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The Australian share market weathered a Wall Street sell-off, finishing the week strongly after a late buying spree.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, melbourne-3000, australia
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| UpdatedA late try to Lionel Mapoe saw the Lions snatch a 20-16 win over Melbourne Rebels at AAMI Park.
Topics: super-rugby, rugby-union, sport, melbourne-3000, south-africa
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| UpdatedThe Bombers came from behind to beat the Demons by two points in their preseason challenge match.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, essendon-3040, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedAFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan has dismissed the notion that the league has a systemic problem with gambling.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, footscray-3011
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Two men arrested in a raid in North Caulfield are believed to be linked to a large drug and money laundering syndicate, police say.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, drug-offences, caulfield-north-3161
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A Melbourne man is facing a charge of attempted murder after a incident in a Hobart suburb.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, rosetta-7010, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedThe father of 17-year-old stabbing victim Masa Vukotic attends the second court appearance of his daughter's accused killer, Sean Price, in Melbourne.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, courts-and-trials, doncaster-3108, melbourne-3000, albion-3020
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Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Steve Fontana defends senior homicide investigator Mick Hughes over his comments that women should not walk alone in parks.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, women, police, safety, melbourne-3000, doncaster-3108
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| UpdatedA pilot is killed in a light plane crash while crop dusting near Warrnambool, in Victoria's south-west.
Topics: emergency-incidents, mortlake-3272
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A New Zealand scientist says the pursuit to attain zero pesticide residues on fruit can put lucrative markets at risk.
Topics: fruit, pest-management, agricultural-chemicals, mildura-3500
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The trial of a Melbourne man accused of being a terror supporter will go ahead in October after a series of delays.
Topics: terrorism, courts-and-trials, melbourne-3000
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Amateur street photographers band together to present an exhibition Shot in the Heart of Melbourne.
Topics: fine-art-photography, photography, east-melbourne-3002
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India captain MS Dhoni says it does not matter who wins the World Cup quarter-final between Australia and Pakistan.
Topics: cricket, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, india, pakistan, bangladesh
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Gippsland, in south-east Victoria, will have its first woman bishop when Kay Goldsworthy is installed at Saint Paul's Cathedral in Sale tomorrow.
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The resolution of Kyneton's long-running health care dispute has taken a big step forward, with the announcement two local medical practices will relocate to the central Victorian town's hospital.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, kyneton-3444, bendigo-3550
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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".
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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The Victorian Opposition has called on the State Government to help resolve an impasse between a number of Shepparton councillors and the council's chief executive.
Topics: local-government, states-and-territories, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690
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The Supreme Court has discharged the jury involved in the trial of a 37-year-old Kerang woman charged with murder.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, kerang-3579, mildura-3500, bendigo-3550
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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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| UpdatedPrime Minister Tony Abbott publicly backs down from his insistence the Victorian Government build the East West Link road tunnel and instead commits to consider funding another major road project.
Topics: road-transport, transport, rail-transport, federal-government, federal---state-issues, melbourne-3000
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Police have charged a man over a stabbing in the Bendigo suburb of Golden Square earlier this week.
Topics: courts-and-trials, crime, golden-square-3555, bendigo-3550
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Police in western Victoria have been told to again consult the community over a bid to relocate an officer's position from the small town of Minyip.
Topics: police, minyip-3392, warracknabeal-3393
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The Victorian Opposition is calling on the State Government to get planning for new facilities at a Bendigo school back on track.
Topics: primary-schools, activism-and-lobbying, states-and-territories, maiden-gully-3551, bendigo-3550
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Police are searching for a driver who fled after hitting a cyclist in Melbourne's west during peak hour on Tuesday.
Topics: cycling, traffic-offences, law-crime-and-justice, west-footscray-3012, glenroy-3046
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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