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Bendigo fireground clean-up finally approved
Bendigo 3550 The long-awaited clean-up of contaminated land burnt by the Black Saturday bushfire in Bendigo is expected to start soon, following a review of the proposal.Authorities held a meeting with nearby residents on Tuesday night to confirm a plan to revegetate the former gold mining area has been approved.People in West Bendigo have been campaigning since the February 2009 fire for ...
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Essendon AFL player stabbed two arrested
Essendon expect AFL utility Nathan Lovett-Murray to make a quick and full recovery after being stabbed. The 30-year-old 143-game player was in Royal Melbourne Hospital on Wednesday receiving treatment to a right arm injury after Tuesday night's incident. Bombers chief executive Ian Robson said the club's understanding was that the stabbing happened at the home of Lovett-Murray's ...
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Melbourne drug company sheds 120 jobs
Boronia 3155 Pharmaceutical company Glaxo Smith Kline has announced it will stop packaging pill and tablet medicines in Melbourne.The company says it will shed 120 jobs as a result of what it calls the "continuing challenges" in the Australian operating environment.The drug company says the move is part of what it calls a "business transformation"No timetable has been given ...
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Police claim breakthrough in bikie war investigation
Melton 3337 Victorian Police say they have made a significant breakthrough in their investigation into a feud between rival outlaw motorcycle gangs.Police warned the public of escalating tensions between the Hells Angels and Bandidos bikie clubs after Bandidos enforcer Toby Mitchell was shot during a fight at Melton, west of Melbourne, in March.Police established operation resound to deal with ...
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Motorcycle rider killed in Hawthorn crash
Hawthorn 3122 Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash at Hawthorn this morning.A motorcyclist was killed when his bike and a van collided on Burwood Road in Hawthorn just after 6:00am (AEST).The driver of the van was not ...
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New charges laid against MP Craig Thomson
Melbourne 3000 Nineteen new charges have been laid against independent MP Craig Thomson, who is appearing in the Melbourne Magistrates Court today.The court confirmed the new charges have been laid, in addition to the 154 fraud charges laid earlier this year.Thomson is accused of using Health Service Union (HSU) credit cards to pay for prostitutes, hotels, and flights along with other personal ...
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Essendon AFL player in hospital after stabbing
ESSENDON footballer Nathan Lovett-Murray was stabbed at his girlfriend's house in Reservoir last night when he "defended himself" during a domestic incident involving her ex-boyfriend and another ...
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Essendon player Nathan Lovett-Murray stabbed
AFL player Nathan Lovett-Murray is in hospital after he was allegedly stabbed last night in Melbourne's northern suburbs.The Bombers midfielder was reportedly stabbed in the arm after a domestic incident turned violent at a property in Reservoir.Police were called to the incident involving three men on Wright Street at around 10.10pm last night.The 30-year-old player is currently in surgery ...
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Legal action over lack of plan for threatened species
Sale 3850 An environment group in Gippsland has launched legal action against the Department of Environment and Primary Industries.Environment East Gippsland alleges the department has breached the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act by not preparing conservation plans for four threatened species; the glossy black cockatoo, the large brown tree frog, the long-nosed potoroo and the eastern she-oak ...
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Man arrested over footpath hit run
Noble Park 3174 Police have arrested a man following an alleged hit and run at Noble Park in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs yesterday.Emergency services were called to Chandler Road after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle while walking on the footpath.The 27-year-old Noble Park man was taken to the Alfred Hospital with serious injuries.A 21-year-old Meadow Heights man is assisting ...
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Essendon close to Watson deal
Essendon is close to re-signing skipper and club favourite son Jobe Watson, a restricted free agent at season's end, on a long-term contract. The Bombers have been in ''deep discussions'' with Watson's management about a new deal for the 28-year-old Brownlow medallist and captain, who will be re-contracted on either a three or four-year deal. Watson is likely to ...
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Scott confident Harry will stay
GEELONG coach Chris Scott has challenged opposition clubs to "go their hardest'' in trying to lure Harry Taylor away from Simonds ...
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Edwards proud to take centre stage
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Harry happy at Catland
GEELONG coach Chris Scott has challenged opposition clubs to "go their hardest'' in trying to lure Harry Taylor away from Simonds ...
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Jacobs ready for Daw challenge
Adelaide ruckman Sam Jacobs says he has refined his role in the side in the past few weeks after enduring a drop in form earlier in the season.The man who was only just edged for All-Australian ruck honours in 2012 by West Coast's Nic Naitanui began this season in underwhelming fashion - and unsurprisingly, the Crows' form has mirrored the influence, or lack of, from the former Blue in ...
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Pies hope for Daisy finals return
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Melbourne will be IT capital of country
Melbourne has been selected by the federal government as the location where the NBN’s operations centre will be headquartered, setting the stage for the city to become the IT, technology and communications capital of Australia.
Melbourne has a long-running rivalry with Sydney and, to a lesser degree, Perth. The two biggest cities in Australia competed intensely to be designated the capital in the early 20th century and Canberra was built from scratch and designated the national capital in large part because of such rivalry, but now Melbourne is set to have something that Sydney will not, the city has been officially chosen as the centre of operations for the ground-breaking National Broadband Network. Analysts and city leaders see the decision as one which will in time make Melbourne the IT hub of the country. Read more
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