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Rosie Batty says she is most saddened that Luke’s killer father could have been treated for his mental illness
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Victoria’s new premier has vowed to hit the ground running, but several seats are not decided yet and nor is the upper house
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Richard Chichakli, caught living as a cleaner in Australia, ordered to forfeit $1.7m after trying to buy aircraft to ferry weapons to war zones
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A magistrate has told the inquest into Luke Batty’s death, Greg Anderson’s behaviour alarmed her and indicated Luke was at risk
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Mori’s book, In the Company of Cowards, reveals his battle in the court of public opinion to get Hicks out of Guantanamo Bay, and implications for today’s jihadis
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Rosie Batty’s final say at inquest into Luke Batty’s death at the hands of his father moves courtroom to tears
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Patricia Piccinini’s uncanny creatures take over Newcastle, the National Archives throw open their doors and Japanese architecture gets reflective in this week’s must sees
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Recheck underway across the state as Bentleigh, Frankston and Prahran remain too close to call
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Bird-watcher strolling in Ruffey Lake Park smelled a ‘pungent odour’ before stumbling across the rotting 1.2m reptile
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Meteorologist says 2014’s heatwave won’t be repeated as organisers hail heat-proofing measures
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Incoming premier Daniel Andrews says the prime minister asked him to rethink his opposition to the toll road and he refused
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Prosecutions sergeant tells inquest into 11-year-old’s murder that his father, Greg Anderson, did not pose an unacceptable risk
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Man who died after killing son Luke at cricket training is heard in recording disputing whether he harmed Luke’s mother and the validity of charges relating to child abuse images
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Discontent about the Victorian road project became a key election issue after Labor promised to rip up the contract
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Successful Greens candidate Ellen Sandell says the DLP and Shooters and Fishers party had clearly benefited from preference deals
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Premier Denis Napthine held the foreign minister like a talisman as he guided her through the knife-edge electorate of Bentleigh
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Friends of the Earth says losses are result of uncertainty about the RET and calls on Labor to commit to reinstating a target for the state
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With polls showing the Greens ahead in both Melbourne and Richmond, the minor party holds high hopes of securing the balance of power
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ALP says Victoria would still get funding despite prime minister saying $3bn would be withheld if Labor cancelled East West link
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Media art involves everything from film, photography and immersive installation to sound art, animation and robotics, to name just a few
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Knight will be permitted to serve legal papers on two former defence force members he alleges abused him when he was at Duntroon
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Victoria goes to the polls on Saturday to decide who will lead the state for the next four years. So what have voters been promised? And what differences are there between the parties’ policies?
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Prime minister writes open letter to leaders of Victoria’s main parties telling them the federal funding can only be used on the controversial toll road
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Woman was hanging out washing when she fell into three-metre deep hole in Springvale in south-east Melbourne
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Paramedic Stephanie Palamberis talks about a three-metre deep sinkhole that a 45-year-old Springvale South woman fell into while hanging out the washing in Melbourne
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Treasurer says Victoria would have to pay $1.1bn in compensation if Labor stopped the road project going ahead
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There are an estimated 22,000 homeless people in Victoria, but the traditional homeless avatar of the grizzled older man on a park bench is increasingly misleading. Half are now under 25 and 3,000 of them children
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Yooralla chief executive Sanjib Roy resigns following media reports of management bungling of sexual abuse allegations
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Managing director Mark Scott expected to outline sweeping changes to public broadcaster when he addresses staff on impact of government cuts
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Protests against cuts to the ABC and SBS have been held in various cities as supporters in Melbourne and Canberra gear up
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Two teenagers have been arrested after a woman and a boy suffered burns as flares were ignited at an A-League match in Melbourne
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Grocon Victoria Street guilty of one count of failing to ensure a safe workplace over the 2013 accident that killed three people
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The Los Angeles artist tells Alexandra Spring about her first solo exhibition in Australia, layering lies over truth and hiding her sister in her work
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Group hopes to kick-start wind and solar projects that have stalled because of uncertainty over the renewable energy target
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