VIC

• Victoria ignores call for forced drug treatment for vulnerable children

  By the National Reporting Team's Dan Oakes and Sam Clark

  Posted February 14, 2017 12:34:17

  The Victorian Government ignored a report it commissioned which recommended the introduction of compulsory mental health and drug treatment for vulnerable children in the strife-torn child protection and youth justice systems.

  Topics: youth, drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, drug-use, health, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, vic, melbourne-3000

• Young inmates use rocks, fire extinguishers in Victorian prison riot

  Posted February 14, 2017 07:53:41 | Updated February 14, 2017 08:05:22

  Youth offenders riot at a maximum security prison south-west of Melbourne, damaging property with rocks and fire extinguishers and injuring a staff member.

  Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, states-and-territories, vic

• Tractors rumble through Melbourne's west as thousands rally against detention centre

  By Karen Percy

  Posted February 14, 2017 07:33:15 | Updated February 14, 2017 09:43:44

  Several thousand protesters gather in Melbourne's west to voice their anger at the Victorian Government's decision to build a new youth detention centre at Werribee South.

  Topics: prisons-and-punishment, states-and-territories, werribee-3030, melbourne-3000, vic

• Victory 'very, very frustrated' in goalless draw with Jets

  Posted February 14, 2017 01:04:06

  Newcastle holds Melbourne Victory to a goalless draw to return to the A-League's top six.

  Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, newcastle-2300, nsw, australia, melbourne-3000, vic

• Secure unit for criminals deemed unfit for release to be built in Victoria's west

  By Jean Edwards

  Posted February 13, 2017 16:40:06 | Updated February 13, 2017 17:11:15

  A new 20-bed unit for dangerous criminals who have served their jail time in Victoria but are not fit to be released into the community will be built in the town of Ararat.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, ararat-3377, vic

• Collingwood's Sophie Casey suspended for hit on Melbourne's Meg Downie

  Posted February 13, 2017 15:19:50

  The Magpies will be without Sophie Casey for two weeks after she is handed ban for knocking out Melbourne's Meg Downie.

  Topics: sport, australian-football-league, melbourne-3000, vic, australia

• Renewed concerns after sixth death at waterskiing event in 30 years

  By Elias Clure and Patrick Wright

  Posted February 13, 2017 13:30:49 | Updated February 13, 2017 17:56:04

  The death of a man during the Southern 80 waterskiing competition — the sixth fatal incident at the event since 1987 — sparks renewed concerns about the popular tourist attraction on the Victoria-New South Wales border.

  Topics: water-skiing, death, community-and-society, sport, echuca-3564, moama-2731, vic, nsw, australia

• Anti-Uber taxi blockade causes headaches for Melbourne drivers

  Posted February 13, 2017 07:29:13 | Updated February 13, 2017 20:59:35

  Dozens of taxis drive through Melbourne in convoy to the steps of Victoria's Parliament after blockading the Bolte Bridge to protest against industry reforms introduced by the State Government.

  Topics: community-and-society, states-and-territories, melbourne-3000, vic

• Life after Black Saturday: Inquiry head 'certainly couldn't say it won't happen again'

  By Jane Cowan

  Posted February 13, 2017 06:23:35 | Updated February 13, 2017 11:13:07

  Former Supreme Court judge Bernard Teague, who chaired the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission, reflects on how he coped with being confronted with devastating evidence about the disaster.

  Topics: bushfire, royal-commissions, community-and-society, royal-commission-victoria-2009-bushfires, vic

• Melbourne City win back-to-back W-League titles with 2-0 defeat of Glory

  Posted February 12, 2017 22:09:52 | Updated February 13, 2017 06:42:01

  Melbourne City becomes the first club to win consecutive W-League titles after beating Perth Glory 2-0 in the grand final at Perth Oval.

  Topics: a-league, sport, soccer, perth-6000, wa, melbourne-3000, vic, australia

• Top Australian sport bosses clash at Nitro Athletics, relationship in jeopardy

  By Tracey Holmes

  Posted February 12, 2017 13:53:02 | Updated February 13, 2017 08:48:08

  A public spat between two of Australia's most senior sports officials, John Coates and John Wylie, at Nitro Athletics has insiders fearing the pair may never be able to work together again.

  Topics: athletics, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia

• NSW Rural Fire Service says they're preparing for unprecedented fire conditions. Video

  Video
  ABC News

  3min 32sec

  Posted February 12, 2017 09:51:42

  The New South Wales Rural Fire Service says today's extreme weather conditions have never been seen before, and fears the situation could trigger uncontrollable, deadly bushfires.

