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Four injured in reported Melbourne stabbing incident

Four people have been taken to hospital and a man has been arrested following a reported stabbing in Melbourne’s northwest. Emergency services were called to the incident near Puckle Street …

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Cooking with gas no more as Victoria heads for net zero

Gas connections will be banned in Victorian homes and government buildings built from next year. The state government announced the changes as part of its plan to reach net-zero emissions …

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Smoke blankets Melbourne as factory catches fire

Melbourne’s city centre has been shrouded in smoke as crews try to contain a large factory fire. Twelve fire trucks were called to the blaze on Clarendon Street in Southbank …

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Australia’s first public egg and sperm bank opens

Australia’s first public egg and sperm bank has opened in Melbourne, giving thousands more Victorians the chance to start a family. The new facility opened at the Royal Women’s Hospital …

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The diners fighting isolation with pizza and prosecco

In a small Italian restaurant on Melbourne’s bustling Brunswick Street, dozens of people gather every Wednesday night to have a prosecco and a pizza with a stranger. La Vineria By …

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Vic debt to top $305b in a decade, budget office warns

Victoria’s net debt will rise to $305.3 billion if the government doesn’t start to pay off its borrowings, the independent budget watchdog has warned. The Parliamentary Budget Office on Sunday …

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Australian Olympic committee backs voice ‘yes’ vote

The Australian Olympic Committee executive has thrown its support behind the ‘yes’ vote ahead of the Indigenous voice referendum. AOC President Ian Chesterman announced the decision on Saturday, saying the …

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Aston result shows rejection of nasty politics: Andrews

The Liberal Party’s loss in Aston shows Victorians will not support a nasty, bigoted and self-centred approach to politics, the Victorian premier says. Labor’s Mary Doyle won the federal seat in …

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Claims Andrews at risk of Chinese influence ‘laughable’

The Victorian government denies the premier could be manipulated by the Chinese government during his first visit to the country since the COVID-19 outbreak. Daniel Andrews arrived in Beijing on …

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Cardinal George Pell dies aged 81

Australia’s most senior Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, has died in Rome, aged 81.The former Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne and Archbishop of Sydney, died from heart complications on Tuesday following hip …

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