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The long, grim journey to farewell one of the most defining figures of our lifetime began last night before an indebted yet heartbroken nation. Primary schoolchildren are being advised to check that a baby agrees with being hugged in consent and respectful relationships classes. A senior public servant has resigned from his role in the Department of Transport  And A footy ticket rush will kick off...

After she turned 100 last Saturday, Eileen Johnson was one of the last people to receive a birthday letter from the Queen. Police say they are monitoring the emergence of 3D-printed guns in Melbourne. Retailers call to extend the fuel excise cut. Victoria’s courts are the slowest in Australia. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at heraldsun.com.au See omnystud...

The crowds quietly gathered, grim-faced, outside the official residences of Queen Elizabeth II to mourn the death of their monarch Victorians have united in grief to pay tribute to a Queen who spent many memorable moments in the state King Charles III’s first mission as monarch is to heal his mourning nation – and his warring family. And Hundreds of millions of Australian coins with the image of Q...

Victorian footy clubs and RSLs trying to get out of pokies by offloading lucrative long-term licences have hit a brick wall  Snacks containing bugs will be introduced to school canteens across Victoria  Crown Resorts has hit back at Wayne Carey And New Australian professional golf tournament inspired by Augusta National and the legendary Masters is tipped to lure some of the world’s leading player...

One of Premier Daniel Andrews’ most fierce supporters during his 2014 election win is moving to campaign against Labor  Former AFL star Wayne Carey has retained a high profile lawyer as he considers mounting a disability discrimination lawsuit  A key union representing ambulance workers  has launched a scathing attack on Daniel Andrews’  And Parents will have to pay up to $2000 more a year for pri...

The AFL has become king of the football codes with a whopping $4.5 billion broadcast rights deal  A crime gang bought jackpots worth $4.7 million from punters in a massive pokies money laundering operation After five rate rises in five months, the Reserve Bank of Australia has warned it is far from finished And A police investigation has been launched into the incident last week when footy great W...

Footy great Wayne Carey has stood down from Channel 7 and been banned from Crown Resorts premises for two years after being caught with a bag of white powder  Thousands of Australians have been left stranded in Bali after multiple Jetstar flights were cancelled. Thousands of Australians have been left stranded in Bali after multiple Jetstar flights were cancelled. And Homeowners who fixed their lo...

PENSIONERS will pocket almost $20 extra a week to help make ends meet under the largest indexation rise in 12 years. A MELBOURNE dad has been banned from all tennis courts in Australia for at least the next two years after launching into a tirade at his son’s under-14 match in December last year. ANTI-hoon police have disrupted hundreds of deadly car meets across Melbourne since the inception of a...

THIRTY-THREE Victorians died after triple-zero and ambulance delays – and the state government has been slammed for not fixing major funding shortfalls. AN ugly all-in brawl between construction workers on a taxpayer-funded building site this week has been investigated, and explosive ­video shows the scale of the fight. VICTORIAN Liberal Leader Matt Guy has revealed his father is battling cancer,...

CLUELESS gamblers are being duped into helping criminals “clean” millions of dollars in suburban and regional pokies lounges, criminal intelligence data released for the first time reveals. AGED and veteran pensioners will be able to earn an extra $4,000 this year while the annual skilled migration cap will be raised to 195,000 in a bid to quickly ease the workforce shortage gripping Australia. VI...

VICTORIAN workers have been given the green light to get back to their desks. MELBOURNE City Council is set to campaign for the date of Australia Day to be changed while still holding citizenship ceremonies on January 26. THE AFL’S integrity unit will interview Dustin Martin, quiz Richmond and seek to talk to the woman at the centre of a leaked video that has landed the Tigers superstar in hot wat...

THE AFL was on Wednesday night investigating a shock video showing Richmond star Dustin Martin groping a topless woman’s breast from behind. RESIDENTS and businesses in the City of Yarra were subjected to almost 250 syringes strewn across public footpaths and parks each and every day last year. THE RSPCA is under growing pressure from Victorian pet rescue groups to abandon a call to reduce shelter...

MORE than 60 of Victoria’s most vulnerable children are being kept in hotels, motels and serviced apartments at any one time because the state government does not have a place for them. A TikTok video that shows students from a leading Werribee state school identifying which of their peers they hate has been viewed 770,000 times. WAITING lists for alcohol and drug treatment have blown out by 70 pe...

