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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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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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| 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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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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There are fears this summer could be the deadliest yet for Australian 'party drug' takers, with hundreds of new and unpredictable substances on the market, one of which a Brisbane woman tells the ABC "terrified" her.
Topics: drug-use, health, drug-education, education, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, drug-offences, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, southport-4215, vic
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A profound environmental "silver lining" is winding its way down the country's river systems, all thanks to this year's devastating floods.
Topics: birds, animal-science, science-and-technology, renmark-5341, birdsville-4482, bedourie-4829, forbes-2871, winton-4735, vic, charlton-3525, kyalite-2734, goondiwindi-4390, st-george-4487, bathurst-2795, collarenebri-2833, qld, cunnamulla-4490, nsw, menindee-2879, sa
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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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A kayaker's body is pulled from waters off Torquay on Victoria's surf coast — the second drowning death in the town in as many days.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, torquay-3228, 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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| 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 Supreme Court jury watches a video re-enactment detailing how the man accused of fatally bashing a toddler disposed of her body in the roof of her home.
Topics: courts-and-trials, crime, mildura-3500, vic
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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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| UpdatedWorkers at the Hazelwood power plant in Victoria's Latrobe Valley say they are frightened about what will happen after the plant closes at the end of March 2017.
Topics: states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, electricity-energy-and-utilities, morwell-3840, vic, australia
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| UpdatedA special economic growth zone will be created for the Victorian Latrobe Valley to include infrastructure spending and tax breaks for communities moving to the area, following the announcement Hazelwood power station will close next year.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, business-economics-and-finance, state-parliament, states-and-territories, morwell-3840, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe closure of Australia's dirtiest coal-fired power plant in Victoria next year could force up prices interstate and will have a "major impact on supply", Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg says.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, coal, industry, business-economics-and-finance, morwell-3840, vic
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The mother of Mildura toddler Nikki Francis Coslovich was the target of an undercover police sting shortly after her daughter's body was found in the ceiling of the family home, a court hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, crime, mildura-3500, vic
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| UpdatedA woman is dead and a man believed to be in his 80s has life-threatening injuries after a shooting at Rosebud on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.
Topics: death, rosebud-3939, vic
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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
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| UpdatedHazelwood will be the fourth big coal-fired power station to close in Australia's east over the past three years.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, coal, alternative-energy, morwell-3840, vic, australia
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| UpdatedHundreds of workers will lose their jobs after the announcement that Hazelwood power station, Australia's dirtiest coal-fired power plant, will officially close by the end of March.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, coal, industry, business-economics-and-finance, morwell-3840, vic