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Eating disorders
Key roles for coaches, social media crackdown in plan to tackle eating disorders
Almost 300,000 Victorians had an eating disorder last financial year. Experts hope more support services and teaching trainers how to spot warning signs will combat the scourge.
- by Broede Carmody
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Victoria Police get extra resources for anniversary protests as Allan rejects calls for new laws
Victoria Police do not have the same options as NSW Police, who have applied to court to stop a pro-Palestine demonstration planned for the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attacks.
- by Cameron Houston, Broede Carmody, Kieran Rooney and Hannah Kennelly
‘Game-changer’: Victorian babies to get free RSV immunisation
A new jab against the life-threatening respiratory virus will target vulnerable infants up to eight months old and be rolled out by next winter.
- by Broede Carmody
The painstaking race to save a renowned Victorian experience
The beach where the Phillip Island Penguin Parade takes place is expected to erode by about 20 centimetres a year – and the current $5 million refresh will not be the last.
- by Broede Carmody
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Police seek cap on CBD tower heights to protect helicopter flight paths
Victoria Police wants to restrict skyscraper heights to protect access to the emergency helipad atop its Docklands headquarters.
- by Kieran Rooney and Broede Carmody
As it happened: Moira Deeming, John Pesutto defamation case: Opposition leader cross-examined for first day in Federal Court
Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto has started giving evidence in the defamation trial ousted MP Moira Deeming launched against him.
- by Rachel Eddie, Annika Smethurst and Broede Carmody
Private medical and police record searches would be free under FOI shake-up
A parliamentary committee has found Victoria’s freedom of information system is failing to live up to its purpose, with people sometimes waiting a year to access their own documents.
- by Broede Carmody and Rachael Dexter
After a year as premier, Jacinta Allan looks back – and forward
Jacinta Allan is still banking on Big Build projects to secure the state’s – and her party’s – future, despite the escalating debt.
- by Kieran Rooney, Annika Smethurst and Broede Carmody
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Renting
These are the workers most likely to suffer rental stress in Melbourne
New research suggests professionals in the lower range of moderate incomes are now struggling to keep a roof over their head.
- by Broede Carmody
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Public transport
Transport minister rubbishes ‘dodgy’ Suburban Rail Loop costings
Danny Pearson says the SRL still “stacks up” after the state’s independent budget office found the project would cost Melburnians more than it benefits them.
- by Cassandra Morgan and Broede Carmody
Victoria braces for crippling strike as unions threaten to halt construction
Victoria’s building industry is facing a potential shutdown that would put more pressure on Big Build projects.
- by Sarah Danckert, Marta Pascual Juanola and Broede Carmody
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