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Informer 3838 can now be identified as Nicola Gobbo.
Analysis
Naked City

Nicola Gobbo was loud, brash and on the make. Now is her time in the spotlight

Repeatedly described as a loose cannon, many lawyers, crooks and cops will be worried when Gobbo finally takes aim.

  • by John Silvester
A shed ablaze near Bunkers Hill.
Bushfires

House destroyed, numerous buildings lost in Ballarat fires

  • by Matilda Boseley, Michael Fowler and Goya Dmytryshchak
The Greens' Rohan Leppert led the scathing review of the party's 2018 state election campaign.
Greens

'They don't know what we stand for': Greens' brutal election post-mortem

  • by Bianca Hall
Ex-lawyer Gobbo may have had 'intimate relations' with police handler
Informer 3838

Ex-lawyer Gobbo may have had 'intimate relations' with police handler

  • by Tammy Mills and Chris Vedelago
Andrews government spent $357.6 million on advertising in its first term
ALP

Andrews government spent $357.6 million on advertising in its first term

  • by Benjamin Preiss

Opinion & Perspectives

Hanson and the ooze of Port Arthur conspiracy mania

Tony Wright
Tony Wright

Conspiracy theories began right after Martin Bryant murdered 35 innocents. Two decades on, they continue.

Weasels win from cycle of vengeance

Peter Hartcher
Peter Hartcher

One of the worst lessons to emerge is that the ultimate winner is neither the attacker nor the avenger.

Social media giants have big responsibility

The decision to force tech companies to increase their curation of social media is welcome, but there is a risk in rushing ahead.

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Politics

Premier Daniel Andrews
ALP

Andrews government spent $357.6 million on advertising in its first term

Government spending on spruiking its own projects rose substantially in the most recent financial year.

  • by Benjamin Preiss
Labor is targeting the Victorian seat of Corangamite, held by Sarah Henderson
Election

Saving Sarah Henderson: the fight to hold Victoria's most marginal seat

The battle for Corangamite is tightening with both Labor and Liberal desperate to hold the ultra marginal seat.

  • by Benjamin Preiss
SKM Recycling in Laverton Noth. 22nd February 2019. Photo by Jason South
Recycling

EPA allowed recycler to reopen after waste mountain went to landfill

  • by Clay Lucas
The culled kangaroo into pet food trial has been extended.
Animals

Farmers win as government decides not to can kangaroo pet food trial

  • by Adam Carey
Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam flanked by the party''s Footscray candidate Angus McAlpine and upper house MP Huong Truong in November.
Greens

Greens' election review points fingers at enemies and own goals

  • by Adam Carey

Crime & Courts

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Education

Public schools in the 'right' suburbs, like McKinnon Secondary, have seen a swelling in cachet.
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Education

The new tool resolving confusion over school zones

  • by Henrietta Cook
Schools that excel

The four secret ingredients that can turn good schools into great ones

  • by Henrietta Cook
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Education

Extra $8m promised for 'life-changing' high school scholarships

  • by Paul Sakkal

Health

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Healthcare

Doctors, pharmacists trade jabs on the best time to get your flu shot

  • by Melissa Cunningham and Liam Mannix
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Mental health

'You think they're going to be safe': Inquest to probe treatment of Aboriginal patient in mental health system

  • by Miki Perkins
Healthcare

Revheads warned as woman diagnosed with measles after Grand Prix

  • by Melissa Cunningham

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