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Kevin Rudd accuses John Setka of damaging Labor's "brand"

The former prime minister says the CMMFEU should consider the wider implications of the controversy.



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Police hunt brothers who allegedly launched 'despicable' attack on off-duty policeman

Assistant Commissioner Bob Hill urged two brothers who allegedly assaulted off-duty Assistant Commissioner Chris O'Neill near a Melbourne train station to turn themselves in.




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Police wish to speak to anyone who can identify this man

Victoria Police has re-released footage of a man investigators wish to speak to about the assault on June 9, 2018.




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Greek cafes, like the Rose Marie in Orange, served food and fantasy that changed cultural face of Australia

The Greek diaspora was a phenomenon that became an important part of our multicultural history and brought with it an innate understanding of what made for a first-class dining experience.




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Tiny wasps show some success in fight to save Christmas Island's red crabs from crazy ants

A tiny wasp enlisted to save Christmas Island's famous red crabs from extinction is showing promising results in the battle against the crustaceans' crazy ant foes.







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Laverton's nocturnal cow problem and the two men who took matters into their own hands

When an outback town in WA was faced with the unusual problem of cows leaving their paddocks and roaming their streets by night in search of food, two men were tasked with doing something about it.










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Gold miner fined $150,000 over death of worker, the third fatality in six-year span at Central Norseman mine

The owners of the mothballed Central Norseman gold mine in WA have been fined over the death of a worker fatally crushed in 2016.




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'It's time': End of an era as brothel madam puts historic Kalgoorlie bordello on the market

Seven years after closing the doors of her famous Kalgoorlie brothel, madam Mary-Anne Kenworthy has listed the property for sale, marking the end of an era for the historic red-light district.










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Kalgoorlie-Boulder council votes to give staff access to ratepayer funds for defamation cases

A council in regional Western Australia is the latest to join the list of local governments around the country to allow ratepayer money to fund defamation action against members of the public.





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Woman charged over 1995 murder of baby boy in the WA mining town of Kambalda

A woman, who was 14 at the time, has been charged with the murder of a baby boy in 1995 in outback Western Australia.





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Komatsu blames typo for workers' bonus bungle that falls foul of Fair Work Act

A Japanese multinational agreed to pay its workers a 2 per cent annual bonus. It ended up in court blaming an errant keystroke after filing paperwork agreeing to pay a 10 per cent bonus.




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Man convicted of gold theft claims he found $35,000 of high-grade concentrate at rubbish tip

Police say half a tonne of gold concentrate found in a Kalgoorlie man's backyard came from a commercial mine. The 48-year-old says he found it at the local rubbish tip.







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Council threatens man living in caravan on his own property with legal action, fines of up to $50,000

A 60-year-old man living in a caravan in outback WA faces legal action and fines of up to $50,000 from his local council after erecting a shade structure without a building permit.






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CEO of Victoria Police Legacy, Lex de Man, says the fallen police officers will never be forgotten

Mr de Man has encouraged the community to thank their police officers for the work they do.




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Malcolm Turnbull airs scathing criticism of former colleagues

"Emotional, narcissistic and untrustworthy": Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull joins Raf to discuss his new book 'A Bigger Picture' which provides a no-holds-barred assessment of his former political colleagues.




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Wet winter forecast should be good news for farmers, but they remain cautious about modelling

There's growing consensus among weather forecasting models that Australia could be in for a wet winter. But what do farmers think?




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Man accused of stealing a spa from dead workmate denied bail

A man accused of stealing a six-person spa and a car from the home of a dead work colleague has been denied bail due to his ongoing drug habit.




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Judge slams Gippsland Grammar as tutor jailed for underage sex with student

The Victorian County Court criticises Gippsland Grammar for not sacking a 21-year-old tutor months before he had sex with an underage student.




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Why this former drug cop turned to the black market to get help for his war-veteran son's PTSD

Max Hill spent his police career hunting cannabis suppliers. Now he's seeking drug dealers out again, but this time as a customer — to help his son David ease his post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms.




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A 47-year-old man has been arrested and charged over the deaths of four police officers.

A 47-year-old Cranbourne man who was behind the wheel of a truck that hit and killed four police officers on April 22, 2020 was arrested and charged on April 26, 2020.




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Victoria will aim to test 100,000 people in two weeks before a decision is made on easing stage three restrictions.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says plans are underway to test 100,000 people over the next fortnight for COVID-19 in order to make an informed decision on which restrictions could be rolled back after the state of emergency ends on May 11.



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Human waste could lead to huge increase in crop yields, research trial finds

Researchers in Victoria are experimenting with biosolids in a bid to improve farm productivity, and the results are very promising so far.