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Carly Douglas is a reporter at the Herald Sun, covering courts, state politics, breaking and general news. She was previously a News Corp cadet journalist. Prior to starting at News Corp she worked at The Australian Jewish News.

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Victoria

Rochester on high alert as storm system looms

Rochester residents are bracing for rising waters and flooding as more rain looms, while authorities hope the Murray River at Echuca has peaked.

Victoria

Echuca floods Monday. House continue to flood as the Murray River peaks. Tractors and boats a favoured forms of transport through the flood water no matter how old they are. Picture: David Caird

Murray may have peaked, Vic facing record October rainfall

Experts say the Murray River at Echuca has likely peaked, as Victoria heads towards its wettest October on record.

ExclusiveVictoria

n50mp802 Kooyong Station level crossing on Glenferrie Rd in Kooyong

PM ripping up our road and rail projects

At least $900m in Melbourne road and rail projects are being ripped up by the Albanese government. See if your suburb is impacted.

Victoria

Sinead Pulford in a elephant park in Bali on the day a lump was found in her stomach. Sept 18 2014

‘She would have been 21’: MP’s child cancer loss

MP Jaala Pulford wept as a huge boost for child cancer research was announced, reflecting on the heartbreaking loss of her own daughter.

Victoria

Candidates Under 35. L-R Nicole Werner (Liberal candidate) and Lucy Skelton (Labor candidate) are all young female first time candidates running in Metro seats this election.The article is about the new gen coming through and young women playing a key wrong this election.Picture taken in Melbourne above Hamer Hall. Picture Rebecca Michael.

Young candidates gunning to shake up politics

Fresh faces are stepping into the spotlight for the state election with a record number of young candidates vying for your vote.

EXCLUSIVEState Election

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos 10 APRIL 2022 : A big crowd turned out in Sandringham for the campaign launch of Independent Zoe Daniel . She will be contesting the seat of Goldstein in the Federal Election to be held on 21 May 2022. Picture : NCA NewsWire / Ian Currie

Teal strategist quits ahead of state election

The teal movement has lost one of its key figures in Melbourne after a major disagreement just weeks out from the election.

Leader

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, NCA NewsWire, Sunday, 9 October 2022Weir Reserve PenrithNSW Picture: NCA NewsWire / Monique Harmer

Farmers worried for stranded livestock

Anxious farmers say Goulburn-Murray Water’s decision to release more water from the Lake Eildon catchment is putting livestock at risk.

VIDEOVictoria

People start leaving their homes as Shepparton has begun to flood with the lake Victoria Park lake overflowing. Sunday, Oct 16, 2022. Picture: David Crosling

Nervous wait for Shepp as record floodwaters approach

Battered Shepparton residents are bracing for the worst, with the swollen Goulburn River tipped to peak at a record 12.2m in the early hours of Monday.

State Election

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 04, 2021: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews visits the rail duplication project on the Cranbourne rail line in Melbourne's outer south-east. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Massive taxpayer-funded salary for ‘social inclusion’ recruit

The Andrews government is offering up to $170,000 per year for someone to manage the Suburban Rail Loop’s “social procurement and inclusion targets”.

Weather

Aerial photos of flood waters enter homes and streets by the Maribyrnong River in the Flemington area. Flemington Racecourse under threat of rising flood water. Picture: David Caird

Review into Flemington Racecourse flood wall

A review will determine whether a wall around Flemington Racecourse exacerbated floodwaters that devastated Maribyrnong.

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