cyber attack that hit Victoria’s court system was worse than officials first thought, with hackers accessing years’ worth of recorded hearings from as far back as 2016. Court Services …
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‘Matilda’ scores as 2023 word of the year
Australia’s national football team has waltzed into the history books again, this time as the namesake for the 2023 word of the year. Australian National University Dictionary Centre experts on …
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Flesh-eating ulcer spreads further as cases rise
The number of Victorians diagnosed with a flesh-eating bacterial skin infection has increased as health authorities warn cases have spread beyond previously known hotspots. Chief Health Officer Clare Looker on …
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Stadium deploys facial recognition after pitch invasion
Melbourne’s AAMI Park will join the list of Australian stadiums using facial recognition technology after a disastrous A-League pitch invasion last year. Soccer club Melbourne Victory flagged the technology would be …
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Victorians top list for taking deadly ‘super drug’
Victorians are the country’s biggest consumers of the deadly “super drug” fentanyl as authorities warn of its potentially disastrous consequences. Melbourne has the highest level of heroin, ketamine and fentanyl consumption …
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Illegal links prompt uni to return artefacts depicting Zeus, Hercules and other warriors to Italy
An ancient two-handed vessel and a red-figure fish-plate will be among items a university returns to Italian ownership after revelations about their underworld links. An Attic black-figure amphora, which was …