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'Gratuitous violence': Butcher, 70, faces cooler after brawl over great-niece
Victoria

'Gratuitous violence': Butcher, 70, faces cooler after brawl over great-niece

A 70-year-old retired butcher has been jailed for six months for kicking and punching a man during an alcohol-fuelled brawl at the former Etihad Stadium.

  • by Tom Cowie
'Very positive': Immunisation coverage rates in children hit record high
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Immunisation

'Very positive': Immunisation coverage rates in children hit record high

  • by Josh Dye
'Leaving now would be deadly': first fire of season threatens lives 
Fire

'Leaving now would be deadly': first fire of season threatens lives 

  • by Melissa Cunningham, Sumeyya Ilanbey, Debbie Cuthbertson & Michael Fowler
Roberta Williams' lawyer to file injunction to block sale of house after Informer 3838 scandal
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Informer 3838

Roberta Williams' lawyer to file injunction to block sale of house after Informer 3838 scandal

  • by Sophie Aubrey
Kangaroo killer jailed for two years, thrown out of gang
Crime

Kangaroo killer jailed for two years, thrown out of gang

  • by AAP

Healthcare

School dental vans that illegally X-rayed children are shut down
Healthcare

School dental vans that illegally X-rayed children are shut down

Several weeks after a major Herald investigation, five mobile dental vans were forcefully taken from school grounds in dramatic scenes.

  • by Rachel Olding & Angus Thompson
'Very positive': Immunisation coverage rates in children hit record high
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Immunisation

'Very positive': Immunisation coverage rates in children hit record high

More children in Australia are vaccinated than ever before, with the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children closing fast.

  • by Josh Dye
NSW patients wait three times longer for elective surgery than Victorians
Hospitals

NSW patients wait three times longer for elective surgery than Victorians

  • by Esther Han
Sugar tax, junk food ad bans and star ratings needed to fight obesity: committee
Obesity

Sugar tax, junk food ad bans and star ratings needed to fight obesity: committee

  • by Esther Han
Queensland hospitals in the dark about future costs of $1.2b project
Queensland Health

Queensland hospitals in the dark about future costs of $1.2b project

  • by Lucy Stone
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Victoria

'Leaving now would be deadly': first fire of season threatens lives near Ballarat
Fire

'Leaving now would be deadly': first fire of season threatens lives near Ballarat

  • by Melissa Cunningham, Sumeyya Ilanbey, Debbie Cuthbertson & Michael Fowler
Victoria

CFA battle to bring Buninyong fire under control

Courts

'My heart has been ripped out': Brother's grief over hit-run tragedy

  • by Amber Wilson

Queensland

Snake bites Queensland woman while she sleeps
Snakes

Snake bites Queensland woman while she sleeps

  • by Toby Crockford
Indigenous

A state farewell for Ernestine 'Bonita' Mabo, the mother of native title

Crime

Prison officer charged with drug trafficking

  • by Jocelyn Garcia

ACT

'Talk to us': Minister urged to listen to clinicians to fix health
Health

'Talk to us': Minister urged to listen to clinicians to fix health

  • by Daniella White
Canberra life

The Canberra bubble - long before Scott Morrison claimed it

  • by Megan Doherty
Infrastructure

AIS reveals it has $200m in ageing assets but stays quiet on sale

  • by Doug Dingwall & Chris Dutton

Western Australia

Drug-affected driver jailed over fatal crash
Courts

Drug-affected driver jailed over fatal crash

  • by AAP
Crime

Man stole electronics while threatening to cut someone’s head off

  • by Cassidy Mosconi
Prisons

'Communication breakdown' led to prisoner being released by mistake

  • by staff writers

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