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| UpdatedLong-time chairman of the AFL Commission Mike Fitzpatrick announces he will step down from the role, to be replaced by ex-Wesfarmers chief Richard Goyder.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedHardcore Guns N' Roses fans come out in droves to see the rock 'n' roll heroes of their youth together on stage again.
Topics: music, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedGlam rock legends Guns N' Roses got off to a rough start at last night's MCG concert after the Melbourne crowd was greeted as "Sydney".
Topics: music, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, vic
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| UpdatedA 65 per cent hike in the price of ice-cream might not sound like a great idea, but what if meant you could live longer? Melbourne researchers say a sugar tax, combined with subsidies for healthy foods, could increase Australians' life expectancy.
Topics: obesity, diet-and-nutrition, food-and-cooking, food-and-beverage, health, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedOngoing job cuts in Airservices Australia leave the network at "breaking point" and senior managers express fears the new regime is "a huge risk to public safety", an ABC investigation reveals.
Topics: air-transport, industry, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, federal-government, melbourne-3000, melbourne-airport-3045, vic, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedCarl Williams organised for underworld figure Graham Kinniburgh to be killed 13 years ago after a failed bid to have gangland rival Lewis Moran murdered, a court hears, as Stephen Asling stands trial for murder.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, kew-3101
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How the fall of Singapore changed three Australian prisoners of war, sharing their stories on its 75th anniversary.
Topics: community-and-society, history, world-war-2, unrest-conflict-and-war, government-and-politics, world-politics, men, ballarat-3350, melbourne-3000, singapore, japan
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A luxury cruise ship, which was towed back to Melbourne at the weekend after breaking down at sea, is repaired and leaves for New Zealand.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, melbourne-3000, new-zealand
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Industrial action over a new pay deal for AFL players is "unlikely", the AFL Players Association says, as negotiations between the players and the league continue.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000
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An agricultural research body says exporting agricultural knowledge could become a big industry alongside more traditional exports like coal and wool.
Topics: agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, melbourne-3000
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Andrew Campbell, CEO of ACIAR, discusses scientific diplomacy and exporting ideas.
Topics: agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, melbourne-3000
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Since the mid 1980s Danish architect Jan Gehl has been helping Melbourne to "turn this miserable scene into one of the most likeable cities in the world".
Topics: architecture, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, government-and-politics, human-interest, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedIf you bought a rose for your loved one this Valentine's Day, there is a strong chance it has come from Kenya.
Topics: rural, trade, flowers, community-and-society, perth-6000, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, kenya
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| UpdatedThe Victorian Government rejected 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
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| UpdatedThe ABC's Fact Check unit is back in business as a collaboration with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, after being closed in 2016 due to budget cuts.
Topics: media, industry, education, university-and-further-education, melbourne-3000, australia
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| UpdatedSeveral 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
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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
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| UpdatedGeelong defender Harry Taylor becomes the second high-profile AFL player to raise concerns about the prevalence of gambling advertisements, saying he is worried about the impact it has on children.
Topics: gambling, community-and-society, australian-football-league, sport, geelong-3220, melbourne-3000, footscray-3011
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| UpdatedVictoria University says it is reviewing its administrative procedures after its Flinders Street campus building was used to hold a fundraising dinner for an anti-Islam organisation last week.
Topics: government-and-politics, islam, university-and-further-education, melbourne-3000
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Capsicum spray has been deployed on "multiple occasions" in the past fortnight against teenagers being held inside Victoria's Barwon Prison, the Supreme Court is told.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, youth, community-and-society, state-parliament, melbourne-3000, lara-3212
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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
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| UpdatedThis Saudi Arabian-led research could help breed varieties of quinoa that will thrive in Australia's marginal cropping land.
Topics: grain, genetics, science-and-technology, rural, research, melbourne-3000, saudi-arabia
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| UpdatedA Melbourne boy's piano that can be played inside a pocket earns him Australia's top student inventor's prize.
Topics: inventions, music, secondary-schools, computers-and-technology, instrument-making, human-interest, melbourne-3000
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Taxi drivers have taken to Melbourne's Tullamarine Freeway and Bolte Bridge as part of their on-going protest against deregulation of the industry.
Topics: government-and-politics, community-and-society, road-transport, melbourne-3000