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The past few months have been hot, dry and fiery, but there's some rain in the forecast for drought-ravaged regions this week.
Topics: weather, drought, floods, rainfall, human-interest, australia, adelaide-5000, melbourne-3000, hobart-7000, sydney-2000, brisbane-4000, darwin-0800, perth-6000, act, nsw, qld, nt, sa, tas, vic, wa
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| UpdatedThe final game of Group A is a must-win for both sides, as Australia and New Zealand play in Melbourne, with a spot in the semi-finals on the line. Can the Aussies go through? Follow all the action from Junction Oval in our live blog.
Topics: sport, cricket, twenty20, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedVictorian authorities urge passengers from Malindo Air flight OD 177, which landed in Melbourne early Friday morning carrying a woman who was later diagnosed with coronavirus, to call their helpline for advice.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, health, travel-and-tourism, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedA 72-year-old woman is transported to a specialist burns unit after after a fire ignited while she was undergoing a procedure in a Sunshine Hospital surgical theatre.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health, accidents---other, fires, occupational-health-and-safety, melbourne-3000, sunshine-3020
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| UpdatedBen Wardlaw, who was experiencing drug-induced psychosis and paranoia when he stabbed 52-year-old Maryborough woman Karen Ashcroft in 2018, is jailed for 22 years for murder.
Topics: courts-and-trials, prisons-and-punishment, court-ordered-psychiatric-treatment, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, ballarat-3350, hamilton-3300, warrnambool-3280, maryborough-3465, avoca-3467, portland-3305, melbourne-3000, colac-3250, ararat-3377
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Lawyer and author Paul McGorrery joins Virginia Trioli on Mornings to discuss whether coercive control (non-physical forms of domestic violence) should be a criminal offence.
Topics: crime, crime-prevention, domestic-violence, family-law, family, laws, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedTactical police officers enter the Westmeadows Tavern in Melbourne's north, where a stand-off has been taking place since early this morning following reports of an armed burglary.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, police, police-sieges, westmeadows-3049, melbourne-3000
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Human remains and cutting edge tech are helping to train Australia's top forensic officers in disaster response at a heavily guarded research facility.
Topics: science-and-technology, forensic-science, police, law-crime-and-justice, disasters-and-accidents, disaster-prevention, government-and-politics, sydney-2000, melbourne-3000, canberra-2600, darwin-0800, brisbane-4000, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA lack of trees is leaving the people who can least afford it with bigger air conditioning bills and the feeling of being trapped. But experts say steps can be taken to make things better — and cooler.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, weather, tree, australia, nsw, melbourne-3000, vic, sydney-2000, st-marys-2760, penrith-2750, strathpine-4500, albany-creek-4035, altona-meadows-3028, altona-3018, werrington-2747
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Topics: child-care, children, vaccines-and-immunity, community-and-society, welfare, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedA Centrelink bungle in which parents are being wrongly accused of not immunising their children is estimated to be leaving thousands of families hundreds of dollars out of pocket.
Topics: community-and-society, government-and-politics, child-care, family, family-and-children, parenting, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Adelaide's Erin Phillips has a safe and productive return from injury, but Carlton bounces back from last year's AFLW grand final heartbreak to beat the Crows at Richmond Oval.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, adelaide-5000, sa, melbourne-3000, carlton-3053, vic, australia
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| UpdatedVictoria's housing agencies say it's finally time to draw a line in the sand and they are boycotting some of the worst rental properties at the low end of the market. At least one of those properties is described as being "worse than a kennel".
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, homelessness, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedWhen the philosopher Plato wrote his most famous work, the women of Ancient Greece were second-class citizens. But he had a radical vision of how they should participate in public life.
Topics: philosophy, women, university-and-further-education, history, feminism, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, greece
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| Updated"Throughout the scandal of clerical abuse in Australia, there's one voice we haven't heard — the perpetrators. I wanted to ask them how they led their double lives and how the Church enabled them but how do you interview men whose crimes are so vile and disturbing, and committed against vulnerable children?" says Sarah Ferguson.
Topics: journalism, abc, broadcasting, catholic, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, child-abuse, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, italy, ireland, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedHundreds of thousands of Australians with disabilities have to pay for their own wheelchairs and other equipment because they are too old to be eligible for NDIS funding. But the fight for reform is heating up.
Topics: discrimination, community-and-society, older-people, social-policy, government-and-politics, disabilities, health, melbourne-3000, australia, vic
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| UpdatedThe body tasked with taking Victoria's historic treaty negotiations forwards grapples with the complexities of the task ahead, as it aims to put key planks in place before the next state election in 2022.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, aboriginal-language, indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, state-parliament, melbourne-3000, lakes-entrance-3909, sale-3850, wodonga-3690, ballarat-3350, bendigo-3550, shepparton-3630, swan-hill-3585, mildura-3500, horsham-3400, warrnambool-3280, vic
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| UpdatedAfter a disappointing start against India, we're starting to build up momentum in this T20 World Cup and we're excited for the pressure of the New Zealand game, writes all-rounder Jess Jonassen.
Topics: sport, cricket, twenty20, canberra-2600, act, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Victoria comes from 30 points behind to score a 46-point win over the All Stars in the AFL's bushfire relief game at Docklands Stadium.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, bushfire, melbourne-3000
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A working group is established to help create a National Horse Traceability Register, fulfilling one of 18 recommendations handed down by last year's Senate inquiry.
Topics: livestock, animal-welfare, large-animals, safety, horse-racing, veterinary-medicine, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, darwin-0800, hobart-7000, adelaide-5000, dubbo-2830, perth-6000, brisbane-4000, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, newcastle-2300, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedIllegal workers employed on Vizzarri vegetable farms in Melbourne's south-east who were underpaid and never received their final wages have admitted they knew they were not supposed to be working.
Topics: industry, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, immigration, koo-wee-rup-3981, melbourne-3000
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A 29-year-old sentenced to almost three years' jail after tricking two women into thinking she was a famous actor could face a heavier sentence after new evidence was brought to light.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, information-and-communication, internet-technology, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedElectricity and gas companies will no longer be able to lure Victorians with discounted offers, then hike prices within a few months under changes announced by the state's Essential Services Commission to make contracts fairer.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, consumer-protection, business-economics-and-finance, industry, melbourne-3000, vic