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Winds of more than 100km\h have felled trees and damaged buildings across Victoria overnight, as emergency services say some people should reconsider unnecessary travel.

The state will again be blasted by destructive winds, prompting warnings against travel overnight – but relief from squally conditions is in sight.

Fighting within the board became so acrimonious, members called in a mediator and adopted a safe word popularised by Hollywood as a last resort.

Fighting within the board became so acrimonious, members called in a mediator and adopted a safe word popularised by Hollywood as a last resort.

Age readers react strongly to proposed revamp of planning regulations.

The state will again be blasted by destructive winds, prompting warnings against travel overnight – but relief from squally conditions is in sight.

Many people chose to spend the first day of spring – also Father’s Day – surrounded by blooming flowers at Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens.

Melbourne families are paying thousands of dollars for exam coaching to gain entry to selective schools or scholarship programs at private schools.

A nondescript underpass has become a lightning rod for a collision of big ideas about high-density housing, population boom, and a future built on rail. But in Cheltenham, the car is king.

Andreas Triantafyllos siphoned almost $700,000 from secret bank accounts, and also failed to explain how he obtained and disposed of a high-performance sports car.

George Szego brought powerful insights on the nature of desire, the trauma of migration and the long shadow of history’s worst genocide.

The state will again be blasted by destructive winds, prompting warnings against travel overnight – but relief from squally conditions is in sight.

The state will again be blasted by destructive winds, prompting warnings against travel overnight – but relief from squally conditions is in sight.