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Victoria bans commercial fishing on Gippsland Lakes, prioritising recreational fishing

The Victorian Government has passed legislation to phase out the 10 remaining commercial fishing licences in the Gippsland Lakes over the next two years.




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Private jetty ban to respond to coastal erosion and climate change in Victoria

A draft Victorian Government policy rocks the boat, by banning any new private jetties along the Victorian coast.




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Victoria's Latrobe Regional Hospital mental health staff under limited supervision, review finds

A report on the workplace culture at a major hospital in Victoria uncovers limited supervision of junior mental health staff, as well as allegations of bullying and sexual harassment.




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Eastern barred bandicoots returned to the wild on Victoria's French Island

More than 70 eastern barred bandicoots have travelled some 400 kilometres from Hamilton, on Victoria's mainland, to the safe haven of French Island in Western Port Bay.




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Where rural geeks come out to play in rural Victoria

Culture in rural Victoria often revolves around farming and football, however in the private realms of garage collections and online chatrooms, there's evidence of a healthy geek community.




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Regional hospitals compared with third world as doctors put pressure on NSW Government to call for judicial inquiry

Whistleblower doctors in New South Wales say their pleas for a serious inquiry into regional healthcare by the NSW State Government are being ignored since a damning Four Corners expose last month.




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Victorian Government announces multi-million-dollar plan to end native logging by 2030

The Victorian Government announces an immediate ban on all old growth logging and the phasing out of native timber logging in a transition plan that will cost $120 million over the next ten years.




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Treasure Trove: Robert Menzies' home movies film projector







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The Australian Boer War hero honoured with scarf crocheted by Queen Victoria

An Australian rifleman who fought in the Boer War was one of eight soldiers awarded a hand-crocheted scarf by Queen Victoria.




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Adani engineering contractor GHD pushed into 'crisis mode', say some staff, after protests over Carmichael coal mine involvement

Leaks from one of Adani's most significant contractors for its Carmichael coal mine, engineering firm GHD, show it has been rocked by internal dissent and management has been bombarded with complaints and questions about its work on the mine.




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'So many near-death experiences': Finke champ vows retirement after wild desert victory

One of the world's most dangerous desert tracks claims a victim, with five-time champion Toby Price bowing out due to mechanical problems paving the way for a hometown hero to take the gold.




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Indigenous art depicting bush medicine draws acclaim from critics and collectors

In the remote Northern Territory community of Ampilatwatja, paintings show the prescriptions for thousands of years of traditional healing.



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North East Victoria's first community owned solar system is switched on




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Deer kills man, injures woman near Wangaratta in north-east Victoria

A pet deer fatally attacks a man and injures his wife during feeding. The couple's son had to beat the animal with a lump of wood to save his mother, the ABC has been told.





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Karen Chetcuti's family suing Victorian Government over her 'wrongful death'

The family of brutally murdered woman Karen Chetcuti, whose killer was a rapist on parole, is suing the Victorian Government for her wrongful death.




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South Gippsland hailstorm blankets beaches as wet weather sweeps across Victoria

A hailstorm blankets Gippsland beaches in white as a cold front sweeps across Victoria, downing trees and causing flash flooding as it dumps 50 millimetres of rain west of Melbourne.




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Victorian Budget winners and losers

How will the Victorian Government find the cash to deliver its costly promises as stamp duty falls and federal funding hopes are not realised? Through what the Treasurer warned would be a "Budget of hard choices".





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Victoria's misunderstood road rules explained

As Victoria's road toll surges well above what it was this time a year ago, we look at some of the state's most misunderstood traffic rules.





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Victorian High Country's iconic Mount Buffalo Chalet still waiting for long-overdue makeover

Australia's largest timber building, the Mount Buffalo Chalet, will stay mothballed through another Australian winter without undergoing any development works.




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Milk recalled in Victoria, southern NSW over possible E.coli contamination

There has been a second milk recall affecting stores in Victoria and southern New South Wales over fears about possible E.coli contamination.




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High country huts, some more than 100 years old, still saving lives and preserving Victorian history

Victoria's high country huts, preserved and maintained by around 240 volunteers, are each a little piece of history with an important job to do.






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Woman's body found after microlight crashes into Lake Eildon in central Victoria

Police recover the body of a 23-year-old Melbourne woman who was a passenger in a microlight aircraft that had crashed into Lake Eildon, in central Victoria. The pilot was rescued by a fishing boat and taken to hospital.



