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| UpdatedNearly 200 Victorian Labor members will have their cards torn up after an internal investigation found irregularities around the use of pre-paid gift cards and credit cards to sign up multiple members.
Topics: alp, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, vic
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| UpdatedYoung Brisbane midfielder Lewis Taylor has been charged over an alleged vandalism spree in 2014.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, vandalism, warrnambool-3280, vic, australia, mortlake-3272, brisbane-4000, qld
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Two 20-year-old men are arrested over a shooting in Melbourne's south-east last month that left a man in a critical condition.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, police, bentleigh-east-3165, vic
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| UpdatedThe first accredited subject in the Australian curriculum that addresses gender inequality is being launched today at Melbourne's Fitzroy High School.
Topics: education, educational-resources, subjects, feminism, fitzroy-3065, fitzroy-north-3068, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedFrom threats of violence to being addressed in an assumed language, staff and students of Charles Sturt University have spoken about racism as the educational institution joins a national campaign.
Topics: race-relations, university-and-further-education, relationships, human-interest, human, indigenous-culture, aboriginal, bathurst-2795, albury-2640, wodonga-3690, cobar-2835
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Website builder Matthew Batten finds life back home in Nyah West good for him and his business.
Topics: community-and-society, regional-development, computers-and-technology, nyah-west-3595
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The south-west Victorian town of Tarrington celebrates the region's Germany history by turning hay bales into art for its annual Laternenfest.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, rural, rural-tourism, tarrington-3301, vic
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| UpdatedA retelling of the 70s cult classic TV show Monkey Magic celebrates the multicultural heritage of central Victoria in a new theatre production.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, opera-and-musical-theatre, theatre, castlemaine-3450
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| UpdatedAustralian of the Year Rosie Batty likens family violence to terrorism in a powerful address to a special joint sitting of the Victorian Parliament.
Topics: domestic-violence, community-and-society, state-parliament, parliament, crime, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedHigh-profile racehorse owner Lloyd Williams is suing over a veterinary treatment that may have prevented him from winning the Melbourne Cup with former race favourite Amralah.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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A study into the impact of climate change on wine grape production has found increased levels of carbon dioxide cause wine grapes to ripen earlier.
Topics: irrigation, viticulture, fruit, agricultural-policy, climate-change, irymple-3498
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A former Catholic Church official is questioned at the sexual abuse royal commission about why he did not take action against a parish priest who pointed a gun at students.
Topics: royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, catholic, doveton-3177
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| UpdatedSupreme Court awards former Essendon player Hal Hunter the right to access the transcript of an AFL interview with former Bombers coach James Hird about the supplements players were given.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, australian-football-league, doping-in-sports, melbourne-3000
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In one month, Dave Larkin has released a new album with band Dallas Crane and a new logo for the Melbourne Football Club.
Topics: australian-football-league, rock, bands-and-artists, melbourne-3000
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Growing up on a farm an hour outside of Geelong was 'interesting' for Thomas Banks. Born with cerebral palsy and being gay meant finding love became an online effort.
Topics: cerebral-palsy, disabilities, theatre, sexuality, sale-3850
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The Catholic Church's failure to deal with Melbourne paedophile priests is shameful, Cardinal George Pell says in a statement from the Vatican.
Topics: catholic, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedFirefighters control a grass and scrub blaze at Wahgunyah on the New South Wales-Victoria border, Victoria's state control centre says.
Topics: bushfire, wahgunyah-3687, corowa-2646
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The South Gippsland Shire Council has approved a planning application for a drug and alcohol rehabilitation hospital in Loch, despite 34 objections.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, urban-development-and-planning, local-government, healthcare-facilities, loch-3945, sale-3850
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A man who shot dead his son-in-law north of Bendigo has pleaded guilty to murder.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, raywood-3570, bendigo-3550
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| UpdatedAuthorities are urging north-west Victorian residents to remain vigilant about fires, despite severe conditions easing.
Topics: fires, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, nagambie-3608, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690, eildon-3713, locksley-3665, seymour-3660, yea-3717
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It's one of the nation's favourite summertime fruits and this year cherry growers are expecting a big crop.
Topics: fruits, fruit, agricultural-crops, crop-harvesting, shepparton-3630, adelaide-5000, thoona-3726, young-2594
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| UpdatedPolice have charged a man after a fatal car crash near Echuca in northern Victoria.
Topics: road, crime, traffic-offences, echuca-3564, bendigo-3550, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690
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The Department of Education says two incidents which forced staff and students to evacuate a Warrnambool school yesterday were unrelated.
Topics: emergency-incidents, warrnambool-3280
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A Wimmera primary school principal says parents are concerned about their children's exposure to terrorism reported in the media.
Topics: terrorism, primary-schools, children, horsham-3400
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A new set of plans will be drawn up for an indoor swimming pool in Castlemaine, in central Victoria, but for a different site to a controversial proposal that was abandoned three years ago.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, local-government, lifestyle-and-leisure, castlemaine-3450, bendigo-3550