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A 47-year-old man will front court after three teenagers witnessed a fatal attack on a 51-year-old woman inside her Bayswater home.

Firefighters are trying to contain a bushfire near the Great Ocean Road, while a blaze near the South Australian border has destroyed at least one home.

Crews will navigate difficult terrain as they try to contain a bushfire near the Great Ocean Road, which has prompted warnings to residents and tourists.

Hikers on the Great Ocean Walk have been urged to seek refuge while residents were told to flee or risk their lives as a bushfire bears down on the Great Ocean Road.

More than 20,000 violent incidents took place at Victorian health services last year. The situation has prompted doctors, nurses and midwives to call for urgent action.

Allegations that a group of doctors has been cheating patients has prompted calls for a public register of those cheating.

The debacle in this year’s VCE exams has caused readers to respond.

A pilot and two passengers have died in a plane crash in eastern Victoria.

Firefighters are braced for some of the bushfires that have broken out across western Victoria to worsen overnight, with hot and windy conditions expected in parts of the state on Sunday.

Firefighters are braced for some of the bushfires that have broken out across western Victoria to worsen overnight, with hot and windy conditions expected in parts of the state on Sunday.

Three teenage witnesses were at the Bayswater home at the time of the stabbing, with one receiving a minor injury.

After hot and windy conditions across the state, bushfires have broken out in multiple locations across Victoria’s west, south-west and north-west, threatening small communities.

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After hot and windy conditions across the state, bushfires have broken out in multiple locations across Victoria’s west, south-west and north-west, threatening small communities.

Out of control blazes are threatening several towns and rural communities on Saturday afternoon.

Out of control blazes are threatening several towns and rural communities on Saturday afternoon.

Emergency Management Victoria say the town about 100km west of Melbourne is at risk and “could be impacted anytime”.

Residents in several communities in Victoria’s west have been told to leave their homes immediately due to bushfires that are not yet under control.

Three teenage witnesses were at the Bayswater home at the time of the stabbing, with one receiving a minor injury.

Emergency services said conditions in Gellibrand, a town of some 230 people near Colac, could worsen quickly due to a bushfire that is not yet under control.

Australians who have had surgery in private hospitals are being urged to check their bills after a whistleblower alleged dozens of doctors have been engaging in systematic fraud and double-dipping.

Australians who have had surgery in private hospitals are being urged to check their bills after a whistleblower alleged dozens of doctors have been engaging in systematic fraud and double-dipping.