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One Nation barred the ABC, The Age and the Guardian from its Victorian launch, the third time it has locked reporters out this year

Pauline Hanson is running the sequence Donald Trump used on the White House press corps, in a country with no constitutional protection for the press.

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Dandenong is the worst suburb in the state for numberplate theft off the street, with 310 in a year

The five worst suburbs in Victoria are all in Melbourne, and police have named the individual streets where it happens most.

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Victorian teachers will strike for a third time on August 19, and there is currently no education minister to negotiate with

The Australian Education Union says nothing has moved since the July 17 offer was rejected, and no further talks have been scheduled.

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H5 bird flu has been detected in Victoria for the first time, and Phillip Island’s 40,000 penguins sit directly in its path

A single dead tern at Portland has triggered Victoria’s emergency animal disease plan, eight weeks before 1.4 million shearwaters land on Phillip Island.

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Nine boys aged 15 to 17 charged with 61 offences over 18 carjackings in Melbourne's north

Detectives seized a firearm, tasers, drugs and steroids during six days of warrants, and all nine boys have been remanded to face a children's court.

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Nine of Australia's 10 worst crash spots are in Melbourne, and Springvale Road just took the top one

Springvale Road in Glen Waverley knocked Plenty Road in Bundoora off the national top spot for the first time in eight years.

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Ben Carroll's first act as premier is the royal commission Jacinta Allan refused

Carroll will also establish a special prosecutor and give IBAC follow-the-money powers this term instead of waiting until 2027.

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Jacinta Allan resigns as Victorian premier, clearing the way for Ben Carroll

She stood down rather than force a 29-day member ballot four months out from the election, handing Ben Carroll the job uncontested.

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Melbourne is the most expensive city in the world for a beer

Deutsche Bank has Melbourne first of 69 cities at US$5.27 a bottle, ahead of Sydney, London and New York, in the category the excise freeze left out.

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Allan faces a spill on Tuesday with the worst dissatisfaction rating in Newspoll history

More than 70 per cent of Victorians are dissatisfied with the premier, but the Coalition still needs to win 16 seats to take government.

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Melbourne house prices fall $33,381 in the steepest quarterly drop since 2022

Auction clearance rates hit their lowest since 2020 and close to one in seven Melbourne auctions was withdrawn before it ran.

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Toorak businessman charged over more than 930 swords, one allegedly sold to a child

Kunal Atul Shah is accused of advertising and selling prohibited weapons with no exemption, no sales records and no identity checks on his buyers.