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A rainswept crowd of 73,816 watched in delight on Tuesday at Flemington's Melbourne Cup Day as Mark Zahra rode Gold Trip first past the post. The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted its inflation forecast yet again, prompting economists to predict an eighth straight interest rate rise in December and a greater chance of another hike in February – the RBA board’s first meeting of 2023. Former prim...

VICTORIA will have to pay a staggering $22.5bn in interest alone on the state’s soaring debt over the next four years. A MAN suspected of a carjacking and ramming police vehicles was arrested in Brighton East on Monday after a two-hour standoff that had residents on edge. A HOUSEHOLD with a $750,000 home loan will soon find itself making the same size monthly repayments as it cost to service $1 mi...

Police are investigating whether there are links between two wild CBD brawls which left one man fatally stabbed, two fighting for life and another in hospital. THE grandmother of a toddler who tragically died in a blind cord accident wants the government to make it mandatory for blind and curtain cords to be fixed to walls in all Victorian rental properties. THE high number of unlicensed riders in...

Opposition Leader Matthew Guy will commit today to providing free lunches to every Victorian public school student if elected next month. Almost four police corruption complaints are made each day. Organised crime gangs could have ­exposed Australia to rabies. Flemington has welcomed back the biggest crowd to a racetrack in Australia since the 2019 Melbourne Cup. For updates and breaking news thro...

Victoria’s struggling public hospitals are facing a $1.4bn cut in federal funding over the next four years. Sex workers will be able to set up shop next to kindergartens, schools and churches in a “free for all” when new state government reforms are rolled out across Victoria. People in north and northwestern Victoria have been warned of an increased risk of diseases as floods ravage towns. And… V...

Brittany Higgins faced cameras with tears in her eyes but a defiant certainty in her voice; “I told the truth” she said – but now Ms Higgins’ accused rapist has referred her to police, suggesting she could be charged for her speech. Almost 150 trucks painted in anti-Dan messaging will hit the roads from Friday as firefighters intensify their war with the Andrews government. Teaching children to re...

Danny Frawley’s widow is calling on the AFL to “just get on with” honouring a recommendation of the coroner to “actively encourage” players to donate their brains to the Australian Sports Brain Bank in footy’s concussions fight. Flood victims  will be hit with a “sneaky tax” for emergency payments provided to devastated businesses for clean up and rebuilding by the federal government. Public serva...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers warned of “hard days to come’’ as he unveiled a federal budget with no extra cost-of-living sweeteners that also officially axed the $1500 tax cut for low- and middle-­income earners. Victorian high school students have become a lost generation, missing more than seven million days of school – six weeks for each child – in the past year. Australians are having more babies la...

Ambulance response times for critical emergencies  are worse now than when Daniel Andrews came to office  in 2014. One in four teachers say violent student behaviour and parent abuse makes them feel unsafe on the job. Treasurer Jim Chalmers  will lay out his road map today  to steer Australia through historic economic turmoil, declaring his first budget will halve the forecast deficit and reduce d...

A third of the controversial commuter car park projects still in planning across Melbourne are on the chopping block following millions of dollars in cost blowouts Some of Victoria’s top state schools take more than 70 per cent of their students from outside their designated neighbourhood zone, new data shows The Spirit of Tasmania is on track to exceed its best year for passengers on record And T...

A wave of sports stars speaking out about sponsors’ cultural and environmental credentials has had its first major casualty, with Australia’s richest woman, Gina Rinehart Residents of flood-ravaged towns in the state’s north were last night ordered to evacuate as river waters were expected to peak Gender-neutral claiming will form part of a modernised government-paid parental leave scheme which wi...

Victoria's new public housing operator is under threat with a massive bailout needed to save it from financial collapse. Interventions to stop Victoria’s most vulnerable students dropping out of school will be ramped up next year Companies that fail to protect Australians’ personal data will face up to hundreds of millions of dollars in fines under new laws to be introduced  And Swimmers are being...

Greens senator Lidia Thorpe attended a “major briefing” on a significant Australian Federal Police operation around the time she was dating a former bikie boss. Drug lord Tony Mokbel has launched legal action against the state government and Barwon Prison claiming his human rights have been breached Two hundred hospital staff and 20 pharmacists will be ­deployed to flood-affected areas for three m...

