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The CFA is warning fast-moving grassfires could threaten towns in the state's west on Wednesday.
Bushfires

From storms to grassfires: New threat for Victoria as hot winds return

A total fire ban is now in place, as firefighters warn fast-moving grassfires could threaten towns in the state's west.

  • by Rachel Eddie
Melbourne University academic Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert is being held in Iran.
Prisons

Australian detainee says she rejected invitation to spy for Iran

  • by Anthony Galloway
Simon Overland leaving the royal commission on December 18, 2019.
Informer 3838

Ex-police boss Overland changes evidence, says Nixon knew of Lawyer X

  • by Erin Pearson
Gareth Hales, the son of Exclusive Brethren world leader Bruce D. Hales (left) and the man who alleges he assaulted him, former church member Rowan Scott.
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Religion

Exclusive Brethren cult leader's millionaire son accused of assault

  • by Michael Bachelard
Thousands of kilograms of carrots and sweet potato were delivered to endangered brush-tailed rock wallabies during the bushfire crisis.
Bushfires

Mercy mission: Food drops to help save animals in Victoria's bushfire zones

  • by Noel Towell and Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Politics

Courts

Man wrote note saying he killed his sister to get justice, court told

Ning Wang is charged with murdering his sister Qin Wang, who was visiting from China.

Yarra Trams will pay compensation to passengers who used the service in December.
Trams

Did you use Melbourne's trams in December? You might be eligible for compensation

Yarra Trams will pay compensation to passengers who used the tram network last month, because it failed to meet its reliability target - for the fifth month in a row. 

  • by Sumeyya Ilanbey
About 50 fires continue to burn across Victoria with more than 820,000 hectares destroyed - mostly in the East Gippsland and northeast of the state.
Bushfires

'Big impacts': Almost half of areas in East Gippsland approved for logging burnt

  • by Sumeyya Ilanbey
The Premier Daniel Andrews announced at the State Control Centre that Ken Lay (left) has been appointed as Chair of a newly formed agency the new Bushfire Recovery Victoria. MP Lisa Neville is CENTRE.
Bushfires

Victoria fires: all the missing found safe but death toll could rise to three

  • by Noel Towell
Convoys of hay at Bairnsdale. Ready to distribute to farms
Bushfires

Bales and bales of hay roll in for bushfire-affected farmers

  • by Royce Millar

Crime & Courts

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Education

Nerita Somers is considering joining a class action.
Aviation

Student pilots consider class action against Melbourne flying school

  • by Rachel Eddie
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Education

Victoria to introduce new VCE maths subject

  • by Madeleine Heffernan
Education

Young parents handed a second shot at secondary school

  • by Adam Carey

Health

People wearing masks in central Melbourne due to bad air quality from bushfires.
Bushfires

Smoke haze and 'very poor' air quality to return to Melbourne

  • by Ashleigh McMillan
Healthcare

Marianne's anxious wait for a new chance at life

  • by Melissa Cunningham
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Bushfires

'Like four cigarettes': Spike in ambulance calls before smoke haze worsens

  • by Rachel Eddie and Ashleigh McMillan

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