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Shame, regret factors in rape case: lawyer

A trial has begun for two Victorian men accused of raping a young woman in a caravan after a birthday party in a tight-knit rural town.

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Disability staff with COVID still working

Two COVID-positive disability support staff in regional Victoria have been granted an exemption to continue working.

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Koala baby boom in Australia's Victoria state

It was a koala baby bonanza when the WWF caught koalas in Gelantipy, East Gippsland to assist researchers working to ensure the species' survival.

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Lifesavers help Victorian paramedics in pandemic peak as surge workforce

Lifesavers moonlight as ambulance drivers during the peak of Victoria's COVID crisis.

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Nominations open for Assembly by-election

Victoria's First Peoples' Assembly is holding a by-election for a vacant position representing the state's northeast, after Natarsha Bamblett stepped down.

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Vic hospital 'code brown' still needed

The Victorian health system is still facing intense pressure amid the Omicron wave, despite declining numbers of emergency presentations and furloughed staff.

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Victorian COVID hospitalisations at 1,057 as state records 29 further deaths and 14,836 new cases

Victoria records a slight rise in the number of people in hospitals and officially reported new cases as a further 29 COVID-19 deaths are recorded.

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Almost half of people seeking help for homelessness in NSW in past year did not get it, report finds

Unmet requests for accommodation in the state rose from 37.2% to 48.2% over five years and a growing number are also being turned away in Queensland

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Vic schools receive RAT tests

Victorian schools will plough ahead with face-to-face classes in the face of high student infections under its new testing strategy.

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Covid-19 Australia data tracker: coronavirus cases today, trend map, hospitalisations and deaths

Guardian Australia brings together all the latest on active and daily new Covid-19 cases, as well as maps, stats, live data and state by state graphs from NSW, Victoria, Queensland, SA, WA, Tasmania, ACT and NT to get a broad picture of the Australian outbreaks and track the impact of…

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Victorian killer tried to blame his victim

A Melbourne man who killed his housemate Paramjeet Singh suggested that his friends tell police the victim had stabbed himself in the neck.

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Victorian COVID hospitalisations at 998, as 17 deaths and 11,695 new infections reported

There are 998 COVID-19 patients in Victorian hospitals, including 119 people in intensive care units, 47 of whom are on ventilators.

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Australia records 58 Covid deaths; Hunt says ‘hoarding’ affecting rapid test shortage – as it happened

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Teachers, parents and the opposition cautiously welcome Victorian COVID-19 back-to-school plan

Parents and teachers alike react with excitement to the government's push for kids to return to school, but the union warns the rollout will need to be closely watched.

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Victorian govt finds supermarket staff

The Victorian government is helping COVID-stricken major supermarket chains plug critical workforce gaps, as staff remain off the job.

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Students to return: The back-to-school plans for each state

Students and teachers in Victoria and NSW will be required to undergo two rapid antigen tests per week, as states prepare their back-to-school plans.

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NSW and Victoria schools reopening plans focus on Covid surveillance testing but scrap contact tracing

Twice-weekly rapid tests, mandatory masks and booster shots for teachers are crucial to both states’ near-identical plans

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Two Australian states to test school students twice weekly for COVID

Australia reported 58 deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, as the two most populous states, New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria, said students would be tested twice weekly for the Omicron variant when classes resume next week.

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Victoria records 14 more COVID-19 deaths, 1,002 in hospital as schools plan revealed

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says it's expected COVID-19 cases will again climb when schools reopen, but the benefits of having students back in the classroom far outweigh the alternatives.

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NSW and Victoria reveal back-to-school plans – as it happened

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COVID updates: Millions of RAT kits sent to schools as NSW and Victoria reveal education plans — as it happened

Students and teachers in NSW and Victoria will have access to weekly rapid antigen tests, with those states planning to do away with school closures when classes resume. Our coronavirus updates — as it happened

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On the new Grampians Peaks Trail: ‘I have the landscape to myself for days at a time’

Walking the entirety of Victoria’s 160km trail is a serious undertaking. On tougher sections Alexis Buxton-Collins wonders whether he’s been foolhardy

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Vic to hand out 14m rapid tests to schools

Victoria will hand out 14 million rapid antigen tests to schools and early childhood centres as part of a twice weekly surveillance testing scheme.

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Western Australia races to contain Perth Covid cluster as Greg Hunt declines to condemn border decision

New South Wales records 30 Covid deaths, Victoria 20, Queensland 10, South Australia three and Tasmania one

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Vic to unveil back-to-school COVID plan

Victoria's back-to-school plan to shield students and teachers from the Omicron wave will be unveiled within days, as COVID-19 cases trend downwards.

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