The ad too much even for progressive Northcote
The inner-north neighbourhood prides itself on its progressive credentials but a set of posters opposite a local high school was too much even for this socially-aware heartland.
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Your ultimate guide to the Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial
Trying to keep up with the trial of mushroom cook Erin Patterson? We’ve compiled all the evidence, witnesses and timeline details for you to keep track of the proceedings.
The specialists charging patients the biggest out-of-pocket fees
Specialist fees have soared 73 per cent in real terms since 2010. Now there’s a push to have the doctors who slug patients with excessive fees stripped of their Medicare funding.
It was meant to fix traffic jams. They’re spending it on bike lanes
A $100m fund was set up to help ease traffic jams when thousands of extra cars are pour into Melbourne from the West Gate Tunnel. But just a fraction of it has been spent and most of that has been splurged on bike lanes.
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Arsonists dies five months after firebombing Melbourne business
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Alleged Prahran arsonist who set himself alight screams in distress
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Boat owners’ lives at risk as marine safety inspections abandoned
The Victorian Fisheries Authority has ordered its officers to stop all marine safety inspections, putting boat owners’ lives at risk.
Shock move IVF parents making to ensure babies are their own
Parents who’ve had children through IVF are considering DNA tests to confirm they are actually their own, after baby-making giant Monash refused to rule out more bungles could occur.
‘15th in world’: Warning over Aussie military spending
Amid a push for Australia to increase military spending, new data shows we rank just 15th among global defence budgets – and are dwarfed by Saudi Arabia, Poland and India.
‘Funding Putin’s war machine’: Forrest calls for end to Russian fuel imports
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Hospital’s alleged data fraud referred to auditor general
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