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Readers respond to how the education system treats children with autism.

The last time Victoria experienced such a prolonged heatwave was 2009, when Black Saturday saw the Mallee record 12 days above 40 degrees. Follow our rolling coverage.

As crews try to contain blazes in the Otways, Victoria’s fire chief has warned about the tinder-dry conditions.

As crews try to contain blazes in the Otways, Victoria’s fire chief has warned over the tinder-dry conditions.

A Daylesford shop almost had to close for good after a donation resulted in bedbugs running up the arms of a volunteer.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors

Tumbleweeds are filling up the streets of the outer west, blocking doorways and covering front yards for metres, creating fuel for potential fires.

School yards buzzed with excitement as many of the 79,000 preps starting at government schools arrived for their first day.

The abduction of Karmein Chan in 1991 changed Melbourne forever. Veteran crime reporter John Silvester talks to the police officer who was first on the scene, and first to question the “Mr Cruel” theory.

A nursing student asked a Facebook group for a question about an exam she had already taken. Then she was accused of cheating.

The driver who crashed into diners outside a Daylesford pub during a medical episode will be compelled to testify at an inquest after trying to avoid it.