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Richard Hie is a former casino dealer who was caught helping gamblers take money from the casino by rigging the game he ran.
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| UpdatedThe Catholic Church's Melbourne Archdiocese rejects an independent review's recommendation to extend compensation for child sex abuse victims to their families or carers.
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| UpdatedWith the Storm prevailing 12-6 against the Bulldogs, follow the live stats that matter as the South Sydney Rabbitohs face off against the Wests Tigers.
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The first draft of a major intergovernmental review has identified gaps in tackling exotic pests and diseases that do not affect agriculture.
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Two Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighters will fly at Victoria's Avalon air show this weekend, but questions remain about the aircraft's effectiveness and operational readiness.
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| UpdatedHigh level drug dealer and standover man Rocco Arico is sentenced to 14 years' jail for extortion and drug trafficking, and will likely be deported back to Italy when he is released.
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| UpdatedCafe workers have a lucky escape when a bus ploughs into the front of their takeaway shop at North Melbourne after it is hit by a truck.
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| UpdatedA gritty pub in Melbourne's west knocks back a string of lucrative development offers in order to stay true to its old-school roots and protect its tenants, who might otherwise have nowhere else to go.
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| UpdatedLawyers for a man charged with murdering three people in a factory fire in Melbourne's west have asked a court for a psychiatric assessment.
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| UpdatedAre you guilty of weeing in the pool? Well, scientists now know how to accurately measure it.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
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Judge Geoffrey Chettle described Robert Best's child abuse as "disgusting and abhorrent" as he imposed the sentence.
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| UpdatedConvicted paedophile and Christian Brother Robert Best is sentenced to 10 years and five months in jail after admitting to the sexual abuse of a further 20 boys in his care.
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| UpdatedCaleb Jakobsson pleads guilty to hitting and killing a mother-of-two with his mini-motorbike at a Melbourne shopping centre.
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"They've eaten through the wiring. They've eaten through the middle seat belt." Have rats acquired a taste for car parts manufactured using soy-based products?
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Police say thieves who stole a beehive — and 50,000 bees — from a Melbourne backyard could now be suffering from a high number of stings.
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| UpdatedThree people have been killed in an overnight fire at an abandoned factory in Melbourne's west.
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| UpdatedEleven per cent of Australians — both women and men — suffer economic abuse by a partner, new research finds, but many are not aware they are victims of this subtle form of domestic violence.
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| UpdatedMelbourne's affordable housing crisis is in the spotlight again as three people, believed to be squatters, are found dead in a suspicious fire at an abandoned factory in Footscray.
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