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Victoria

Renewables

Conduct code to weed out dodgy solar panel retailers

Solar panel retailers will have to meet safety and consumer protection standards to join a government scheme delivering solar panels to Victorian households.

by Benjamin Preiss

Four people were in the car when it rolled down an embankment.

Updated

Emergency services

Man and woman in stable condition after horror crash in Bright

by Simone Fox Koob

Matthew Gatt, 23, pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates Court to stealing a carpet python and has been fined.

Courts

'Amazingly stupid': Snake snatcher cops hefty fine for taking python

by Rick Goodman

Be prepared for long delays in getting to the airport.

Victoria

'Problem for us': Airport wants answers on train station site

by Timna Jacks

Tayla Harris in full flight. This image was removed from social media by Channel Seven but later reposted with an apology.

Women's AFL

Tayla Harris worried for her safety, describes trolling as 'sexual abuse'

by Tom Cowie, Yan Zhuang and Simone Fox Koob

Opinion & Perspectives

The sudden shift that should have all of us worried

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Donald Trump, and the rest of the world, ought to be concerned about the message the US Fed has just sent.

State growth will place more demands on environment

Gillian Sparkes

This is a critical time for Victoria in terms of managing population growth and climate risks and a new report will help us do this.

Stop bagging 'fat cat' bosses; this is the debate we need

Jessica Irvine

Political spats over wages and industrial relations are a distraction from the main economic debate.

Politics

Mental health

No clear plan to fix mental health system crisis, says report

Victoria’s acute care system for mental illness is starved of funding, short of staff and in continual crisis mode, Victoria’s auditor-general says.

by Adam Carey

Tim Pallas

'Conflict of interest 101': Pallas mauled over Transurban shareholding

Opposition demands investigation after revelation of Treasurer's shareholding in toll road operator set to reap billions from tunnel deal with government.