Twin blockbusters have footy back with a bang as more than 85,000 fans are tipped to pack the MCG for both of the AFL’s huge season-opening clashes.

The state and federal governments’ promises to bring down the cost of power bills have short-circuited, after Victoria’s default electricity offer soared by an average of $426 a year.

Melbourne’s Austin and St Vincent’s Hospitals are leading a world-first trial that, if successful, could see a reduction of insulin injections to treat advanced type 2 diabetes.

And a boom in thefts of prestige German-made vehicles during Victoria’s wave of aggravated burglaries has been exposed in new police figures.

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