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Victoria Police not doing enough to prevent database misuse, privacy experts say

Privacy specialists say Victoria Police needs to improve its systems to prevent sensitive information being wrongly accessed by employees, after the ABC revealed 178 officers have faced complaints about the misuse of a key database.

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'They don’t expect a lot of me, they just want me to go to uni': first-in-family students show how we need a broader definition of 'success' in year 12

This week, year 12 results have been released in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania. Other states will follow next week.

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Body of teenager suspected of falling overboard at Lake Mulwala found in NSW, police say

Police say the body of a 16-year-old boy believed to have fallen from a boat on Lake Mulwala in Victoria has been recovered in NSW.

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Camel sanctuary operator pleads for return of calf allegedly stolen from Goulburn Valley retreat

A camel sanctuary in regional Victoria is pleading for the return of a six-week-old calf that went missing this week. The owner says the calf's mother is in pain from losing her baby.

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Victoria Police allegedly use LEAP database to pursue, stalk, harass women prompting calls for inquiry

The ABC has spoken to three women who say Victoria Police officers accessed the LEAP database to stalk, harass or pursue relationships with them. Lawyers fear these are not isolated incidents.

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Strip searches 'like being raped' in jail

An advocate has called for Australia's prison system to be abolished in the nation's first truth-telling inquiry, likening strip searches to being raped.

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Christmas cheers: 10 Australian sparkling wines to celebrate this season

With budget bubbles for under $20, mid-price sparklings of the red and pink kind, plus one bougie brut, it’s going to be a very merry Christmas.

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Regional Victorian road opens up like a canyon after floodwaters cause 1.4-metre trench down centre

Wimmera farmer Matt Rohde was so shocked by the depth of a canyon on a thoroughfare near his farm, he hopped in the trench. He could barely believe it when it was deeper than his chest.

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Strip-searching of First Nations children by Victoria police ‘state-sanctioned violence’, inquiry hears

Indigenous children routinely subjected to racist slurs and excessive force, including use of stun guns, Yoorrook Justice Commission told

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So much to like: Why Bendigo is tops for tourism

State and national tourism bodies have recently honoured holiday hotspot, with one Victorian town taking out two impressive gongs.

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Adem Somyurek, Legalise Cannabis MPs win seats as Victorian upper house election results are confirmed

Former Labor MP Adem Somyurek has retained his seat in Victoria's upper house, after switching to the Democratic Labour Party, meanwhile former Liberal MP Bernie Finn has lost his bid for re-election, and two Legalise Cannabis party candidates have been elected.

ABC News

Vic mother admits killing baby boy

A Victorian woman has pleaded guilty to causing the death of her six-month-old son.

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Here’s Some Cheap Holiday Ideas In Vic If Your Wallet Can’t Take Another Purchase RN

The purse strings are tight but we all have itchy feet - so here's some cheap holiday ideas around Victoria if you need a road trip.

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Health department confirms Horsham COVID clinic to get an extra two months' life

The federal government has granted an eleventh-hour extension to a COVID clinic in one of western Victoria's largest regional centres.

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Detectives hopeful a million-dollar reward will help solve long-running case of missing Cherie Westell

Victoria Police have announced a $1 million reward for information about the disappearance of teenager Cherie Westell in Melbourne in 2000. An inquest found it was likely she met foul play.

The Conversation

To clean up Australia's power grid, we're going to need many thousands more skilled workers – and fast

To get Australia’s grid 82% powered by renewables by 2030 is a huge increase. At present, the electricity powering eastern and southern states is around 33% renewable.

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The training program that's both helping prisoners and tackling Australia's skills shortage

This new program is giving prisoners a second chance – and addressing one of Australia's major skills shortages.

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Weed the winner in Victoria's upper house

The majority of crossbenchers in Victoria support legalising cannabis and a One Nation MP now sits in state parliament for the first time.

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Aboriginal kids targeted in police custody

Aboriginal children are routinely strip-searched and harassed while in police custody, community leaders have told a hearing in Victoria.

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Victorian Indigenous leader calls for urgent changes to child protection and justice systems

Co-chair of Victoria’s First Peoples’ Assembly says ‘we can’t wait until 2024 for a state-wide treaty and then begin negotiations on this work’

AAP

Woman reunited with Victorian flood heroes

A woman swept away by raging waters during recent Victorian floods has been reunited with the first responders who saved her life.

AAP

Raise criminal age, Vic truth inquiry told

Raising the age of criminal responsibility in Victoria will improve Indigenous outcomes, community leaders have told the state's truth-telling commission.

The Guardian - AU

One Nation on track to have its first MP in Victorian parliament

Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell expected to enter upper house, where Labor needs six crossbench votes to pass legislation

The Guardian - UK

Alice in Wonderland review – Carroll’s classic goes down the Victoria line

Poltergeist theatre company send Alice into the underground in this offbeat adaptation with tube-inspired nonsense language

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Baynton farmer facing 80 animal cruelty charges after farm inspection

A man has appeared in court, accused of underfeeding more than 1,000 livestock and failing to provide appropriate care to sick animals at a farm in Central Victoria.

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