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Former teacher Vincent Henry Reynolds jailed for abusing 38 students in Victorian schools

A former primary school teacher who abused 38 of his students at several country Victorian schools is sentenced to 12 years in jail, but some of his victims say the sentence should be longer.





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Murray-Darling Basin inspector-general to oversee water efficiency, compliance and allegations of theft

A Murray-Darling Basin inspector-general will focus of water efficiency, compliance and theft under a proposal by Water Minister David Littleproud.




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Murray-Darling Basin Plan 'untenable' says NSW, as Inspector-General says more corruption wouldn't surprise

NSW and Victoria commit to an independent review of Murray-Darling water modelling, and Inspector-General Mick Keelty flags the possibility of unearthing more corruption.




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Victorian helicopter pilot Gilbert Parker living 'his dream' before Fiji crash

Gilbert Parker is remembered by friends as a "fine man", after he went missing in seas off Fiji when his helicopter crashed as he attempted to take a mother and her two-year-old son to hospital.




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Victorians cashing in on NSW Return and Earn scheme as recycling crisis bites

Wodonga grandmother Janice Marcuzzi is among those residents crossing state borders to take advantage of container deposit schemes.




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Victoria weather: Residents urged to prepare for severe windstorm, polar blast

Emergency services are warning Victorians to brace for a cold snap and wind gusts of up to 130kph in parts of the south-east, while alpine areas may enjoy heavier snowfall.




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Victoria cold weather blankets towns in snow, forces closures on 'treacherous' roads

Heavy snow, freezing temperatures and "treacherous driving conditions" close access to a popular snow resort as Victoria shivers through its third day of an extreme cold snap that's blanketing towns in snow.




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Farmers slam controversial Victorian solar decision as 'gutless' with community concerns 'ignored'

The Government believes the projects will create more than 600 jobs and generate enough clean energy to power more than 80,000 homes, while farmers have labelled the decision as "gutless".




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Court rejects appeal for 'depraved' Victorian murderer to have life sentence shortened

Murderer Michael Cardamone, who tortured and callously killed Victorian woman Karen Chetcuti-Verbunt in 2016, has his life jail term upheld by appeal judges who say the "dreadful punishment" is fit for "a dreadful crime".




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Native birds found dead, believed poisoned, on northern Victorian property

Authorities discover more than 120 dead native birds, believed to have been poisoned, on a rural property in northern Victoria.




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Victorian treaty negotiations move closer as voting opens for First Peoples' Assembly

Voting opens for Victorian Aboriginal communities to elect the people who will help make the rules for what are expected to be the first treaty negotiations in Australia.




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Farmers, residents fight $30m sheep abattoir planned for Gillieston, northern Victoria

A $30 million proposal for a sheep abattoir that would employ 150 full-time workers is opposed by a group of residents, who are concerned about potential health impacts and devaluation of their properties.




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Gippsland couple Guy and Susan Beesley found after days missing in Victoria's High Country

A Gippsland couple missing in Victoria's High Country since Monday has been found safe and well.




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Body of estranged husband of missing woman Ruth Ridley found in car near the NSW-Victorian border

Police have confirmed the body of a man found in missing NSW woman Ruth Ridley's car in Victoria is that of her estranged husband.




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Victorian Aboriginal voters have elected an Assembly to advance the treaty process. So what's next?

The Victorian Government's historic treaty negotiations with the state's Aboriginal communities are one step closer this week, with the election of the First Peoples' Assembly. But the toughest yards to meaningful treaties still lie ahead.




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Victorians 'unfairly' boosting large organisations exempt from rates, local governments say

The group representing Victoria's councils calls for organisations like independent schools, pokies clubs and churches to pay their fair share of rates because "mum and dad homeowners" are unfairly cross-subsidising private and commercial enterprises.




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Snow and rain hamper search for hiker Niels Becker missing more than a week in Victoria's alpine region

The sister of missing hiker Niels Becker hopes he will be found with an "epic story" to tell after failing to return from five-day hike in cold conditions in Victoria's alpine region.



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Doctors failed to act on sepsis risk in the hours before Joanne Craig's death, coroner finds

Despite two recent inquests into the failure to identify sepsis at Northern Territory hospitals, Joanne Craig was left to deteriorate without the antibiotics that could have saved her life.