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| UpdatedVictoria's career CFA firefighters will receive a $3,000 bonus and a boost to their allowances as a stopgap measure while a bitter pay dispute drags into a fourth year.
Topics: bushfire, states-and-territories, federal-government, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, vic
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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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| 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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Victoria's residential care system is failing the young people it is set up to care for, a former workers says.
Topics: carers, youth, community-and-society, health, child-abuse, child-health-and-behaviour, vic, geelong-3220
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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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| UpdatedYouth 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
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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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| UpdatedA 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
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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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| UpdatedThe 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
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| UpdatedDozens 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
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| UpdatedFormer 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
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| UpdatedMelbourne 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
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| UpdatedA 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
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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
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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
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| UpdatedMelbourne 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
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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
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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
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| UpdatedVictoria 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
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| UpdatedNew South Wales, Queensland and the ACT swelter in a heatwave, while southern Western Australia braced for more rain and flooding.