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As fireys battled the inferno, toxic chemicals pooled around them – while authorities feuded

EPA workers on Thursday testing a creek that runs through the Mt Derrimut golf course after the blaze.

Water authorities allowed huge pools of water and firefighting foam contaminated with chemicals to collect around the enormous industrial site in Derrimut.

More teens are committing more violent crimes. Here’s how

Trainee doctor William Taylor’s death has thrust the issue of youth crime back into the headlines, but statistics show it is a problem years in the making.

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Crime

Compromise will be key for Allan to manage youth crime

Competing priorities within the Victorian government could see the push for stronger punishments on youth crime at loggerheads with ambitions for reform.

Annika Smethurst
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Democrats ‘evenly divided’ on Biden as US announces new diplomatic initiative with Australia

With Biden refusing to quit, the Democrats have been left searching for an ‘executable, pragmatic pathway’ to win the November 5 election

The Block confirmed for Daylesford after planning minister intervention

The parcel of land on the corner of Raglan Street and Midland Highway at the entrance to Daylesford.

The next series of hit TV show The Block will be filmed in the country hamlet of Daylesford after intervention by the state’s planning minister to approve it.

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Crime

Sydney businessman charged with sex crimes against 10 women in case ‘unlike any other’

A venture capitalist from Sydney has been charged with dozens of counts of rape and abuse against 10 women in a major test of new consent laws.

Rupert Murdoch misses the big 60th bash but still makes his mark

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The media mogul, his lieutenants and critics contemplate The Australian’s impact on the nation ahead of its diamond anniversary.

Caps on overseas uni students could cost Victoria $6 billion

Victoria is the state of choice for one-third of Australia’s international students. Universities say slashing migration will have major economic consequences.

Carly Sophia recently went on Hinge and had no matches, and then got a flood once she’d paid for a subscription.
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Dating

Dating apps are sheer hell. But I’m not ready to go ‘boy sober’, either

It takes every ounce of mental strength to not believe I am destined to end up with a man who thinks ‘doing’ countries is a personality trait.

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The proposal that could overhaul AFL’s free agency compensation system

Greater transparency and the radical idea of tying compensation to the draft value index rather than the ladder position of the team that loses a key player are among submissions clubs have made to the AFL on the contentious free agency compensation system.

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AFL 2024

Heeney out of Brownlow race, appeal thrown out by AFL

Isaac Heeney and the Swans have learned his fate at the AFL tribunal.

Isaac Heeney won’t face North Melbourne on Saturday and is now ineligible to win the Brownlow Medal.

Boost for Pies as Elliott returns, Blues name second ruckman: AFL round 18 teams and tips

See the selected teams as they’re announced for round 18 and what the expert tipsters think.

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More and more Australians are taking this trek. And they’re returning transformed

More and more Australians are walking the Camino de Santiago, often as a pivotal reset in their lives – and returning transformed.

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Kat Stewart and David Whiteley met at Red Stitch in 2002.

The couple risking it all to perform a portrait of marital hell

Offspring star Kat Stewart and her husband, David Whiteley, are bringing Edward Albee’s classic play about marital mayhem to the big stage.

Eight new books to read this weekend

Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction.

Victoria

Tyler Garth leaves the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.

Woman accused of doctoring 2500 traffic fines for organised crime gangs

A 25-year-old Greenvale woman could face more than 1000 charges after police alleged she changed the details of traffic fines for money.

‘Everything is on the table’: Premier to meet police, courts on youth crime

Premier Jacinta Allan on Thursday.

Jacinta Allan will meet stakeholders next week after conceding there was “more to do” on repeat young offenders.

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Homelessness

The areas first in line for new homelessness scheme

People at risk of sleeping rough in these pockets across Melbourne will be among the first to access an overhauled homelessness-to-housing program.

Major delays easing on Melbourne train network

Conduent will gradually install new ticket validators across the state’s trains, trams and buses capable of taking contactless payments.

Metro Trains is investigating the cause of a signal outage that led to delays across the rail network on Thursday morning.  

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Courts

Teen allegedly breached ‘harsh’ bail conditions over Burwood hit-run within 48 hours

A fatal crash involving a stolen car and teenage suspects.

A 17-year-old accused of the hit-run death of an aspiring doctor breached his bail within 48 hours of complaining the conditions were too harsh.

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AFL 2024

Former West Coast coach Adam Simpson.
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Simpson not coaching but will say goodbye to fans; Swans to appeal Heeney decision

West Coast premiership coach Adam Simpson has decided against a farewell game as coach.

Zak Butters will be a restricted free agent in 2026 with any offer to prise him out of Port Adelaide needing to be massive
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Big-money plays: The AFL change to stoke the trade fire

Giving clubs the capacity to trade picks two years into the future would increase the likelihood of big names moving, industry insiders say.

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Massive write-down … BHP’s Nickel West mine in Western Australia.
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Thousands of jobs at risk as BHP moves to shut down nickel operations

Resources giant BHP will shut its Nickel West operations in Western Australia this October, putting more than 3000 jobs at risk after a global crash in nickel prices.

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Isaac Heeney and the Swans have learned his fate at the AFL tribunal.
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AFL 2024

Heeney out of Brownlow race, appeal thrown out by AFL

Isaac Heeney won’t face North Melbourne on Saturday and is now ineligible to win the Brownlow Medal.

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The proposal that could overhaul AFL’s free agency compensation system

Greater transparency and the radical idea of tying compensation to the draft value index rather than the ladder position of the team that loses a key player are among submissions clubs have made to the AFL on the contentious free agency compensation system.

Magpies forward Jamie Elliott is back.

Elliott returns in boost for Pies, Blues name Pittonet: Round 18 teams and tips

See the selected teams as they’re announced for round 18 and what the expert tipsters think.

For former Socceroo Warren Spink, life hasn’t been the same since his injury against Japan in 1996.

Unconscious for nine minutes, this ex-Socceroo is living a nightmare

Almost 30 years later, Warren Spink has still not recovered from the traumatic head injury he suffered playing for Australia against Japan in 1996.

Wright in the thick of a Teahupo’o barrel during this year’s Tahiti Pro.

Balancing whacked: Wright must overcome head illness to chase gold at Teahupo’o

Seven screws in the champion surfer’s head from an off-season surgery have hampered her 2024 season. But she has no hesitation in taking on the heaviest wave in competitive surfing.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 03:  Brad Sheppard of the Eagles handballs whilst being tackled by Bradley Hill and Cyril Rioli of the Hawks  during the 2015 AFL Grand Final match between the Hawthorn Hawks and the West Coast Eagles at Melbourne Cricket Ground on October 3, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia.  (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

‘Courageous’ former Eagle sues club, AFL and doctors over injuries

Brad Sheppard, who suffered serious concussions that forced his early retirement in 2021, alleges he suffered losses due to negligence or a breach of contract.

Kane Cornes says Adem Yze is being too soft on his players.
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AFL 2024

Cheerleader or coach? Adem Yze has a decision to make

The Richmond coach needs to stop being Mr Nice Guy if he is to get the best out of his players.

Kane Cornes
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