A top doctor who saved Daniel Andrews’ life has slammed the state government Underbelly star Vince Colosimo has been spared jail despite admitting driving high on the drug ice for a second time  Victorians are vaping in record numbers And Horse-racing enthusiasts are saddling up for lavish $5m homes in a “residential grand stand” looking down the final straight at Moonee Valley Racecourse See omny...

Victoria’s ambulance crisis has claimed another victim with new dad Danny Vasiljevic left for dead after calling for help with severe chest pains. The Bureau of Meteorology issued a bizarre request to the Australian media  Victoria’s junior court staff will be taught how to decline inappropriate or sexualised overtures And Some SES volunteers have been prevented from responding to Victoria’s flood...

North Melbourne young gun Tarryn Thomas is caught up in a police investigation amid allegations of malicious behaviour against a ­former partner. Airports around the country could be thrown into total chaos after fire and rescue teams threatened to go on strike Hundreds of families forced out of their homes in Melbourne’s western suburbs are facing crippling bills in order to stay in hotels near t...

AN ARMY of selfless volunteers, helpful neighbours and have-a-go heroes are banding together, evacuating vulnerable residents and manning sandbag stations in Central Victoria as towns brace for devastating flooding to hit today. MELBOURNE has plunged out of the nation’s million-dollar home club with an almost $80,000 hit to the city’s house price in the past three months. A REVIEW will be conducte...

TOWNS and cities in the firing line of Victoria’s flood crisis were on Saturday night battling to stay afloat, as authorities warn the state could experience the “largest evacuations ever seen” over the coming days.   IT took 17 years, but Bali bombings survivor Lynley Le Grand this week was finally back in the arms of her “guardian angel”. SIX ballerinas are representing Australia in an internati...

THE state government has been forced to close beds at Victoria’s busiest emergency department as staff blame a recent death on Victoria’s ongoing health crisis. EVACUATION sirens rang out across the towns of Rochester, Seymour and Carisbrook on Thursday night as residents of multiple communities in Victoria’s north and central regions were warned to prepare for major flooding. A FAMILY violence ou...

SUPER fund members who fail to check their fees and investment performance are potentially missing out on almost $250,000 at retirement, a new report says. VICTORIA is bracing for a major flood emergency, with some communities warned they could be isolated for up to 72 hours. HOUSEHOLD power bills have soared by $300 on average in the last six months, prompting calls for the federal government to...

TWICE as many teaching graduates from across Australia are failing a compulsory maths and English skills test compared to six years ago, with experts warning standards continue to fall. COMPANIES contracted on projects by the state have been quizzed by the state’s anti-corruption watchdog about whether they’ve seen dodgy deals in the public service. AN experienced surfer is suing Australia’s first...

The death of a two-year-old boy in regional Victoria has exposed serious flaws in the state’s child protection system. Australia's Mafia is under threat from a potential police evidence bonanza against its most powerful figures Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley has confirmed Novak Djokovic wants to return to Melbourne for the Australian Open And Former CEO of the Essendon football club Andrew Thor...

Victorians would pay a flat fee of $2 a day on almost all public transport if Matthew Guy is elected premier  Abolishing the stage 3 tax cuts would overwhelmingly affect voters in seats held by Labor, Teal and Greens MPs Reckless hoon gangs are running riot across Melbourne And Josh Dunkley’s manager has labelled as “ludicrous” the Western Bulldogs’ threat to let the Charlie Sutton medallist slide...

Assaults on hospital staff have doubled in just three years, sparking renewed calls for action to protect them. Victoria's long-running pandemic declaration will finally end next week – 940 days after a state of emergency was first declared. Olivia Newton-John’s husband John Easterling says the brave superstar faced her cancer journey with confidence, courage and hope. And An independent review in...

Tradies, emergency service workers, senior teachers and nurses would have their promised tax breaks trimmed if the government changed stage three cuts  Premier Daniel Andrews has faced further criticism for his intervention in the Andrew Thorburn saga, Victorians have been warned to brace for a thunderstorm asthma event that could rival the 2016 tragedy And Sports fans will get more cut price tick...