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| UpdatedHartnell and Oceanographer who head the Melbourne Cup assault for the Godolphin racing operation will start alongside each other following the barrier draw for Tuesday's $6 million race.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, flemington-3031, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedPrized Icon lands a historic victory in the Victoria Derby, with James Cummings becoming the fourth generation of his fabled family to win the classic race.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, flemington-3031, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedEnglish raider Oceanographer surges into Melbourne Cup calculations with a fast-closing victory in the Lexus Stakes at Flemington.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, flemington-3031, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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An 18-year-old woman has had to be rescue after getting stuck in a dog door.
Topics: human-interest, community-and-society, templestowe-3106, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedMelbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne has had to be in two minds on Derby Day as she preps for a group 2 ride and her media commitments.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, flemington-3031, vic, australia
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| UpdatedFrustrated locals at Port Fairy, in Victoria's south-west, are concerned the picturesque coastline is being decimated by an influx of horse trainers using the beach in an attempt to replicate the tactics of Melbourne Cup winner Darren Weir.
Topics: horse-racing, community-and-society, states-and-territories, environment, port-fairy-3284, vic
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| UpdatedOtto Sims, an Indigenous artist from a remote Central Australian community, creates fabric for a dress that will be modelled on race day in Flemington.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, fashion, yuendumu-0872, flemington-3031
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| UpdatedFirefighters rescue an 18-year-old schoolgirl when she becomes wedged in a dog door at her house, in Melbourne's north-east, after finishing her Year 12 exams.
Topics: community-and-society, human-interest, templestowe-3106, melbourne-3000
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Bruno Fornaroli scores a goal either side of half-time to secure Melbourne City a 2-1 win over Adelaide United at AAMI Park.
Topics: sport, soccer, a-league, melbourne-3000, vic, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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The Australian share market has ended its worst week in nearly five months with a third day of declines, on the back of write downs from ANZ and NAB.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, stockmarket, currency, melbourne-3000, australia
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| UpdatedSalvation Army worker Robert Burnett is sentenced to 18-and-a-half years in jail for sexually abusing seven boys between 1973 and 1999.
Topics: child-abuse, community-and-society, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, thorpdale-3835, walhalla-3825
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A man who was found guilty of murdering his parents at a property in Wangaratta resented his parents for repeated beatings, a presentence hearing in the Supreme Court in Melbourne is told.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, wangaratta-3677, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedInformation from the Red Cross data breach could have been used for identity theft, blackmail or sold on the black market if "unsavoury" criminals had obtained it, a cyber security expert says.
Topics: information-technology, information-and-communication, health, internet-technology, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedIn what would have to be one of the most unusual publications on the Murray Darling Basin, a Victorian author has penned a 600-page poem about the river system.
Topics: agricultural-policy, water-management, water, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, environmental-health, books-literature, minyip-3392
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A remote Gippsland community is employing unconventional methods to lure new doctors to the one-doctor town.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, regional, work, healthcare-facilities, community-organisations, community-development, mallacoota-3892
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Growing cannabis legally will be a step closer on Sunday when federal legislation comes into effect allowing the drug to be grown for medicinal purposes.
Topics: cannabis, drug-use, health, medical-research, nsw, australia, vic
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A national produce group will be able to extend its supply and availability of citrus after acquiring companies in Queensland, Victoria and the Northern Territory.
Topics: rural, agricultural-marketing, fruit, fruits, bundaberg-4670, mildura-3500, katherine-0850
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Worker abuse, non-payment of wages, accommodation scams and threats of violence are widely reported in an inquiry into the labour hire industry in Victoria.
Topics: farm-labour, work, agricultural-policy, mildura-3500, sale-3850, melbourne-3000
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A Victorian inquiry into the labour hire sector delivers a scathing assessment of a Mildura-based company.
Topics: farm-labour, work, mildura-3500
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| UpdatedThe personal data of 550,000 blood donors that includes information about "at-risk sexual behaviour" is leaked from the Red Cross Blood Service in what has been described as Australia's largest security breach.
Topics: information-and-communication, health, melbourne-3000
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Marlo Baragwanath, the first woman to be appointed Victorian Government Solicitor, says she is thrilled about the appointment and and hopes to inspire others.
Topics: state-parliament, states-and-territories, parliament, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedPhilip Tracy told Murray Goulburn's annual meeting that he planned to retire from the company's board after it had hired a new managing director.
Topics: agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, dairy-production, food-processing, food-and-beverage, melbourne-3000, cobram-3644, koroit-3282, sale-3850
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| UpdatedEmbattled Victorian minister Steve Herbert refuses to resign after failing to declare he owns a country house, to which his dogs were chauffeured at taxpayers' expense, prompting calls for his sacking.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, trentham-3458
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Administrators confirm they are preparing to close the doors at the Bendigo disability agency, Radius.
Topics: disabilities, non-governmental-organisations, bendigo-3550
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The Federal Environment Minister meets with French company ENGIE and the country's environment minister amid continued speculation over the future of the Hazelwood power plant in Victoria's Latrobe Valley.
Topics: environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, morwell-3840, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, france