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Victoria bushfires LIVE: Out-of-control bushfire threatens towns as firefighters prepare for devastating day
Firefighters expect the Grampians fire to spread in the worst bushfire conditions since Black Summer and fear other blazes could spark. Follow our live blog.
- by Cassandra Morgan and Angus Delaney
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Residents flee fires and hunker down as winds pick up on Boxing Day scorcher
Residents of a town south of the Grampians have been ordered to take shelter as firefighters battle an out-of-control bushfire threatening their properties.
- by Angus Delaney, Benjamin Preiss and Cassandra Morgan
Firefighters across Victoria brace for extreme risk, residents told to evacuate immediately
There are fears new fires will start and a large blaze in the state’s west will spread further amid 100km/h winds and near 40-degree temperatures predicted for Thursday.
- by Angus Delaney and Cassandra Morgan
First-round university offers are out. Here’s how to make the system work for you
Graduates who didn’t get their first preference still have plenty of options open to them, with the advice from experts simple – just wait.
- by Cassandra Morgan and Marissa Calligeros
First-round university offers are out. Here’s how to make the system work for you
Graduates who didn’t get their first preference still have plenty of options open to them, with the advice from experts simple – just wait.
- by Cassandra Morgan
Every student, every course: Search our database of first-round university offers
Search our interactive database for students, courses and offers, and read which degrees were the toughest nuts to crack.
- by Craig Butt, Noel Towell and Cassandra Morgan
The schools with the most top performers in popular VCE subjects
The secrets of the success of the schools that aced English, biology, psychology, mathematical methods and business management.
- by Cassandra Morgan and Craig Butt
The young couple who got perfect scores at a school that doesn’t believe in marks
Stella Holmes à Court and Manny Anasson were among more than 800 Victorian students who got their International Baccalaureate results.
- by Cassandra Morgan
Floored falcon soars again after skyscraper rescue, rehab
One of the fledglings that hatched this year in Melbourne’s CBD has been released into the wild after a dramatic rescue and rehabilitation.
- by Cassandra Morgan
As it happened: Ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming wins high-profile defamation case; Opposition Leader John Pesutto declares he will not resign
John Pesutto was a man driven by political fear, a high-stakes defamation judgment found today. He now faces a legal bill up to $2m but has vowed to stay on in his job. Meanwhile, Moira Deeming says she feels vindicated.
- by Rachel Eddie, Cassandra Morgan and Lachlan Abbott
Street art, red ribbons and new charity honour Isla Bell three weeks on from murder charges
The 19-year-old slain Brunswick woman has been remembered in creative tributes across Melbourne as her family sets up a charity to raise funds for art scholarships.
- by Cassandra Morgan
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