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Drug reform
‘Every parent’s nightmare’: Pill-testing trial confirmed for Victoria over summer
After a spate of overdoses at music festivals, state cabinet has approved a push from Premier Jacinta Allan to trial pill testing.
- by Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
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Victoria Police conduct
Victoria Police told to reinstate officer who questioned women-only gym sessions
- by Cameron Houston
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Politics
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Development
High-rises up to 50 storeys get green light for Melbourne suburb
Seven new Suburban Rail Loop towers will add 1700 homes, but not without reigniting debate about how high is too high.
- by Kieran Rooney and Broede Carmody
Keith has written five books and a PhD thesis. He’s never read a single one
The professor, who kept his reading difficulties a secret for years, supports Victoria’s move to structured phonics in classrooms.
- by Bridie Smith
Opinion
Nuclear energy
Dutton’s nuclear play is delighting his Victorian opponents
- by Annika Smethurst
Crime & Courts
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Tragedy
Police probe overdose link in death of four people, including teenager, in Broadmeadows
- by David Estcourt and Melissa Cunningham
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Trial by Water
Revenge was the motive but nobody got a psych report into Farquharson
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
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Trial by Water
Trial By Water, Episode 4: How Robert Farquharson failed the Dad test
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
Victorian tobacco war kingpin’s brother a crime ‘puppeteer’, police allege
- by Lachlan Abbott and Rebecca Peppiatt
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Education
Health
Nurses fought back against their union for better pay. Here’s what’s now on the table
- by Jewel Topsfield and Lachlan Abbott
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Ambulance Victoria
Leaked reports detail ‘dangerous’ Ambulance Victoria call-centre crisis
- by Neil Mitchell
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