Victoria (news)
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Catholic archdiocese defends nuns accused of defacing Sex party posterParty releases photographs that they say show women ‘hell-bent’ on destroying poster on a Melbourne street
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Former principal accused of child sex abuse avoids extradition to AustraliaHome detention lifted as Israeli court declares Malka Leifer unfit to face trial in Victoria and recommends monthly psychiatric treatment
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Roz Ward suspension: La Trobe University 'giving in to moral panic'Education academic and rightwing thinktank join condemnation of university over moving against Ward for calling Australian flag racist
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Martí Guixé's food designs: hands-free lollipops and edible pie graphs – in picturesCatalan designer Martí Guixé is known for imaginative food inventions – from instructive party cups to a lollipop with a plantable orange seed and he’s bringing a family-friendly exhibition to Melbourne
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Australian academic Roz Ward suspended for calling country's flag 'racist'Ward, who manages a controversial scheme to reduce bullying of LBGTI pupils in schools, told her comments undermine confidence in the program
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Oswals’s ANZ trial: bank executive 'made racist remarks about Indian couple'Court hears an email sent to the ANZ’s chief executive described socialite couple Pankaj and Radhika Oswal as ‘devious’ and ‘unsavoury characters’
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Marriage equality: Australia's first wedding magazine for gay men waits for law to catch upMagazine, which hits stands this week, features style ideas, venue suggestions and tips on wedding beard styling
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Australian police to auction $13m in confiscated bitcoinsVictorian police confiscated the bitcoins as proceeds of crime, although only registered bidders will find out who from
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Lawyers at 20 paces as ANZ faces $2.5bn claim from Indian socialite couplePankaj and Radhika Oswal return to Australia for battle over the sale of their Australian fertiliser business in what’s reported to be the biggest civil trial in Victorian supreme court history
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Victorian library seeks American civil war diary chronicling Australian linkDiary chronicles controversial stopover in Melbourne by sailors of the Confederate ship CSS Shenandoah
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Coburg clashes: police minister calls for mask ban at protestsLisa Neville says she will discuss with Victoria police’s chief commissioner taking action against ‘a really disturbing trend’
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Victorian protesters could face mask ban under laws flagged after violent rallyPolice taskforce to be created to catch people who hid faces and sparked violent clashes during Melbourne rally against both Islam and racism
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Will Indi hold on to the power of one?Independent Cathy McGowan won friends but can she influence people? At the heart of the second battle of Indi is a tussle over the strengths and flaws of electing a committed local politician to fight for her voters in Canberra without the backing of a national party
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Melbourne man charged on suspicion of potential terrorism-related offencesMurat Kaya, 25, was arrested by police investigating five men charged with allegedly trying to leave Australia to fight for Islamic State in Syria
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Victorian man convicted of murdering de facto wife after family violence hearingCraig McDermott, 38, attacked and murdered his partner of 18 years, Fiona Warzywoda, shortly after they had been in court
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Victoria scraps on-the-spot fines for fare evasion on public transportPublic transport ombudsman says she has been swamped with complaints about unfairness since the Myki system was introduced in 2012
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NSW last in class on Climate Council report card for renewable energy useSouth Australia and the Australian Capital Territory take the green podium for their efforts and policies pushing renewable energy targets
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'Unimaginably wrong': Victoria's gay conviction apology speech in fullPremier Daniel Andrews has apologised for ‘abominable’ historical laws that made homosexuality punishable with jail. Here is his speech to parliament in full
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Suicide rates: experts warn job losses and uncertainty contributing to 'national disaster'Organisations say economic change the common characteristic in electorates with highest rates of suicide
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Victorian premier sorry for 'abominable' laws punishing homosexualityDaniel Andrews says crime of ‘loitering with homosexual intent’ in effect made being gay a thought crime
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Melbourne bookstore to close following single complaint by neighbourOwners say they’re ‘tired of living in the unknown’ after council finds store breaches zoning laws
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Victoria to become first government to apologise for gay convictionsDaniel Andrews to say sorry to those convicted under laws against homosexual sex before they were overturned in 1980
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Melbourne man pleads guilty to incest with stepdaughterWoman who had gender reassignment surgery was manipulated by man who abused her for more than a decade
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Victoria to treat e-cigarettes the same as tobacco productsUnder-18s will be banned from buying the electronic smoking devices as part of new legislation to be introduced into parliament next week
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Uber: Victoria says it will not rush decision despite year of deliberationAs the service is made official in Western Australia, the government in Melbourne holds out despite court victory for Uber driver Nathan Brenner
Marriage equality, asylum seekers, renewables: McGowan launches Indi campaign