VIC

• Victoria's desalination plant finally delivers as Government places order for more water

  Posted March 19, 2017 16:17:58 | Updated March 19, 2017 16:21:35

  Water begins flowing from Victoria's desalination plant more than four years after it was completed, as the Government moves to reassure Victorians that water bills will not go up as the result of a new regular water order.

  Topics: water-supply, water-management, water, environment, state-parliament, wonthaggi-3995, vic, melbourne-3000

• Melbourne council announces plans to swap parking for paradise

  Posted March 19, 2017 11:26:08 | Updated March 19, 2017 14:07:12

  A $60-million multi-functional park in Melbourne's inner south-east promises to provide desperately needed open space as the city grapples with population growth.

  Topics: urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, local-government, government-and-politics, environment, environmental-policy, prahran-3181, vic, melbourne-3000

• Cahill, Fornaroli shine as Melbourne City thumps dismal Jets

  Posted March 18, 2017 22:52:40 | Updated March 18, 2017 23:00:19

  Bruno Fornaroli doubles up while Tim Cahill proves his worth in City's 4-0 demolition of the Newcastle Jets.

  Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia

• Demons keep GF dream alive with Dockers belting

  Posted March 18, 2017 18:45:10

  The Demons needed a win to keep their AFLW grand final dream alive, and they deliver in spades with a 54-point belting of Fremantle.

  Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia

• Stephen Asling found guilty of Graham Kinniburgh's 2003 murder

  Posted March 18, 2017 16:42:20

  Stephen Asling is found guilty of the murder of the gangland figure known as 'The Munster', an act the court heard was ordered by underworld kingpin Carl Williams.

  Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, kew-3101, vic, melbourne-3000

• Geelong to drop directly-elected mayors in wake of council dysfunction

  Posted March 18, 2017 13:48:57

  The troubled Geelong City Council is likely to go to election in October and elected councillors will nominate a mayor, after the Victorian Government announced it supported recommendations from a group of local residents.

  Topics: local-government, government-and-politics, state-parliament, corruption, geelong-3220, vic, melbourne-3000

• Heyfield mill owners plan to relocate operation to Tasmania

  By Peter Lusted

  Posted March 18, 2017 08:30:30 | Updated March 18, 2017 11:37:29

  The owners of the Heyfield sawmill plan to strike a deal to process Tasmanian plantation timber when they relocate to Burnie on the north-west coast

  Topics: timber, states-and-territories, state-parliament, community-and-society, regional, unemployment, vic, heyfield-3858

• Duck hunting opponents' image shake-up as season begins

  ABC Central Victoria

  By Stephanie Corsetti

  Posted March 18, 2017 08:13:23

  A new anti-hunting group uses science and economics to oppose the annual duck hunting season which begins across Victoria's wetlands this weekend.

  Topics: shooting, birds, bendigo-3550, sale-3850, horsham-3400, hamilton-3300, kerang-3579, vic

• Rebels up for the fight, but fall short of Chiefs

  Posted March 17, 2017 22:41:16

  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

• Subcontractors owed millions of dollars let down by 'basket case' laws, builders say

  By Joanna Crothers

  Posted March 17, 2017 13:28:39

  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

• Victoria Police accused of 'North Korean' tactics to detain man

  By the National Reporting Team's Dan Oakes and Sam Clark

  Posted March 17, 2017 11:40:17 | Updated March 17, 2017 12:01:52

  Victoria 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

• NZ man jailed for killing pedestrian in Melbourne hit-and-run

  By Karen Percy

  Posted March 17, 2017 10:50:09 | Updated March 17, 2017 11:19:45

  A 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

• Horse trainers Kavanagh, O'Brien have cobalt doping bans overturned

  Posted March 17, 2017 10:02:54 | Updated March 17, 2017 15:32:42

  Leading 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

• Melbourne Storm steal victory with lucky last-gasp try

  Posted March 16, 2017 22:44:52

  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

• Melbourne Storm steal one from Brisbane, NRL scores and stats

  Posted March 16, 2017 19:42:25 | Updated March 16, 2017 22:30:19

  Look 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

• Victoria's Rubicon Valley image

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  Posted March 16, 2017 17:23:30 | Updated March 16, 2017 19:48:35

  Topics: vic, melbourne-3000

• When less is more: AFL clubs could be downsizing leadership groups

  By Ben Lisson

  Posted March 16, 2017 14:22:29

  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

• Australians urged to know when to call triple-0

  By Isaac Egan

  Posted March 16, 2017 14:22:29 | Updated March 17, 2017 10:52:16

  St 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

• In their words: Meet Melbourne's rough sleepers

  By Jane Cowan

  Posted March 16, 2017 13:46:28 | Updated March 16, 2017 17:32:06

  As 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

• Woman jailed for killing housemate in 'fit of rage' over cigarette money

  By Margaret Paul

  Posted March 16, 2017 12:39:14 | Updated March 16, 2017 17:08:32

  A 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

• What's happening to Australia's largest hardwood mill? (photos)

  By Peter Lusted

  Posted March 16, 2017 12:12:16 | Updated March 16, 2017 21:50:52

  The 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

• Watch South Australia's Premier shirtfront the Federal Energy Minister on live TV Video

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  Posted March 16, 2017 10:52:19 | Updated March 16, 2017 11:13:20

  In 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

• Victoria's crime rate rises 8pc in a year

  By Karen Percy and staff

  Posted March 16, 2017 09:56:26 | Updated March 16, 2017 14:47:53

  The 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

• AFL stars head bush, providing light relief for Latrobe Valley community

  ABC Gippsland

  By Brian Allen

  Posted March 16, 2017 09:27:49 | Updated March 16, 2017 10:55:00

  In 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

• Australia fumes as SANZAAR dithers over Super Rugby future

  Posted March 16, 2017 09:05:29

  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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