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Metro Tunnel land row: Luxury apartment developer sues state for $20 million
The Devitt Property Group has accused the Victoria government of ignoring its compensation claims in a dispute spanning more than four years.
- by Carla Jaeger and Clay Lucas
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‘Morons’: Premier blasts protesters after Myer Christmas windows launch scrapped
Premier Jacinta Allan said there was no need to bolster Victoria police’s powers after an activist group threatened to disrupt the Myer Christmas windows launch.
- by Carla Jaeger, Gemma Grant and Cassandra Morgan
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Victorian budget
$1b in red and going backwards: Victorian hospital cash-crunch revealed
Analysis of dozens of annual reports dumped in parliament on Thursday found some of Victoria’s busiest hospitals failed to meet their target for available cash.
- by Broede Carmody, Rachel Eddie, Carla Jaeger and Kieran Rooney
Chop chop crackdown: Illegal tobacco sellers to face up to 15 years in prison
The Allan government also plans to establish a tobacco licensing scheme, after more than 100 firebombings targeting cigarette shops around the state.
- by Carla Jaeger, Rachel Eddie and Chris Vedelago
Victorians to be slugged thousands of dollars to claim their inheritance
While estate claims worth less than $250,000 will have their probate fees waived, the costs of those with more will surge up to 645 per cent.
- by Carla Jaeger and Broede Carmody
Judge denies Rugby Australia’s bid to delay $30m Rebels case
The defunct Super Rugby club has launched a damages claim against Rugby Australia demanding $30 million from the peak body.Rugby Australia now has a week to respond.
- by Carla Jaeger and Sarah Danckert
Driver accused of killing young model while drunk, on drugs granted bail
Elise Hodder, 24, was killed when she was hit by a car that allegedly reversed at speed as it tried to leave an illegal rave in Kooyong at the weekend.
- by Cameron Houston and Carla Jaeger
Ram-raid fire linked to ex-Mongol Sam Abdulrahim, man seen ‘with arm ablaze’
A man fled the scene with his arm on fire after a ram-raid into a Brunswick East building linked to former Mongols bikie and professional boxer Suleiman “Sam” Abdulrahim.
- by Carla Jaeger and Marta Pascual Juanola
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Super Rugby
‘Deceptive conduct’: Rugby Australia to countersue Melbourne Rebels directors
Rugby Australia has accused the Melbourne Rebels of deceiving the national body for years in the latest escalation to the dramatic rugby war.
- by Carla Jaeger and Sarah Danckert
Melbourne Rebels sue Rugby Australia for $30 million and seek return of club
The directors of defunct rugby union club Melbourne Rebels allege in a statement of claim that Rugby Australia broke several company laws.
- by Sarah Danckert and Carla Jaeger
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The government seized these shops for a hospital that was never built. Now the case is back in court
A legal battle between two property developers and the state has led to a ‘ghost town’ in Pakenham. The Allan government is preparing to go back to court to keep a lid on a multimillion-dollar compensation claim.
- by Carla Jaeger
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