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Andrew Bogut is not ruling out a stint in the NBL or perhaps even buying a team in the local league once his time in the NBA is over.
Topics: basketball, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe Victorian Government wants to fast track major developments around Geelong and establish a new planning body that would take planning control away from the local council.
Topics: state-parliament, states-and-territories, urban-development-and-planning, geelong-3220, vic
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Nine people are charged after a series of raids targeting drug manufacturing, trafficking and possession are carried out by police north of Melbourne.
Topics: police, drug-offences, sunbury-3429, romsey-3434, vic
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| UpdatedThe Boomers have lost point guard Damian Martin due to injury but NBA star Andrew Bogut is eager to play the opening Olympic qualifier against New Zealand.
Topics: basketball, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, perth-6000, wa
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Veteran Richmond midfielder Nathan Foley has succumbed to his latest injury and retired from the AFL effective immediately.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, richmond-3121, vic, australia
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| UpdatedA reported shooting at a greyhound trainer's property during an animal welfare check earlier this week was "inevitable", with some in the industry feeling bullied by authorities, a former trainer says.
Topics: animal-welfare, sport, vic, rosedale-3847, morwell-3840
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| UpdatedThe full music line-up for this year's Meredith Music Festival in Victoria is announced, offering yet another eclectic mix of music makers.
Topics: music, carnivals-and-festivals, events, meredith-3333, vic
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| UpdatedWith Melbourne's public transport system on the brink of being paralysed by tram and train strikes, here is a look at what is behind the dispute and how it could affect you.
Topics: unions, government-and-politics, work, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedTasmania's tourist industry chief thanks Victoria for its unintentional nod to the island state in its new state logo.
Topics: tourism, advertising-and-marketing, states-and-territories, tas, vic
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Firefighters rush into freezing water to save a man who almost drowns as his car overturns into an open drain in Keysborough, in Melbourne's south-east.
Topics: road, accidents, keysborough-3173, vic
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government confirms at least eight Australians feature on a "hit list" released by a group calling itself the Islamic State Hacking Division.
Topics: terrorism, hacking, computers-and-technology, australia, vic
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| UpdatedIn a nod to Victoria's football tribalism, the Big V is back in a new logo and marketing strategy unveiled by Premier Daniel Andrews aimed at selling the state to Australia and the world.
Topics: state-parliament, states-and-territories, travel-and-tourism, tourism, vic
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| UpdatedDefence contractor BAE Systems is cutting 125 jobs from its Williamstown naval shipyard in Melbourne.
Topics: unemployment, states-and-territories, federal-government, williamstown-3016, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedA Melbourne private high school is shut down and 70 students forced to find alternative classes after authorities find extensive breaches of regulations governing overseas students.
Topics: schools, education, vic, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedTen years since the Fair Dinkum Food Campaign saw farmers rally on their tractors in Canberra, farmers say there is still more to be done to see a fair food market for farmers and consumers.
Topics: rural, manufacturing, food-and-beverage, tas, act, vic
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| UpdatedA disqualified L-plater is arrested after the car he was driving crashes head-on with a minibus, killing an elderly woman and injuring eight others at Rosebud, south of Melbourne.
Topics: road, law-crime-and-justice, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, rosebud-3939, vic
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| UpdatedThe Australian snowboard cross team, quickly becoming one of the nation's most successful teams, is taking advantage of having 'two winters' as they prepare for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Topics: snow-boarding, winter-sports, winter-olympics, sport, mount-hotham-3741, vic
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Wellington Phoenix, Perth Glory and Western Sydney Wanderers all advance in the FFA Cup with narrow victories.
Topics: sport, soccer, a-league, gosford-2250, newcastle-2300, nsw, broadmeadows-3047, vic, australia, new-zealand
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Danny Green's preparation for his comeback fight is in disarray with his Slovakian opponent Tamas Kovacs forced to withdraw from next week's bout due to a neck injury.
Topics: boxing, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedA study by researchers from Ohio State University finds listening to music might help prevent epileptic seizures.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, medical-research, health, epilepsy, united-states, australia, vic, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThe legal fate of an Australian man charged after trying to travel to the Middle East to fight against Islamic State may hinge on whether the group he was trying to join is in effective control of territory.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, defence-and-national-security, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedVictoria's family violence royal commission hears that about one in three lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender Australians has been in an abusive relationship.
Topics: domestic-violence, gays-and-lesbians, vic
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| UpdatedA woman charged with the murder of her three children, who died when the car they were in plunged into a Melbourne lake, is a "loving mother" and devastated by the incident, a court is told.
Topics: police, death, wyndham-vale-3024, melbourne-3000, vic
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Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley is determined to support banned players Lachie Keeffe and Josh Thomas, saying he hopes they play in the AFL again.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedMelbourne City continues its prolific A-League off-season recruitment by signing Uruguayan forward Bruno Fornaroli.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, uruguay