Households in the City of Yarra are set to be slugged with not one but two new bin taxes on top of their general rates bill.

Cash-strapped Victorian parents are making the biggest contribution in the nation to their children’s education, with federal and state governments giving our schools the second-lowest funds.

A massive swarm of wasps hospitalised students at a school in Melbourne’s west on Wednesday.

And if you want to give your beloved pooch the royal treatment, here is the perfect chance to have your dog dining like a king.

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