A STAGGERING 1.28 million alerts urging doctors and pharmacists to reconsider prescribing potentially lethal doses of drugs to Victorians at risk of overdosing have been issued in just two years. EVERY extra inch around the waistline increases the risk of heart failure by about 10 per cent, according to a major new study. STATE department bosses are holding off on encouraging more staff back into...

IAN Cook – the man at the centre of the long-running “slug gate” scandal – will run against Premier Daniel Andrews in the seat of Mulgrave on an anti-corruption ticket. THOUSANDS of nurses and midwives will study at university for free, regardless of who wins the state election in November. GAYNOR Wheatley says her late husband, legendary manager Glenn Wheatley, would have tried to inspire his bes...

A FORMER High Court justice has been appointed by the federal government to investigate Scott Morrison’s secret ministerial appointments. A JUDGE has called for drug and drink drivers to face the same punishment as it emerged that those behind the wheel “full of speed and meth” could face lesser penalties. NAPLAN results are being kept secret after participation rates in the national standardised...

LIFE-threatening injuries ­resulting from e-scooter accidents have almost quadrupled in just a year, prompting trauma doctors to call for tougher regulations. VICTORIANS are being warned to brace for a soggy spring with heavy rains forecast for eastern Australia. A SILENT pandemic devastating lives is also having a serious impact on the economy, with more than 31,000 Australians off work every day...

VICTORIANS have been asked to safety check tens of thousands of lights installed under the state’s energy upgrades program after reports of a brand falling to the ground. MELBOURNE’S western suburbs would get a new $900 million Royal Children’s Hospital under a state Liberal government. THE state government is hiring a $170,000 policy adviser for Melbourne’s second injecting room despite not even...

POLICE charged with investigating Labor MPs over the infamous red shirts elections rort were actively blocked from doing their jobs in a deliberate coverup to help Daniel Andrews win the 2018 election, the state’s anti-corruption watchdog has been told. ACCUSED campsite killer Greg Lynn has confirmed he will fight the murder charges levelled against him as it was revealed investigators are set to...

ORGANISED crime gangs are making a push to saturate Australia with the lethal opioid fentanyl. A MAN has been jailed for 100 days over a terrifying assault on The Block star Shaynna Blaze who was walking her dog when the assailant randomly attacked her from behind. A VICTORIAN woman who was in a relationship with disgraced cricketer Michael Slater has opened up on his harrowing and vile abusive tr...

Collingwood’s latest epic comeback to deny Carlton a drought-breaking finals appearance has set up a pair of mouth-watering MCG clashes in the first week of September Exhausted teachers taking extra sick days, generous leave entitlements and the pandemic have contributed to Victorian schools spending more than half a billion dollars on casual teachers in the past three years alone. Australian chil...

The $10 billion Melbourne Airport Rail link looks set to get an extra station added to its route, servicing tens of thousands of people in the city’s northwest. Fake erectile dysfunction tablets, cosmetics containing mercury and arsenic, chainsaws that snap under stress and brake pads made of asbestos are just some of the dangerous goods being seized at our borders. Hundreds of crime “cleanskins”...

New detail has emerged from the state’s anti-corruption body’s probe into the allegations of dodgy land deals between politicians and developers. The former principal of Melbourne Girls Grammar School is facing a $5.5 million dollar lawsuit in Canada over claims she failed to protect a young girl from severe bullying. Financial experts are expecting to see bankruptcies and home repossessions rise...

Premier Daniel Andrews has refused to say how much he believes the first two stages of the Suburban Rail Loop will cost, handballing the issue to his deputy. The police union has drawn up a raft of sweeping reforms it wants both political parties to sign up to ahead of the November state election. By secretly assuming control of multiple portfolios Scott Morrison breached the Coaltion agreement an...

Construction of the first two stages of the divisive Suburban Rail Loop is on track to cost a whopping $125 billion. The school playground is becoming the recruitment centre for teenagers looking to radicalise vulnerable and lonely kids, Melbourne scientists have uncovered key cells that are crucial in the fight against cancer and chronic infections, bringing them a step closer to better treatment...