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The $1 bargain that's now a multi-million dollar heritage tram restoration centre

A regional Victorian city that nearly lost its tram network in the 1970s is set to become a national hub for historic tram restoration.




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Photographer Kristan Emerson is legally blind, experiences the world as bright, colourful place

Amateur photographer Kristan Emerson is legally blind and is helping other people with visual impairments to experience travel and foreign cultures through his eyes.




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Australia's largest solar and battery farm



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Australia's largest solar and battery farm opens in Kerang, improves energy security

Australia's largest integrated battery and solar farm in Victoria's north can power 16,000 homes. It was officially opened today.




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Man to be charged with manslaughter as police search for body of missing partner

A Victorian man is expected to be charged with the manslaughter of his 35-year-old partner Shae Francis, who was last seen when she visited her mother at the Hervey Bay Hospital in October.




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Animal cruelty investigation launched over video showing treatment of chickens at Victorian poultry farm

Footage from a Victorian poultry farm, released by animal activists, appears to show workers stretching the necks of chickens and throwing them onto a concrete floor.









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The cold snap brought a winter wonderland to southern Victoria

Snow was recorded in Ballarat, Kyneton and the Dandenongs as cold air washes over the state.




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Victoria's regional general stores face challenge of shrinking populations

They are the lifeblood of Australia's smaller regional towns, selling everything from ammunition to bread, but what's it really like behind the counter at a country town's local store?




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Lawyers experience high rates of anxiety and depression, survey finds

Balancing the scales of justice is an onerous responsibility for legal professionals when the freedom, futures, families, and finances of their clients are on the line.






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Tanya Day inquest hears police officer took her to police station as 'last resort'

A police officer involved in the arrest of Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day defends taking her back to the police station where she later sustained a fatal head injury, saying officers had exhausted all other options.





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Haberdashery owner Fiona Leehane at her shop Alice in Fabricland, Kyneton Victoria




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Horn v Zerafa 'ring girls' replaced with men as promoter slams 'age of outrage'

The Horn v Zerafa bout promoter brings in male "fight progress managers" to replace female ring card carriers, much to the Bendigo crowd's displeasure, as local councillors call the use of "ring girls" outdated and misogynist.




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Balloon football brings out the competitive side in players with disabilities vying for the grand final

For players of the Balloon Football League, or BFL, the passion and competitiveness is just as intense as AFL the only difference being the players are disabled.




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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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Ultima man found not guilty of murder or manslaughter

A northern Victorian man has walked free after 21 months in custody after he was found not guilty of murdering a man with a machete on Boxing Day two years ago on grounds of self-defence.




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Terror accused pretended to plan attack on left-wing targets to expose police 'mole', court hears

A court is told a Melbourne man only pretended to plan for terrorist attacks to expose a "mole" he thought was embroiled in a police conspiracy against right-wing groups.




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Diana learned to drive in an 'old bomb'. Decades later, she's headed back to school

A refresher course is helping older drivers increase their confidence and safety on the road, often many decades after they first sat a licence test. But when the time comes, how do you tell a loved one it might be time to give up driving for good?





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Latrobe Valley workers' co-op opens own factory in a bid to create new jobs

Since the privatisation of Victoria's coal-fired power stations in the 1990s, the Latrobe Valley has struggled with high unemployment. But a workers' group has decided not to wait around for new jobs to appear.




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South Gippsland council sacked: One councillor on drugs charges, another accused of misusing position

The Victorian Government said ongoing conflict between councillors had reduced the respect for, and standing of, the council in the community.




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Latrobe Valley workers face legacy of unstable work two years after Hazelwood closure

Two years after the Hazelwood power station closed, less than half the displaced workers in Victoria's Latrobe Valley have found full-time work.





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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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Yarn-bombers knit giant technicolour dream coat for vintage locomotive at Walhalla

A collective of industrious Gippsland knitters has banded together to 'yarn bomb' Walhalla's historic train, in the hope of raising $230,000 to bring the vintage engine back to service.




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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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Lake Tyers, a popular fishing and camping spot for thousands of years, faces environmental pressures

Bung Yarnda, also known as Lake Tyers, has a rich Indigenous history as a fishing and camping place for Gunai clans in east Victoria. Now a thriving coastal town, the area faces the pressures of population growth.



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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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Pelican tagged in Gippsland Lakes research project sighted in NSW, 700kms away

A pelican banded as part of a research project in Victoria last year, and last seen in March, is spotted more than 700 kilometres away in northern New South Wales.




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Lake Tyers Moon



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Indian Catholic priest who claims parents' sins cause autism in children cancels Australia tour

An Indian Catholic priest who claims parents' adultery and masturbation causes autism in children, and who claims to have "cured" autism through prayer, cancels a series of religious retreats in Australia.





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Gippsland farmers are struggling through a green drought and say outsiders 'don't understand'

The paddocks of Gippsland look green, but farmers are still in drought and have lost as much as 70 per cent of their regular income.