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Lisa Curry: I quit alcohol after spending a night in hospital

Former golden girl of the pool Lisa Curry has revealed the moment that prompted her to give up alcohol.

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Households could be stung more under push to scrap council rates cap

Victorian councils could be allowed to charge residents more amid the cost-of-living crisis after an ALP policy committee recommended a cap on rate hikesbe loosened — and then dumped.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos 22 OCTOBER 2021 : Victorian Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton and Victorian Premier Dan Andrews at the press conference announcing the states latest Covid-19 cases on the first day of opening up again from lockdown. Picture : NCA NewsWire / Ian Currie

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‘Lone Ranger’: Dan slammed over Covid curfew after explosive doc released

The draconian decision to make millions of Melburnians live under a Covid curfew was not based on medical advice, according to an explosive document released this week after a 4½-year legal fight.

MELBOURNE, NOVEMBER 20, 2024: New Yarra mayor Stephen Jolly and deputy mayor Sarah McKenzie outside Richmond Town Hall. Picture: Mark Stewart

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City of Yarra residents to be slugged with rate rise

City of Yarra property owners will be hit with a three per cent rate rise in a move the mayor says is justified as it focuses on “delivering more projects and services for locals”.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL 18, 2025: Police at the corner of Albert and Paisley Streets in Footscray where a man was fatal shot after charging at officers with a knife. Picture: NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Police who shot dead man in Footscray did not have Tasers, union says

Two police officers who shot dead a knife-wielding man in Footscray on Thursday night were not equipped with Tasers, the union claims, as an investigation into the death gets underway.

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Friday 18 April 2025. Former Geelong AFL player Tom Hawkins plays with the Finley Cats senior football team against Deniliquin Rams, at the Finley Recreation Reserve in Finley, NSW. Picture: Alex Coppel.

Promise of a ‘saucy’ pie sees Tom Hawkins return to play at Finley

Former Geelong great Tom Hawkins has returned to play at Finley for the first time since he was 16, with the hopes of inspiring other young players — and scoring a meat pie with special sauce.

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Diamond Valley Special Developmental School in Greensborough is facing allegations of failing to provide a safe learning environment, after a girl was sexually assaulted by a male peer twice. Picture: Supplied

Specialist teacher’s Only Fans account sparks complaint

The discovery of a specialist teacher at Diamond Valley Special Development School running an adult fetish Only Fans account has triggered a formal complaint to the Department of Education.

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APRIL 19, 2025: screen grab from 9news of Parsa after he was found in Olinda., Sourced 9news

‘Just miraculous’: Six-year-old who vanished in Dandenongs found by passing teen

A teenage mountain biker has been hailed by police, rescue crews and family members after he found a six-year-old-boy — who has autism — who had been missing in the Dandenongs overnight.

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Nova Peris backs #STANDUPTOHATE campaign

Nova’s plea: Join us and take a stand against hatred

Olympian Nova Peris and 12 other prominent Aussies have backed a new campaign urging all Australians to stand up together to restore the peaceful harmony that makes us the envy of the world.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 18 2025Tony Mokbel and his partner hold hands while walking down the street, stopping into a local bakery to get a coffee.Tony Mokbel spent his first Good Friday out of jail, first checking into a police station before trying to visit his local shopping centre which was closed, then walking down to a local bakery to get a coffee, holding hands with his partner as they walked down the street. They then stopped into a service station where Tony bought bottles of water and a copy of todayÃs Herald Sun before going to a Good Friday church service.After Church they went to Blu fish and chip shop for lunchPicture: Brendan Beckett

Mokbel enjoys Good Friday with mystery partner as he laps up freedom

Tony Mokbel has been spotted enjoying his new-found freedom on Good Friday, picking up a copy of the Herald Sun before heading to church and tucking into fish and chips with his partner.

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