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There is little evidence that a party which has malingered in opposition for all but four years this century is ready to start making a compelling case for change.

Industry insiders estimate the payout could significantly exceed the $1.1 billion it cost the Andrews government to cancel the East West Link.

Two determined principals dramatically turned around the culture of a school where student and educators’ physical and mental health, plus academic records, had been plummeting.

Age readers respond to the latest developments, of lack of them, during the election campaign.

Whittlesea Mayor Aidan McLindon, a former Freedom Party candidate, called a press conference outside Victorian parliament to fiercely deny the allegations.

The childcare operator says the contamination risk for children or workers is low, after heavy metals were found below a kindergarten area.

The man who killed a 40-year-old father who caught him trying to break into his car could be out of jail within five years.

A man who killed a 40-year-old father who caught him trying to break into his car could be out of jail within five years.

Two determined principals dramatically turned around the culture of a school where student and educators’ physical and mental health, plus academic records, had been plummeting.

The embalmer at a funeral home at the centre of a defamation case has rejected suggestions her preparation room was “disgraceful” after a court was shown images of bodies stacked on trays.

The primary school teacher sexually assaulted one of his victims every day for two terms.

The primary school teacher allegedly sexually assaulted a child every day for two terms.

Cindy Crossthwaite was murdered by her estranged husband, Emil Petrov, at her Melton South home in 2007.

The parents of the three-year-old child killed last week have issued a heart-wrenching statement about their “most beautiful child”.

The childcare operator says the contamination risk for children or workers is low, after heavy metals were found below a kindergarten area.

Aidan McLindon has been suspended from his role as a Whittlesea councillor over repeated allegations of poor behaviour and claims he made staff feel unsafe.

A judge has lashed online betting agencies for actively feeding the 32-year-old’s addiction after he defrauded millions from his partner, cousins and close friends.

Cindy Crossthwaite was murdered by her estranged husband Emil Petrov at her Melton South home in 2007.

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