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Heidelberg West rallies against council plan to close its run-down pool
City life

Heidelberg West rallies against council plan to close its run-down pool

The disadvantaged community of Heidelberg West faces the imminent closure of its public swimming pool, which has been left to deteriorate for decades.

  • by Adam Carey
Youth offending in Victoria is at its highest rate in a decade.
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Crime

Record youth crime rates test state’s new bail laws

  • by Daniella White, Alexander Darling and Kieran Rooney
Developer Hilton Grugeon offered John Pesutto a lifeline – with conditions.
Opinion
Liberal Party

The stench from the Deeming-Pesutto affair is clinging to Battin

  • by Chip Le Grand
Colin Mandy, SC, arrives at court on Wednesday as he continues his closings submissions for Erin Patterson.
Mushroom trial

Erin Patterson isn’t a cold-blooded killer, her lawyer says – she was isolated and worried

  • by Erin Pearson
Travis Lovett at the end of the Walk for Truth at Parliament House.
Walk for Truth
Yoorrook Justice Commission

500km and seven pairs of shoes later, Travis delivered a one-word message

  • by Tony Wright
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Politics

John Pesutto arrives at the Administrative Committee meeting to plead his case.
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Liberal Party

Liberal Party bails out John Pesutto, agreeing to $1.5m loan

The party’s governing board has agreed to lend John Pesutto $1.55 million to settle his legal bill with colleague Moria Deeming.

  • by Chip Le Grand and Kieran Rooney
Erin Patterson.
Mushroom trial

Erin Patterson trial recap: What happened on each day of the death cap mushroom case

Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder after allegedly serving poisonous mushrooms in a beef Wellington for lunch.

Developer Hilton Grugeon offered John Pesutto a lifeline – with conditions.
Opinion
Liberal Party

This developer wants to keep Pesutto on a leash. What’s worse, Liberals are entertaining the idea

  • by Chip Le Grand
A man gestures as he waits to board a migrant dinghy to sail into the English Channel on June 17, 2025 in Gravelines, France. A record number of migrants have made the illegal crossing from France to the UK via small boats so far this year. Figures surpassed the 16,000 mark last week, which is 42% more than the same point last year.
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World in pictures

World in pictures, June 18, 2025

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A car being towed from a clearway zone on Sydney Road in Brunswick in 2024.
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Local council

This council overcharged up to $12m in parking fines for a decade. Here’s how to get your money back

  • by Kieran Rooney

Crime & Courts

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