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More – and bigger -- cars on the roads means pedestrians are at greater risk of serious injury.

New Year’s resolutions are a good if minor example of our need for optimism. They speak of a sense of hope that we can change ourselves. And in changing ourselves we can change the world.

Twenty joeys found refuge from the Boxing Day fire conditions inside the home of a shelter operator.

Age readers react to the changes within the state Liberal Party.

Haileybury Girls College, a consistently top-ranked VCE school, came in at equal seventh this year among the 50 best performers from the independent and Catholic sector.

The man was sitting on a couch inside a Mount Helen home when he was allegedly attacked.

Emergency services attempted to revive the man, who died at a Mount Helen property on Saturday morning. 

Authorities are warning property loss numbers are expected to increase as assessments continue.

Emergency services attempted to revive a man who died at a Mount Helen property on Saturday morning.