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A new heat map from Roy Morgan has revealed where Victoria's freedom protesters hail from

Intimate details of ‘freedom’ protesters

New data has unearthed specific information about Melbourne’s ‘freedom’ protesters, including which suburbs they hail from.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 30, 2021: The Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews arrives at Parliament House as before the final votes are cast on the proposed Pandemic Bill. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Paul Jeffers

MPs pull all-nighter over vexed issue

Exhausted Victorian MPs are set to reach 24 hours in the chamber over an issue that hasn’t been this vigorously debated since 2017.

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Death threats flung at MP over laws

A Victorian MP has received vile threats after supporting the contentious pandemic bill, with huge changes to the proposed laws now revealed.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 07 2021: STOCK, Ambulances in Melbourne at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling

‘Unsafe’: Paramedics’ reality laid bare

Disturbing claims of bullying, sexual assault and discrimination have been made public in a report that has rocked Ambulance Victoria.

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Omicron variant confirmed in Australia

Genomic sequencing on two returned travellers has confirmed the new Covid-19 variant Omicron has officially reached Australian shores.

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AN INNER city Melbourne council has splashed $22,000 on a menacing big banana sculpture in a bid to make a key street more

Police hunt banana ‘decapitator’

Police are a step closer to finding the person responsible for trying to chop up a controversial art installation that cost a local council $22,000. But they need your help.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 19: Foot traffic returns to pre lockdown levels on Flinders Street on November 19, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. COVID-19 restrictions eased further with Victoria to reach its 90 per cent double vaccination target this weekend. Under the eased restrictions there will no longer be limits on the number of visitors to homes, or density limits for pubs, cafes and restaurants, however access to most establishments will continue to be restricted to people who have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. Masks will only need to be worn in high-risk settings and people will no longer have to isolate if deemed a close contact of a confirmed case. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

Omicron ‘impossible’ to keep out

Australia has slammed shut its border to multiple African countries amid fears of a new Covid strain but one state’s chief health officer warns it can’t be kept out.

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