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Veteran Robert Milton uses art as therapy




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Victorian councils sending thousands of tonnes of recyclables to landfill as waste crisis deepens

A local council warns Victoria's "culture of recycling" is at risk as the state's waste crisis deepens and an estimated 780 rubbish trucks' worth of recyclable material is sent to landfill in a week.





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Worker injured in alleged assault at Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre

A man in his 40s suffers non-life-threatening injuries after he is allegedly assaulted by a young person at the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre in central Victoria.




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Teenage sex victim says he's 'lost his best friend' as mum he met on Overwatch sentenced

A Victorian woman who entered a sexualised relationship with a 14-year-old WA boy has been jailed but immediately released after a judge deemed her past had left her with "clouded boundaries".




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Driver set to avoid jail over death of professional cyclist Jason Lowndes

A judge indicates a woman who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving over the death of cyclist Jason Lowndes, who was killed when he was struck from behind while on a training run in 2017, is unlikely to go to jail.




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Textile artist Annemieke Mein loses her sense of touch to rare autoimmune disease

An autoimmune disease that has robbed textile artist Annemieke Mein of her sense of touch will not stop the ecologist, collector, researcher, and activist.





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Drought eats into Australia's agri-accounts as we import grain, deal with 25-year low cattle herds and spiralling water costs

From sky-high water costs to prohibitively expensive livestock feed, new forecasts show how drought will impact Australia's exports and agricultural production.




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Steelvision Morwell's $400,000 grant just months from collapse has Opposition calling for answers

The Victorian Opposition says the Government needs to release reports into how Steelvision got a grant to set up in the Latrobe Valley months before it went into administration, leaving millions in debt.




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Influenza outbreak kills 37 Victorians, including hospital worker in state's east

James Day died from complications caused by influenza eight days after he was admitted to hospital in eastern Victoria. He is one of 37 people killed so far this year.




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Two-year fight at Esso's Longford gas plant ends with union-backed deal

A protest by Victorian oil and gas workers over pay and conditions at Esso's offshore operations has come to an end more than 700 days after workers first set up a picket line at the company's Longford gas plant.




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AGL holds off plans to mothball gas-fired Torrens Island Power Station ahead of summer

Electricity giant AGL holds off plans to mothball parts of the gas-fired Torrens Island Power Station in Adelaide in a bid to prevent outages over summer caused by an ongoing outage at Victoria's Loy Yang Power Station.




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Workers exposed to asbestos at the Jeeralang power station in the Latrobe Valley

At least two workers have been exposed to asbestos at the Jeeralang power station in the Latrobe Valley, east of Melbourne.






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'As long as we can see the sky, we can see our stories': Indigenous Australians first to discover variable stars

Traditional custodian at the Aboriginal Trust in Lake Tyers Victoria, Wayne Thorpe, is learning as much about the traditional science and stories of the stars as he can.



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Australian-made GippsAero GA8 aircraft grounded after nine die in Sweden plane crash

Aviation authorities ground an Australian-made aircraft that Swedish investigators believe may have broken up mid-flight in Sweden, leading to the deaths of nine people.




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Competition for milk fierce as rival dairy processors flag interest in Bega Valley

For the first time, dairy farmers in the Bega Valley could have the opportunity to supply the fresh milk market as Lactalis and Saputo look to secure new suppliers.





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Little penguins in need of more rehabilitation jumpers in case of oil spill

Little penguins can be susceptible to oil spills and when that happens they head to Phillip Island to get clean again, but not before being fitted out with special "rehabilitation jumpers".




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Island holiday destinations in all shapes and sizes that don't require your passport

With more than 8,200 islands sprawled around Australia, there's a good chance you can't name them all so we've listed some of them to inspire your next getaway.




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Two-car crash in Cranbourne leaves two dead and more badly injured

Police allege a stolen vehicle collided with another car on the South Gippsland Highway yesterday afternoon.



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Wool growers turn to freezing as retailers go cold on controversial mulesing

A Victorian vet believes he has found a solution to one of the wool industry's biggest hurdles: surgical mulesing.




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Man and woman arrested over toddler's death in Melbourne's south-east

A neighbour describes hearing a man screaming to be handed the phone on the afternoon a two-year-old boy died in Melbourne's outer-south-east. Police have arrested a man and a woman over the death.




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Langwarrin toddler Jaidyn Gomes's mother speaks as Brendan Pallant charged with murder

The mother of a two-year-old boy who died in Melbourne's outer-south-east on Monday speaks of her grief as the man charged with his murder is remanded in custody.




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ExxonMobil to sell all of its oil and gas assets in the Gippsland Basin

The global energy giant ExxonMobil has announced it will sell all of its assets in the Gippsland Basin, off Victoria's south-east coast. The sale includes offshore oil and gas platforms, the Longford gas plants and the Long Island Point plant near Hastings.




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Coastal Gippsland residents raise concerns about Star of the South, Australia's largest wind farm

An offshore wind farm proposed for regional Victoria will power almost a fifth of the state's electrical needs, but coastal residents says they are concerned about rising costs and fishing exclusion zones.







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Victorian hospital security guard awarded $31K payout in unfair dismissal case

Latrobe Regional Hospital in Victoria's Gippsland has been ordered to pay more than $31,000 to a former security guard who was sacked last year.




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Mysteries of Amazon shipwreck at Inverloch unravelling as erosion and wild weather reveals more

Storms and erosion at Inverloch reveal never-before-seen parts of a 155-year-old shipwreck, the Amazon.






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Gippsland teenager Mubasshir Murshed's parabola equation published in academic journal

A teenager from Gippsland in Victoria has written an equation that has been published in a national academic journal a major achievement for one so young.





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Species of grasshopper not seen since 1960s rediscovered in Gippsland

A species of grasshopper that has not been seen in Victoria since the 1960s is rediscovered at Omeo in East Gippsland.





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Victoria announces drought support for East and Central Gippsland, Millewa communities

Farmers struggling in the driest parts of Victoria will have access to an extra $31m in relief funds, days after the Federal Government announced an extension in drought support.




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Kangaroo pet food culling program to remain in Victoria, but red tape has farmers concerned

Victoria finally has a permanent kangaroo pet food program, but farmers are concerned red tape will result in carcasses left to rot in paddocks.




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Victorian treaty vote for First Peoples' Assembly delivers a different kind of state election

A special kind of election is unfolding across Victoria as the Aboriginal communities taking part in the treaty process cast their votes to elect a First Peoples' Assembly.




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Boys encouraged to dance 'as superheroes' sees figures slowly rising

The Australian Dancing Institute is encouraging more boys to take up dancing, to break down the stigma attached to male dancers.




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Woman refused mammogram, told she was 'too young', then diagnosed with breast cancer

A 33-year-old Victorian woman who was repeatedly denied breast screenings because of her age is urging other women to "follow their instincts" after being diagnosed with cancer.




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Private jetty ban to respond to coastal erosion and climate change in Victoria

A draft Victorian Government policy rocks the boat, by banning any new private jetties along the Victorian coast.




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Samantha Fraser lived in 'constant fear' before alleged murder by former husband, court hears

A Victorian court is told a psychologist who was found dead in her garage last year saw signs her husband was becoming a "dangerous person" and took precautions to protect herself and her children before he allegedly killed her.