  Topics: bushfire, weather, disasters-and-accidents, fires, nsw, australia, qld, vic, act

• Life after Black Saturday: 'I'd never go back'

  By Jane Cowan

  Posted February 12, 2017 08:38:35

  Gary Hughes had a distinct experience of Black Saturday, as both a reporter and a victim. The journalist won awards for his coverage of the disaster, but struggled with the way the media treated people who had lost everything.

  Topics: bushfire, community-and-society, st-andrews-3761, vic

• Second-string City come back to draw with Roar

  Posted February 11, 2017 22:47:08 | Updated February 12, 2017 18:13:08

  Melbourne City's second-stringers show their wares, earning a point with a gritty comeback to draw 2-2 with the Roar at AAMI Park.

  Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, brisbane-4000, qld, australia

• Hope springs early for Pies but Demons storm back to win

  Posted February 11, 2017 21:36:44

  After leading by 19 points at half-time, Collingwood goes scoreless in the second half as Melbourne wins at Princes Park.

  Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia

• Carlton make it two wins to start AFLW with victory over GWS

  Posted February 11, 2017 17:39:51

  Carlton is unbeaten after two rounds of the AFL Women's season, coming home with a wet sail to beat GWS by 13 points.

  Topics: australian-football-league, sport, carlton-3053, vic, australia

• Victoria wicketkeeper hospitalised after copping a bat to the head

  Posted February 11, 2017 17:00:30 | Updated February 11, 2017 17:58:38

  Victoria wicketkeeper Sam Harper heads to hospital for scans after being hit in the head by South Australian Jake Lehmann's bat during a Sheffield Shield match at Adelaide Oval.

  Topics: cricket, sport, adelaide-5000, vic, australia

• As it happened: Temps climb near 50 degrees Celsius across eastern Australia

  Posted February 11, 2017 10:33:57 | Updated February 11, 2017 19:03:08

  New South Wales, Queensland and the ACT swelter in a heatwave, while southern Western Australia braced for more rain and flooding.

  Topics: weather, nsw, qld, act, australia, wa, sa, tas, vic

• Christine Nixon hopes the trauma and change of the past has helped her make better choices Video

  Video
  ABC News

  59sec

  Posted February 11, 2017 10:00:26

  Christine Nixon, former Victoria Police chief commissioner speaks about the aftermath of Black Saturday.

  Topics: bushfire, kinglake-3763, vic

• Life after Black Saturday: Christine Nixon reflects on leadership and criticism

  By Jane Cowan

  Posted February 11, 2017 10:00:26 | Updated February 11, 2017 11:53:04

  As Victoria's Police Commissioner during Black Saturday, Christine Nixon says she never tried to avoid the public scrutiny that came her way after a scathing assessment of her leadership on that fateful day.

  Topics: bushfire, police, community-and-society, vic

• Protestors gather as Cory Bernardi steps out in support of anti-halal group

  By James Hancock

  Posted February 11, 2017 01:36:24 | Updated February 11, 2017 07:10:17

  Conservative senator Cory Bernardi attends the event "Defending Freedom of Speech", organised by anti-Islam group the Q Society.

  Topics: race-relations, community-and-society, government-and-politics, liberals, political-parties, melbourne-3000, vic, australia

• Eastern Australia bakes in heatwave

  Posted February 11, 2017 00:31:38 | Updated February 12, 2017 00:31:56

  Much of Australia is enduring an extreme heatwave, with temperatures exceeding 45C in parts of the country, and conditions are expected to worsen across the weekend.

  Topics: weather, environment, bushfire, fires, australia, sa, vic, qld, nsw, act

• Crows down Dogs to stay unbeaten in AFLW

  Posted February 10, 2017 22:55:28

  Adelaide remain undefeated after upsetting the Western Bulldogs in Friday night's AFL Women's encounter.

  Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, adelaide-5000, sa, australia

• Federal Government tries to save St Kilda Rd trees from Metro Rail project

  Posted February 10, 2017 20:37:26

  The Federal Government grants emergency heritage protection to Melbourne's St Kilda Road in an attempt to stop the removal of 100 trees for the Metro Rail project.

  Topics: states-and-territories, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic

• Push and shove as protesters disrupt secretive Q Society meeting

  Posted February 10, 2017 19:12:43 | Updated February 10, 2017 19:42:36

  More than 100 protesters disrupt a secretive fundraiser for the far-right group Q Society in Melbourne, where Liberal defector Cory Bernardi and Nationals MP George Christensen are speaking.

  Topics: government-and-politics, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic

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