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The Melbourne Rebels stand up to the challenge, but are eventually defeated 24-17 by the unbeaten Chiefs at AAMI Park.
Topics: super-rugby, rugby-union, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Hundreds of subcontractors in the building and construction industry say they are owed large debts — in some cases millions of dollars — but are unable to recover the money because of overly complex recovery processes and poor enforcement of the law.
Topics: building-and-construction, community-and-society, vic
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| UpdatedVictoria Police is accused of defying magistrates' rulings and misusing the state's new night court system amid revelations a man is unlawfully held by police for a week on an unlicensed driving charge.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedA man who sped through a red light in a stolen car and fatally ran down 24-year-old Tanami Nayler (pictured) is sentenced to 11 years in jail, with a non-parole period of seven years.
Topics: courts-and-trials, crime, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, west-melbourne-3003, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, vic
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| UpdatedLeading horse trainers Danny O'Brien and Mark Kavanagh win an appeal against their doping bans as a Victorian tribunal rules Racing Victoria did not follow proper testing protocols.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, courts-and-trials, melbourne-3000, vic
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A fortuitous pin-balling try in the 77th minute sees Melbourne edge the Broncos 14-12 at AAMI Park.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedLook at all the stats and scores as Storm superstar Billy Slater returns to the NRL in Melbourne's 14-12 win over Brisbane.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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Are large leadership groups a thing of the past in the AFL? Some clubs are looking to downsize ahead of the 2017 season.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedSt John Ambulance is urging Australians to save triple-0 calls for life-threatening emergencies to free up ambulance resources.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, health, healthcare-facilities, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia, act, nsw, nt, qld, sa, tas, vic, wa
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| UpdatedAs research suggests homelessness is costing Victoria $194 million a year, we speak to some of the hundreds of people sleeping rough on Melbourne's streets about how they ended up there and what they do with their days.
Topics: homelessness, community-and-society, drugs-and-substance-abuse, mental-health, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedA Melbourne woman is sentenced to 17 years' jail, with a non-parole period of 13 years, for stabbing her housemate to death with his own boning knife after he refused to give her money to buy cigarettes.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, crime, thomastown-3074, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedThe fate of 260 workers at Victoria's Heyfield sawmill will be revealed on Friday after the board of Australian Sustainable Hardwoods meets to consider whether to close the mill down.
Topics: timber, industry, states-and-territories, environmental-management, environmental-impact, environment, heyfield-3858, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedIn a fiery press conference, Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg and SA Premier Jay Weatherill trade blows over SA's plans to "go it alone" in energy supply for the state.
Topics: government-and-politics, hydro-energy, energy, alternative-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, australia, sa, nsw, vic
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| UpdatedThe number of criminal offences recorded in Victoria went up by more than 50,000 last year — an 8 per cent rise in the per-capita crime rate — with significant increases in robberies, theft and dangerous acts endangering people.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, vic
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| UpdatedIn a community preparing for the shutdown of one of its major employers, watching AFL stars play on their regional oval provided some light relief.
Topics: community-and-society, sport, lifestyle-and-leisure, victorian-football-league-vfl, regional, moe-3825, vic, melbourne-3000
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No solid news about the future make-up of the Super Rugby competition is leading to frustration in Australia, with speculation one team is likely to be culled.
Topics: super-rugby, sport, rugby-union, sydney-2000, nsw, brisbane-4000, qld, perth-6000, wa, melbourne-3000, vic, canberra-2600, act, new-zealand, south-africa, australia
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A woman who killed her 14-month-old daughter in Melbourne's north-east pleads not guilty to murder, with lawyers arguing her postnatal depression pointed to infanticide.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, melbourne-3000, heidelberg-west-3081, vic
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| UpdatedAn experienced cyclist who was shot multiple times by an unknown man while riding on a popular Victorian trail describes the moment he was attacked, saying he thought it was "lights out" on his life.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, myrtleford-3737, vic
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| UpdatedFake wellness blogger Belle Gibson may have been under "some kind of delusion" that she had brain cancer, but is guilty of misleading and deceptive conduct, a judge finds.
Topics: courts-and-trials, health, diseases-and-disorders, cancer, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedA woman suffers burns to her face and hands after her headphones catch fire and melt on a flight from Beijing to Melbourne, prompting warnings about battery-operated devices on aeroplanes.
Topics: community-and-society, travel-health-and-safety, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, china, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedThe start to Melbourne's autumn is so hot, the average temperature is currently exceeding that experienced in January and February.
Topics: weather, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic
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Nineteen people are charged with a range of drugs, reckless conduct and firearms offences after raids targeting the Comancheros outlaw motorcycle gang in Melbourne.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, drug-offences, melbourne-3000, vic, lyndhurst-3975, dandenong-3175, tyabb-3913, werribee-3030, essendon-3040, cranbourne-3977
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| UpdatedHairdressing pays the bills for Zebulen Howell, but his passion is music. The former X Factor contestant didn't even expect to get past the reality TV show's auditions, but the 23-year-old now dreams of winning a Grammy.
Topics: community-and-society, social-media, internet-culture, information-and-communication, youth, st-kilda-east-3183, melbourne-3000, vic
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An extra $20 million will be invested in Victoria's large-scale energy storage, the State Government says, as it works to address the state's increasing energy needs.
Topics: energy, alternative-energy, environment, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, vic