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Knight and defending world jousting champion Phillip Leitch retains his title in medieval-style tournament

World jousting champion Phillip Leitch of Kryal Castle, near Ballarat, defeats challengers from as far away as the Netherlands, Russia and Canada to claim the title for another year.





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Doctor Christopher Kwan Chen Lee, who said some women deserve to be raped, suspended indefinitely

A Melbourne doctor is banned from practising after sparking outrage with online chat room posts, including one that said "some women deserve to be raped" and another that said his marriage "would end in murder" if it fell apart.






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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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Death of Yallourn power station worker Graeme Edwards caused by equipment fault says Energy Australia

Energy Australia finds a unit controller at the Yallourn power station, Graeme Edwards, 54, was doing nothing wrong when he was fatally injured performing a routine task in November last year.



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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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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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Costs and weather hit dairy farmer confidence and profits

Costs are eroding Australian dairy farmers profit and hitting confidence, with the number of farmers positive about the industry the lowest in 15 years. Poor seasonal conditions are mostly to blame, with high feed and irrigation water costs.






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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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Wayne Thorpe Bung Yarnda

Wayne Thorpe Bung Yarnda






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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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Ada Conroy




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Ada Conroy




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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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Mobile church ministers keep country town congregations coming back

As congregations dwindle in small country towns, priests and ministers are taking to the road to service multiple small communities.




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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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Krystal De Napoli



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lake tyers sky



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Lake Tyers Moon



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Wayne Thorpe



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Krystal De Napoli says descriptions of variable stars date back thousands of years in Indigenous oral history



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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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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.






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Search for missing Melbourne man Jeremy Boyden in Victoria's high country enters fourth day

The search for missing hiker Jeremy Boyden and his dog Rocky enters its fourth day, as rescue teams focus on searching the large network of alpine huts scattered across Victoria's high country amid worsening weather.




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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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90-year-old graduate from Bairnsdale says it's never too late to study

After receiving her master's degree at the age of 90, Lorna Prendergast hopes her story encourages people to recognise that age is no barrier to learning.











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Greens pioneer Deb Foskey faces fight of her life tackling cancer in the wake of house fire

Deb Foskey has survived the death of her teenage son, a career in politics, the threat of bushfire which has just claimed her home but now she faces the toughest fight of her life.





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Historic boat saved from rot and ruin on Sydney Harbour returned home to Metung for restoration

A wooden ketch picked up on eBay for $4,128 is returning to its namesake home of Metung to be restored by members of the family and community that built her.




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Ninety Mile Beach land dispute nears end with order for rates refund and compulsory buyout

It was spruiked as Victoria's own Gold Coast, but people who bought land along Ninety Mile Beach in the 1950s could never build on their blocks.




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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.