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| UpdatedIt took six days to catch Jill Meagher's killer Adrian Bayley, but before he was locked up, Jill's husband was suspect number one. The detective who led the murder investigation admits Tom Meagher "was treated badly" in the early stages of the probe.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, sexual-offences, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedConviction is an intense and riveting study of what it takes to solve a high-profile and emotionally-charged murder, told through the eyes of the homicide detectives who brought Jill Meagher's killer to justice.
Topics: crime, murder-and-manslaughter, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedPatrick Dangerfield wins his first ever Brownlow Medal, capping off a superb first AFL season with Geelong.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, geelong-3220, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe Melbourne Storm are favourites for Sunday's NRL grand final but captain Cameron Smith is wary of the premiership-hungry Cronulla Sharks.
Topics: rugby-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, cronulla-2230
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Topics: documentary, world-politics, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThe respected filmmaker says he thinks Donald Trump could win the US election for the same reasons Britain voted to leave the EU, and reveals race relations in Australia could be the subject of his next documentary.
Topics: documentary, world-politics, melbourne-3000
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Lance Franklin thinks a premiership with the Sydney Swans may be the only way to answer his critics, even after his most consistent season since 2008.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedGeelong's Patrick Dangerfield has won the 2016 Brownlow Medal with a round to spare, clinching it with a record vote haul. Look back at how the vote count unfolded in our live blog.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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The Victorian Coroner urges swimming pool owners to check the safety of their fences and gates to prevent "tragic" child drownings.
Topics: safety-education, children, death, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedA Melbourne man is found guilty of manslaughter 11 years after the death of his girlfriend's two-year-old daughter.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, crime, child-abuse, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedTake a look back on the top five performances from Patrick Dangerfield's stellar debut season for Geelong in 2016.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, geelong-3220, melbourne-3000, vic, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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| UpdatedA Victorian Government minister apologises for causing any distress to the Metropolitan Fire Brigade's former chief officer, who was said to have quit because he was gravely ill.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, public-sector, unions, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedMelbourne man Kyle Zandipour appeals against his conviction and sentence for a fatal six-second attack on a student outside a fast-food restaurant on St Kilda Road in 2014.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, melbourne-3000, darwin-0800
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The feel-good story of the Western Bulldogs reaching the AFL grand final is soured slightly as many fans are unable to attend due to the limited amount of seats allocated to members in favour of corporate tickets.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, community-and-society, human-interest, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThe United Nations says ignoring antibiotic resistance will mean common diseases will become untreatable.
Topics: animal-nutrition, pharmaceuticals, health-policy, infectious-diseases-other, beef-cattle, cattle-feedlots, poultry-and-egg-production, pig-production, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedMelbourne is already turning red, white and blue in support of the Western Bulldogs, who will play in their first AFL grand final in 55 years on Saturday.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, community-and-society, footscray-3011, west-footscray-3012, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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A family counts down as the Western Bulldogs beat the GWS Giants in the AFL's second preliminary final.
Topics: australian-football-league, melbourne-3000
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Melbourne captain Cameron Smith is pleased long-time nemesis and rival skipper Paul Gallen will get a shot at an elusive premiership for Cronulla in the NRL grand final.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia, melbourne-3000
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Commuters in Melbourne's east will face months of disruptions from next month, when work begins to remove four level crossings on the Belgrave line.
Topics: community-and-society, states-and-territories, state-parliament, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedAll signs point to Patrick Dangerfield for the 2016 Brownlow Medal, but could an upset be on the cards? Check out all the frontrunners in our preview.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThey are braced for a fast and furious grand final, but the Western Bulldogs hope their grit in clutch moments can propel them past Sydney to their first AFL premiership in more than half a century.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, sydney-2000, nsw
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A twisted piece of guard rail that pierced the cabin of a car when it rolled on Melbourne's Western Ring Road traps two men briefly, before they are freed and taken to hospital, one with critical injuries.
Topics: road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, keilor-east-3033, keilor-3036, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe grand final awaits with Sydney and the Western Bulldogs the winners from prelim final weekend. Sift through the wreckage to see who were the weekend's heroes and villains.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedThe Melbourne Storm crushed Blake Austin's premiership dreams, but he will still be cheering for them in the grand final.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, canberra-2600, act, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedFinding Corporal Powell should have been easy, but tracking down the man who handed his dog tags to an Australian singer in 1967 took almost 50 years, writes Simon Royal.
Topics: history, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa, melbourne-3000, australia