Victoria

Victoria is introducing laws to end a ban on doctors raising voluntary assisted dying with patients.

State moves to bin assisted dying 'gag' on doctors

The first Australian state to legalise voluntary euthanasia is set to lift a ‘gag clause’ on doctors raising the subject with terminally ill patients.

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Emergency services rushed to the Skye home on Wednesday.

Family daycare owner ‘doing OK’ after baby’s death

Paramedics were called to the Skye home on Wednesday when the baby was found unresponsive.

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Police are looking for two alleged thieves, one of whom was without pants during the break-in at a Melbourne home last month.

Woman without pants caught on camera robbing Melbourne home

The woman and her partner in crime stole two luxury cars, and some clothes.

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An 82-year-old man was fatally injured in an alleged assault at the Sir Charles Hotham Hotel in Geelong on Wednesday night.

Elderly man stabbed to death in city hotel

An urgent manhunt is underway after an 82-year-old man was stabbed to death while staying in a city hotel.

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A woman has been charged after two Muslim women were attacked within minutes of each other.

PM weighs in after ‘brutal’ attack on Muslim women

A 31-year-old woman has been charged over attacks on two Muslim women at a shopping centre, with police claiming the alleged victims were targeted because they were wearing head coverings. 

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Year 12 student Ed Millear died after his health took a turn at Melbourne Grammar School’s boat shed.

Private school student dies suddenly after rowing session

An elite private school has paid tribute to a Year 12 student who died suddenly after collapsing during rowing training. 

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Pedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale, who was convicted of abusing more than 70 children, has died. (HANDOUT/ROYAL COMMISSION)

Australia's worst pedophile priest dead, age 90

Australia's worst pedophile priest has died in jail while serving time for the abuse of more than 70 children over three decades.

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Burlesque performer Katie Tangey was trapped in the fire and did not survive the blaze. (HANDOUT/CHANIE HYDE)

‘Despicable’ update after ‘innocent’ women killed in house fire

The arson attack which killed a ‘completely innocent’ woman in a case of mistaken identity, has been linked to a crime wave gripping an Australian city.

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Police believe a woman and her dog killed in a house fire in Melbourne’s west last month are the first innocent victims of the city’s long-running tobacco war.

Twist after woman and dog killed in arson attack on wrong Melbourne home

Katie Tangey was housesitting for her brother when two men poured accelerant on the home and set it alight.

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Five young men have been charged over the alleged attack of a 19-year-old lifeguard at a Narre Warren pool last month.

Major update after alleged vicious assault of pool lifeguard

The 19-year-old lifeguard was on duty when he was allegedly set upon by a group of young males.

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Paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale is reportedly on his death bed.

Notorious paedophile priest Ridsdale ‘on his death bed’

Gerald Ridsdale, the man believed to be Australia’s worst paedophile priest, is reportedly expected to die within days. 

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Four people have been arrested for allegedly stealing Pokemon cards worth thousands of dollars.

Alleged syndicate behind $50,000 Pokemon card heist uncovered

The group are also alleged to have stolen ATMs, car keys, firearms, ammunition and a pill press machine.

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Anti-Semitic graffiti discovered on the wall of a recently closed-down Jewish-run business.

‘Gas the Jews’ sprayed on Holocaust survivors’ business

Vile anti-Semitic graffiti, including the words ‘Gas the Jews’ has been sprayed across an Australian family-owned business whose founders survived the Holocaust. 

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Debbie Voulgaris, 58, was arrested in Taiwan in December 2023 after cocaine and heroin were found in plastic bags inside her luggage.

Aussie mum learns fate for smuggling $40 million worth of drugs into Taiwan

Mother-of-five Debbie Voulgaris, 58, was arrested in December 2023 after cocaine and heroin were found in her suitcase.

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