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The Victorian Government will today launch a multi-million dollar campaign to counter racist attacks, abuse and discrimination.
Topics: immigration, state-parliament, melbourne-3000
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A multi-million-dollar campaign to counter racist attacks, abuse and discrimination is launched by the Victorian Government in response to the perceived rise of extreme-right groups.
Topics: race-relations, community-and-society, state-parliament, parliament, melbourne-3000
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More than 20 people have been taken to hospital, many in a critical condition, after overdosing on drugs at the Electric Parade Music Festival.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, drug-use, drug-offences, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedParamedics say more than 20 people have been taken to hospital, many in a critical condition, after overdosing at a dance party "awash with drugs" in Melbourne last night.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, australia
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| UpdatedMelbourne's biggest arts festival attracted hundreds of thousands of people, as the city's most iconic buildings were brought to life with spectacular light shows.
Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, arts-and-entertainment, melbourne-3000
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Melbourne City gets three valuable points, beating the Wellington Phoenix 5-1 to keep it in the mix in the battle for second place on the A-League ladder.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, new-zealand, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Genomic sequencing technology introduced to Melbourne in two years ago has vastly improved the ability to identify rare genetic disorders in children, say experts, who are marking their 100th successful condition detection.
Topics: genetics, science-and-technology, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedJarryd Roughead kicks a goal in his first game in 500 days as Hawthorn wins after the siren against Geelong in preseason game in Launceston.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, cancer, melbourne-3000, vic, launceston-7250, tas, australia
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| UpdatedChamara Kapugedera's last-ball boundary gives Sri Lanka a five-wicket win over Australia in their opening Twenty20 clash at the MCG.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, melbourne-3000
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Australia takes on Sri Lanka in the first Twenty20 of a three-match series at the MCG. Follow all the stats and commentary in our live scorecentre.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, sri-lanka
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| UpdatedAustralia recovers from a shaky start to convincingly beat New Zealand by 40 runs in their opening Twenty20 match at the MCG.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, melbourne-3000
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Victorians are again being warned to protect themselves from mosquito bites with reported cases of Ross River virus continuing to "rise significantly".
Topics: ross-river-fever, diseases-and-disorders, health, vic, melbourne-3000
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Reword is an online tool that identifies cyberbullying language, and following the success of the desktop interface, fundraising is underway to develop a mobile app.
Topics: internet-technology, bullying, schools, community-and-society, mental-health, internet-culture, human-interest, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedIt will likely be 18 months before the man accused of the deadly Bourke Street rampage faces a Supreme Court trial, with prosecutors telling the court there are more than 1,000 witnesses.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedNews organisation Yahoo7 is fined $300,000 after one of its journalists published a story that prejudiced a Melbourne murder trial.
Topics: courts-and-trials, journalism, information-and-communication, melbourne-3000, vic, nsw, sydney-2000
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Football journalist and draft expert Emma Quayle becomes the first female recruiter in the AFL after joining Greater Western Sydney.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, women, homebush-2140, sydney-2000, melbourne-3000, vic, nsw
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Australian doctors say viewing X-rays on a smartphone can be just as useful in diagnosing common lung problems in babies as looking at the standard X-ray film, opening up opportunities for rural patients who need quick diagnosis.
Topics: medical-research, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, babies, family-and-children, infant-health, diseases-and-disorders, child-health-and-behaviour, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedA 21-year-old man is charged with 92 offences after a fire at a bank in Springvale last year that injured 36 people.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, springvale-3171, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedIn light of the Victorian Government's move to overhaul Melbourne's bus network, we take a look at some of the innovative systems other cities have in place and what Melbourne could learn from them.
Topics: states-and-territories, parliament, government-and-politics, community-and-society, urban-development-and-planning, melbourne-3000, vic
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Ballarat Indigenous arts collective Pitcha Makin Fellas will return to Melbourne's White Night festival for 2017 and then continue on appear at the Ballarat event, the first White Night in regional Victoria.
Topics: painting, visual-art, ballarat-3350, melbourne-3000
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The Ballarat Indigenous arts collective's politically charged works tackle "black face" and the hundreds of nations hidden in Australia's history.
Topics: visual-art, painting, community-and-multicultural-festivals, ballarat-3350, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedFarmers and processors are close to sealing a deal for a code of conduct on milk price contracts, with all but fresh milk giant Lion having indicated they are prepared to sign.
Topics: dairy-production, agricultural-policy, agricultural-subsidies, agribusiness, food-processing, shepparton-3630, canberra-2600, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedA Melbourne taxi driver caught doing 144 kilometres an hour in an 80kph zone told police he was speeding because he had to get to a job, police allege.
Topics: crime, oaklands-junction-3063, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedDecades-old bus contracts are holding back the ability to run more services in Melbourne and revamp the declining network, so the system will be overhauled, the Victorian Government says.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, states-and-territories, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedMeat and Livestock Australia enlists Dame Edna Everage to push its latest advertising campaign aimed at getting women to eat more beef.
Topics: rural, advertising-and-marketing, beef-cattle, kununurra-6743, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000