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The Victorian Government will spend almost $2 billion upgrading arterial roads in Melbourne's outer west, Premier Daniel Andrews says, with work to start in 2018.
Topics: states-and-territories, parliament, government-and-politics, footscray-3011, werribee-3030, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedSupermarket giant Woolworths is being urged to honour the spirit of its agreement with SPC Ardmona amid reports it may walk away from the $70-million deal.
Topics: food-processing, retail, industry, business-economics-and-finance, regional, states-and-territories, parliament, shepparton-3630, melbourne-3000
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A bikram yoga class in Melbourne gets warmer than expected after a fire starts in an underground storage area.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, ascot-vale-3032, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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The creator of the chilling play Switzerland is the winner of a new $30,000 prize recognising the talent of Australian women who write for the stage and screen.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, theatre, books-literature, sydney-2000, melbourne-3000
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A 15-year-old boy is charged with more than a dozen offences following a crash in Melbourne's south-east that left one teen dead and another in a critical condition.
Topics: crime, narre-warren-3805, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThe Australian Federal Police launch an investigation into 15 hoax calls made to planes and air traffic control over a two-week period, one of which caused a passenger flight to abort landing as it approached Melbourne Airport.
Topics: air-transport, industry, business-economics-and-finance, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Warnings that 2016's hayfever season would be the worst in years has come to pass, with sufferers across Melbourne reporting severe symptoms.
Topics: allergies, health, melbourne-3000
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Katerina Gaita takes inspiration from the Tupperware party model and brings people together to talk about fighting climate change.
Topics: climate-change, environment, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, community-organisations, melbourne-3000
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Forty-three per cent of Australian women are not being screened regularly enough for cervical cancer, a fatal disease that is almost completely preventable, according to the Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation.
Topics: cervical-and-vulval-cancers, cancer, diseases-and-disorders, health, science-and-technology, melbourne-3000, vic, wa, tas, sa, qld, nsw, nt, act, australia
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Two men and a woman are arrested after a stolen station wagon attempts to ram a police car in Mornington, south of Melbourne.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, mornington-3931, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedDespite the strides women have made to break the "glass ceiling", experts say recent media coverage of "unladylike" behaviour at the Melbourne Cup and "unfashionable cleavage" highlights how society is failing to kill off sexism.
Topics: women, community-and-society, media-studies, internet-culture, information-and-communication, journalism, australia, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedA teenager remains on the run after fleeing the scene of a car smash in suburban Melbourne that left one person dead and four others in hospital, one in a critical condition.
Topics: road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, narre-warren-3805, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Sydney FC come from a goal down to beat Melbourne Victory 2-1 and maintain their perfect A-League record this season.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedThe connections of Awesome Rock could feel they were owed their victory in Saturday's Mackinnon Stakes (2,000m) at Flemington.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, flemington-3031, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedAbout 200 people gather to support a group of Syrian refugees at Melbourne's Eltham as anti-immigration protesters hold a counter rally.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, eltham-3095, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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A 99-year-old who escaped death while flying Lancaster Bombers during World War II donates a new rowing eight in honour of a friend who was not so lucky, in the hope the theme of mateship and solidarity in adversity will live on.
Topics: world-war-2, community-and-society, rowing, melbourne-3000, vic
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Jamie Maclaren's second goal in as many games was all the Roar needed to book a third successive win and rise to second on the ladder after a quality display against Melbourne City.
Topics: soccer, sport, brisbane-4000, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedTwo men are dead and a 14-month-old girl is in a critical condition after three separate incidents in Victorian waters.
Topics: death, vic, harrietville-3741, torquay-3228, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedA former naval officer who helped defuse a German mine that washed up on a Surfers Paradise beach has returned to the city more than half a century after his heroics.
Topics: history, world-war-2, community-and-society, unrest-conflict-and-war, southport-4215, qld, melbourne-3000, newcastle-2300, germany
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Is there a large Army helicopter hovering above you? Don't panic, we're not under attack.
Topics: army, human-interest, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThe way in which two men convicted over one of Australia's largest art frauds took advantage of the "voyeurism and toxic snobbery" of the art world is described by a judge as he handed down their jail terms.
Topics: crime, courts-and-trials, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedAbout 500 people are evacuated from Federation Square in Melbourne's CBD after a major gas leak from a pipe in a shop, but officials say the likelihood of an explosion is minimal.
Topics: emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThe 100-1 outsider Lasqueti Spirit runs her rivals ragged to claim a shock victory in the $1 million Victoria Oaks (2,500m) at Flemington.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, flemington-3031, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is celebrating the 35th anniversary of American composer John Williams' score to Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, by performing it as the movie screens above their heads.
Topics: orchestral, music, arts-and-entertainment, film-movies, melbourne-3000, vic, australia