Victoria
Latest news and comment on the Australian state of Victoria
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A final exposé, a last in-depth interview, an 18-year retrospective. Each axed state 7.30 program signed off in a different way on Friday
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New premier promises swift improvements after entire board steps down over drawn-out pay dispute with paramedics
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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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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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Victoria’s court of appeal has upheld the judgment made in the supreme court, awarding compensation to Tatts and dismissing Tabcorp’s claim
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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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Victorian assistant police commissioner Luke Cornelius tells inquest of sorrow and regret over death of 11-year-old at hand of his fugitive father
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Former Napthine government planning minister is now leader of opposition, with David Hodgett his deputy
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Senior Labor figures pays tribute to Kosky, who died on Thursday at her Williamstown home, as a ‘tireless champion for everyday Victorians’
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Deputy leader is elevated after resignation of Peter Ryan as party leader following loss at state election
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Public interest of releasing children commission’s report outweighed by stronger public interest of protecting the integrity of its processes, Ian Gray decides
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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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Queensland artist survived prisoner of war camp, near drowning and arrest to become one of Australian art’s most influential figures, writes Fiona Gruber
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Former planning minister and former treasurer to contest Thursday’s ballot to see who will succeed Denis Napthine
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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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State’s overall crime rate up 3.3%, police reveal, with vehicle theft boosting the numbers
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Critics of the federal government in the Senate have lined up to tell the Coalition to take note of the loss in Victoria over the weekend. The Greens leader Christine Milne says 'one term Tony is a real possibility', while independent South Australian senator Nick Xenophon says Labor's victory was not so much a message but 'a Taser to the throat' of the Coalition
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Grassroots polling strategy targeting 18 seats achieves a 60-year first by defeating Coalition after just one term in office
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Local lawyer Suzanna Sheed, running as an independent, is on course to win rural seat held by Nationals for 47 years
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Coalition’s defeat has potential to frustrate Abbott’s agenda to reshape federation and the tax system, while reigniting debate on transport funding
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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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Federal MPs play down prime minister’s influence on Coalition defeat as former Labor and Liberal premiers unleash vitriol
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Labor win over Coalition is the first time a one-term government has lost power in Victoria since 1955 and is likely to spark debate over its implications for federal politics
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Daniel Andrews leads the ALP to electoral triumph over Denis Napthine’s Coalition in poll that is likely to be seen as sending a strong message to Canberra
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Analysis Victorian election 2014: An inevitable victory for Labor, but a stunning result nevertheless
The Napthine government made its fair share of errors, however, exactly why Victorians decided to humiliate the Coalition in this way is not immediately obvious
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Denis Napthine talks up the government’s financial track record while Daniel Andrews focuses on the hot topics of the East West Link, jobs and education as both party leaders hit the marginal seats
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More than a million people have taken advantage of the options of early and postal voting, though one academic warned these tools have their setbacks
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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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Stoush goes on over East West Link as Denis Napthine seeks to distance himself from federal Coalition colleagues on Medicare co-payment
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Victorian upper house: Daniel Andrews faces a big headache