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Victoria set for rise in COVID-19 cases amid highly contagious BA.2 variant of Omicron

Epidemiologist Adrian Esterman says BA.2 is about 40 per cent more contagious than the original Omicron strain, with a similar transmissibility to the highly-contagious measles.

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Offshore wind will come to Australian waters – as long as we pave the way for this new industry

Offshore wind is playing an important role in Europe’s shift to renewables.

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‘One last Christmas’: after six decades together Covid claims husband and wife in same week

‘It would have been so sad to watch one of them mourn the other,’ say daughters of Victorian couple

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Victorian Labor senator Kimberley Kitching dies suddenly in Melbourne aged 52

The ABC understands Senator Kitching, 52, died of a suspected heart attack. Labor Leader Anthony Albanese says the party is "in shock" over the passing of their friend and colleague.

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Ophthalmologist Robert Harvey to leave Portland after request to be visiting medical officer denied

A sought-after ophthalmologist will no longer service the regional Victorian town of Portland due to frustrations with the hospital's board.

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Class action against cosmetic surgeons

A class action against controversial celebrity cosmetic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and four other doctors has been lodged in Victoria's Supreme Court.

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Puppy broker banned from selling animals for three years continued trading illegally

A puppy broker banned from operating a domestic animal business has allegedly been selling hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of puppies under the nose of Victoria's enforcement agencies.

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Gold Coast Suns secure Ben King for two more years as injured full-forward signs new contract

Gold Coast star Ben King turns his back on big AFL offers to return home to Victoria, re-signing with the struggling Suns for another two seasons.

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Northern Victorian gym owner saves friend's life, six months after buying defibrillator

A Cobram gym owner is calling for more defibrillators in regional areas after his friend suffered a heart attack on the exercise floor.

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Victoria Police confident swearing-in bungle that led to charges being dropped will be fixed

The Victorian police chief says he has "no fears" a significant number of cases will be affected by the swearing-in bungle, after a Victorian man's charges are dropped due to the administrative oversight.

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Victoria agitates for 'fair share' of GST

Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas is pleading with the federal government to reconsider how GST is carved up in COVID-19 times and beyond.

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Vic pledges forced adoption redress scheme

A redress scheme will be established for women who had their babies forcibly adopted in Victoria from 1958 to 1984, the first of its kind in Australia.

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Victoria to offer redress for mothers whose babies were taken under forced adoption

More than $4 million will be used to design a redress scheme and provide other support for those affected by forced adoption practices from the mid-1950s through to the 1980s.

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Star AFL forward King re-signs with Suns

Gold Coast star Ben King has turned his back on big AFL offers to return home to Victoria, re-signing with the struggling Suns for another two seasons.

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Victoria Police legal head cleared of wrongdoing over handling of Lawyer X scandal

Top Victoria Police lawyer Fin McRae was referred to the watchdog as a result of the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants.

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Victoria has 7779 virus cases, 8 deaths

Victoria has reported 7779 COVID-19 infections and eight deaths, with nearly 40,000 active cases in the state.

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Morrison says Qld premier ‘consulted’ on emergency; Rio Tinto ditching Russia; 21 Covid deaths – As it happened

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Great Ocean Road locals fear Anglesea River wearing cost of using aquifer water to fill mine pit

A key part of a multi-million-dollar plan to transform a former mine site along Victoria's coast into a tourist attraction celebrating the natural world is under fire from critics for its alleged lack of consideration for the town's river system.

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Documents reveal violence, self-harm and chaos inside Melbourne's Parkville Youth Justice Precinct

Victoria's youngest prisoners inside the Parkville Youth Justice Precinct are being regularly assaulted, hospitalised, and have tried to escape custody, according to documents obtained by the ABC.

Daily Mirror

Inside plans for Shane Warne's unfinished £2.8m mansion including bowling alley and jet ski garage

Shane Warne had plans to build a multi-million pound mansion in an affluent area of Victoria, Australia, before his shock death from a suspected heart attack last week

AAP

Vic man accused of exit trafficking wife

A Victorian accused of deceiving his then-wife into travelling to Sudan and stranding her in an effort to cancel her Australian visa has appeared in court.

AAP

Vic to mull drug decriminalisation trial

The Victorian government has announced it will get a group of experts to provide advice on a possible illicit drug decriminalisation trial.

AAP

More charges for Vic paedophile priest

Victorian paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale is facing another 24 charges of child sexual abuse, relating to alleged incidents in the early 1980s.

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Here's what we know about the Japanese encephalitis outbreak in Victoria, South Australia, NSW and Queensland

The deaths of two people from the virus amid a growing number of cases across Australia are causing concern for health and agricultural authorities. Here's what we know.

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Victorian Catholic priest Gerald Ridsdale faces more child sex abuse charges

Detectives charge Gerald Ridsdale with 24 sexual offence charges relating to two boys in Victoria's Western District dating back to the early 1980s.

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