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In the wake of One Nation’s rise, readers argue more scrutiny is needed on the party’s policies - or the lack of them.

Louise felt lonely after being released from prison, but a role at a Canterbury dog-grooming salon has helped her make friends and learn new skills.

At least 60 sex predators have been identified committing sexual assaults, grooming and abusing children and manufacturing child abuse material while under the supervision of the state’s Sex Offenders Register.

A decaying whale carcass forced authorities to temporarily close the world-famous beach due to concerns sharks could follow the carcass into the local waters.

The planning minister will decide the fate of a $35 million apartment development which the council says is too big and out of character with the mansions that will be its neighbours.

Police were called to Ascot Vale shortly after midnight where they found former boxer Hussein Dehaini with gunshot wounds in a suspected targeted attack

But fading “social licence” and data centre boom complicate Victoria’s green energy switch.