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| UpdatedWestern Bulldogs president Peter Gordon has described the initial reaction to the AFL's investigation into two players' betting activities as hysterical.
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The Crime Statistics Agency has released its first set of crime statistics for Victoria.
Topics: crime, vic, ballarat-3350, warrnambool-3280, horsham-3400, mildura-3500, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690
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| UpdatedThe destruction caused by Tropical Cyclone Pam this week across the Pacific highlights how communities go about recovering after a disaster.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, storm-disaster, cyclone, weather, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, fires, cyclones, vanuatu, philippines, japan, australia, asia, pacific, vic
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| UpdatedAn electric century from opener Rohit Sharma has led India to 6 for 302 in its quarter-final against Bangladesh.
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Rohit Sharma of India celebrates after scoring his century during the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup match between India and Bangldesh at Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 19, 2015.
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| UpdatedTwelve precious World War I banners are painstakingly restored and returned to the Victorian RSL ahead of the centenary of the Gallipoli landings next month.
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Rohit Sharma of India bats during the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup match between India and Bangldesh at Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 19, 2015.
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| UpdatedIndia has won the toss and will bat against Bangladesh in the World Cup quarter-final at the MCG.
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A senior Victorian police officer denies warning women not to walk through parks alone and to be a "little bit more careful" after the stabbing death of a teenage girl in a Melbourne park.
Topics: crime-prevention, crime, law-crime-and-justice, vic, australia
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James Pattinson and Cameron White have been added to Victoria's squad for the upcoming Sheffield Shield final.
Topics: cricket, sport, hobart-7000, tas, melbourne-3000, vic, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedRichmond captain Trent Cotchin will make his first appearance of the AFL preseason tournament against North Melbourne.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, richmond-3121, melbourne-3000, north-melbourne-3051, vic, australia
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| UpdatedDefending champion India will look to tighten its World Cup grip ahead of its quarter-final MCG date with Bangladesh.
Topics: cricket, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, bangladesh, india
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Giedo van der Garde has terminated his contract, by mutual consent, with F1 team Sauber after a drawn out legal saga.
Topics: formula-1, motor-sports, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedAn Australian known as Abu Jihad Al-Australi, or Suhan Rahman, is killed while fighting in Syria, according to social media reports.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, islam, syrian-arab-republic, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Dangerous dog breeds will be temporarily spared from death row, after the Victorian Government announced a moratorium on the animals being euthanased until a parliamentary inquiry is complete.
Topics: dog, animal-welfare, animals, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, laws, law-crime-and-justice, vic
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A five-year-old killed after being hit by a car driven by his mother near Mildura in Victoria's north-west was like "a brother to everyone", his school principal says.
Topics: death, police, mildura-3500, vic, koorlong-3501
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| UpdatedA Melbourne man faces more than 100 charges after allegedly forcing young girls in Australia and overseas to send sexually explicit pictures of themselves to him.
Topics: child-abuse, pornography, courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, crime, broadmeadows-3047, vic
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North-east Victorian police are taking part in training sessions aimed at giving them a better understanding of the drug 'ice' or crystal methamphetamine.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, programs-and-initiatives, police, drug-offences, vic, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690
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A group representing five councils in south-west Victoria is in Canberra today to lobby the Federal Government for more investment in the region.
Topics: regional-development, activism-and-lobbying, local-government, vic, apollo-bay-3233, colac-3250, bannockburn-3331
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| UpdatedA team of 20 medical staff from the Northern Territory and Victoria leave Darwin bound for cyclone-hit Vanuatu.
Topics: cyclones, government-and-politics, darwin-0800, nt, australia, vic, vanuatu
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| UpdatedA homeless mother tells the ABC she feels the 'safest and most secure' living in a rooming house, after fleeing with her three-year-old daughter from domestic violence.
Topics: homelessness, domestic-violence, community-and-society, human-interest, nsw, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe WA Cricket Association decides against legal action to try to change the venue of the Sheffield Shield final between the Warriors and Victoria.
Topics: cricket, sport, courts-and-trials, perth-6000, melbourne-3000, vic, wa
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Victoria's Upper House will begin a sanctioning process against the Government, after it fails to comply with a motion to release key documents about the West Gate Distributor project.
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, vic, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedIn an Australian first, Victoria Police appoints Dean McWhirter as an assistant commissioner responsible for tackling family violence.
Topics: police, domestic-violence, sexual-offences, melbourne-3000, vic
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Victoria's Transport Accident Commission is reminding truck drivers who are traumatised by road suicides to access compensation and support.
Topics: programs-and-initiatives, road, mental-health, suicide, vic, bendigo-3550, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690, sale-3850, ballarat-3350, horsham-3400, mildura-3500, warrnambool-3280