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Ballarat Grammar has called in police in investigate assault claims.
Private schools

Besieged private school addresses Old Grammarians as more ‘strapping’ details emerge

Police have confirmed they are investigating assault allegations at the centre of a “strapping” scandal at a Victorian private school dating back to 2023.

  • by Noel Towell, Alex Crowe and Ashleigh McMillan
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Courts

Pam the Bird accused asks for bail to work in a paint company

  • by Erin Pearson
CCTV footage of three people trying to remove the head from a statue of Captain Cook in Fitzroy Gardens.
Crime

Captain Cook statue and cottage in Fitzroy Gardens vandalised again

  • by Madeleine Heffernan and Alexander Darling
Automatic green light for townhouses, small apartment blocks to speed up builds
Property development

Automatic green light for townhouses, small apartment blocks to speed up builds

  • by Rachel Eddie
Janet Dweh was bludgeoned to death in her Dayton home.
Courts

Man who murdered pregnant lover sentenced to life in prison

  • by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Politics

Hume City Council’s Sam Misho is pushing for a cut in council rates for homeowners, to be paid for by raising rates for businesses.
Local council

Hume council is owed a record $47m in overdue rates. But there’s a radical plan to fix it

One in four home owners is behind in paying their rates in this municipality, with the council probing if they should target businesses making profits instead.

  • by Adam Carey
Premier Jacinta Allan and Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny last year.
Property development

Automatic green light for townhouses, small apartments to speed up builds

Neighbours will lose appeal rights for three-storey projects if the plans meet a set of strict standards aimed at streamlining low-rise residential development.

  • by Rachel Eddie
Premier Jacinta Allan
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Rail

Rail loop cash grants came with catch: don’t criticise the government

  • by Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
An aerial view of Frankston, where apartments up to 16-storeys tall have been approved.
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Planning

Housing targets scaled back across Melbourne

  • by Rachael Dexter
Domestic violence victim Carol-Anne (right) with Detective Sergeant Elise Douglas.
Domestic violence

‘How could I leave and share custody with a monster?’ Inside Carol-Anne’s hell

  • by Erin Pearson

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