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| UpdatedA blue whale is spotted swimming with a pod of dolphins off Victoria's south-west coast as an expert says large amounts of krill point to a good year for whale-watching ahead.
Topics: animals, human-interest, mammals---whales, animal-science, science-and-technology, portland-3305, vic
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Victoria's move to abolish stamp duty for first home buyers purchasing a property valued below $600,000 will not work unless more homes are built, Treasurer Scott Morrison says
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, state-parliament, states-and-territories, vic, australia
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About 50 anti-discrimination activists stage a protest outside the Melbourne Magistrates' Court as three members of the anti-Islam United Patriots Front faced religious vilification charges.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, melbourne-3000, vic, bendigo-3550
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| UpdatedA court requests a psychiatric assessment for a woman charged with the murder and attempted murder of her two sons after she allegedly attacked them in the Murray River, drowning one.
Topics: crime, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, deniliquin-2710, moama-2731, echuca-3564, nsw, vic
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Melbourne City climb into third place after surviving a frenetic 3-2 A-League thriller against 10-man Central Coast, thanks to some luck and Paul Izzo's goalkeeping implosion.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, gosford-2250, nsw
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| UpdatedGladys Berejiklian instructs government agencies to probe their handling of a case involving a woman police allege tried to drown her two sons in the Murray River, amid claims concerns about her behaviour were ignored.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, police, community-and-society, government-and-politics, family-and-children, moama-2731, nsw, vic
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| UpdatedVictoria's emergency system is being put under unnecessary pressure by 95,000 non-urgent calls a year, including one from a person who could not pass wind for 24 hours.
Topics: emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedStamp duty for first home buyers will be abolished in Victoria for homes under $600,000 and there will be concessions on homes up to $750,000 as part of a suite of changes to make housing more affordable.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, state-parliament, states-and-territories, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedWorst disasters in history, emergency response, cloud formations and total fire bans. So show us what you know about weather and emergencies in Australia. Good luck!
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, weather, cyclone, rainfall, storm-event, bushfire, cyclones, earthquake, fires, floods, storm-disaster, australia, act, nsw, nt, qld, sa, tas, vic, wa
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| UpdatedBobo's second-half strike lifts the Sky Blues 11 points clear of Melbourne Victory to all but assure Graham Arnold's side of grabbing the Premiers' Plate.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia, melbourne-3000, vic
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The GWS Giants secure their first AFLW win and damage Melbourne's title chances with a five-point win over the Demons in western Sydney.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, blacktown-2148, nsw, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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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.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, catholic, sexual-offences, child-abuse, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedThe Wests Tigers thump the Rabbitohs 34-18, after the Melbourne Storm hold on for a 12-6 win in the wet over the Bulldogs. Look back at how the games unfolded in the world of stats.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, canterbury-2193, balmain-2041, sydney-2000, sydney-south-2000, nsw, australia, melbourne-3000, vic
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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.
Topics: defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, defence-industry, australia, melbourne-3000, geelong-3220, vic
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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.
Topics: crime, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, drug-offences, brunswick-3056, vic, melbourne-3000
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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.
Topics: road, accidents, north-melbourne-3051, vic, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedDoubling the grant offered to people buying their first home in regional Victoria will help push house prices down, Premier Daniel Andrews says.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, community-and-society, business-economics-and-finance, industry, housing, housing-industry, vic
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull officially welcomes the cutting edge Joint Strike Fighter to Australia, as new government-commissioned research predicts the controversial program could deliver up to 5,000 jobs.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, defence-industry, government-and-politics, federal-government, vic
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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.
Topics: welfare, urban-development-and-planning, human-interest, footscray-3011, melbourne-3000, vic
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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.
Topics: crime, footscray-3011, melbourne-3000, vic
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Researchers from the Australian National University call for an urgent rethink of the Basin Plan, arguing the money being spent is not achieving the desired results set out under the policy.
Topics: water, water-management, environment, rural, sa, vic, nsw, qld, act
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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.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, carrum-downs-3201, vic, melbourne-3000
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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.
Topics: burglary, crime, law-crime-and-justice, beekeeping, coburg-3058, vic, melbourne-3000