VIC News

A fast-rail link from Geelong to Melbourne has hit a dead end as a multibillion-dollar train line to Victoria’s major airport survives the axe.Geelong Fast Rail was among 12 Victorian projects cut after a federal infrastructure review that…
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Violence has erupted as pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protesters squared off in Melbourne’s southeast after a suspicious fire at a nearby burger shop.Police used pepper-spray as a fight broke out in the middle of Hawthorn Road in Caulfield…
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Lifesavers want a jumping board removed to reduce the disproportionate number of rescues and injuries at a popular Victorian swimming spot.The River Pool at Bright is open for little more than one month each summer, yet a total of 50 people…
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Down and out from a decade in Australian immigration detention, Khaled El Ali’s heart sank even further when he learned his first cousin and his young family had been killed in Gaza.Mr El Ali, 37, is a stateless Palestinian man born in…
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Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has taken aim at a cartoonist over a naked drawing of her, calling it “sexualised” and saying “it’s 2023”.The cartoon by Mark Knight was published in the Herald Sun on Tuesday, and depicted the premier…
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A Jane Doe found dead at a Victorian beach more than 57 years ago remains unidentified but police aren’t giving up on cracking the case.The woman’s body was discovered floating in the water off Sorrento beach on the Mornington Peninsula by…
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Extra security staff will be hired and penalties toughened to ensure the safety of frontline public servants in the wake of an attack.Services Australia officer Joeanne Cassar was stabbed at the Airport West office in Melbourne in May.WATCH…
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Anthony Albanese will visit the spiritual heart of the country as part of a final push for the Indigenous Voice just days out from the referendum.The Prime Minister will touch down at Uluru on Tuesday evening, where he will meet with…
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Australian renters have exposed the ugly reality of the nation’s housing and rental crisis.Che Weidlan, Charlotte Tebburt and Connor Dyball knew their Melbourne rental wasn’t exactly glamorous, but didn’t expect it would get so bad they…
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A defiant Senator Lidia Thorpe says she is not scared and has vowed to keep speaking out as she responded to a disturbing video by far-right extremists.The video posted on X, formerly Twitter, on October 3 referenced Thorpe and featured a…
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