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Swans round out preseason with romp

March 12, 2010 22:00:00

Sydney will take some confidence into round one of the AFL season after demolishing North Melbourne by 42 points in their last preseason match at Narrandera in southern New South Wales.[MORE]

Tags: sport, australian-football-league, australia, nsw, narrandera-2700, sydney-2000, vic, north-melbourne-3051

Saints and Lovett still at loggerheads

March 12, 2010 20:00:00

St Kilda says a mediation process with sacked midfielder Andrew Lovett could not reach a resolution.[MORE]

Tags: sport, australian-football-league, australia, vic, melbourne-3000, st-kilda-3182

Little-known Italian leads Women's Open

March 12, 2010 19:01:00

Italian Giulia Sergas had the last laugh in the second round of the Women's Australian Open, emerging from four hours of karma-tinged golf to lead by three shots heading into the weekend.[MORE]

Tags: sport, golf, australia, vic, melbourne-3000

Women on pill may live longer

March 12, 2010 17:15:00

Australian experts are divided over fresh British research which says the pill is good for women.[MORE]

Tags: health, reproduction-and-contraception, contraception, womens-health, australia, vic, melbourne-3000, united-kingdom

Vics enter final on back of big win

March 12, 2010 17:00:00

Victoria will play host to next week's Sheffield Shield final after crushing Tasmania in their last-round game at the MCG on Friday.Queensland's defeat to Western Australia at the Gabba guaranteed the Bulls would travel to Melbourne for the season decider, starting on Wednesday.[MORE]

Tags: sport, cricket, australia, tas, hobart-7000, vic, melbourne-3000

Bushrangers close in on huge win

March 12, 2010 13:42:00

Victoria was dismissed for 382 on the third morning of its Sheffield Shield clash at the MCG before ripping through Tasmania's second innings.[MORE]

Tags: sport, cricket, australia, tas, hobart-7000, vic, melbourne-3000

Premier says relatives are 'exemplary' employees

March 12, 2010 13:42:00

The Premier, John Brumby is defending the employment of several of his relatives in Labor offices.[MORE]

Tags: government-and-politics, state-parliament, states-and-territories, vic, melbourne-3000

Davies still in charge at Open

March 12, 2010 12:46:00

Britain's Laura Davies continues to set the pace in the second round of the Women's Australian Open at Melbourne's Commonwealth Golf Club.[MORE]

Tags: sport, golf, australia, vic, melbourne-3000

SES almost finished storm clean-up

March 12, 2010 12:22:00

The State Emergency Service (SES) says it will complete all repair jobs from last Saturday's freak hail storm by this weekend. [MORE]

Tags: human-interest, animals, vic, burwood-east-3151, north-melbourne-3051

Chinese visitor numbers soar

March 12, 2010 12:15:00

New figures show Victoria is attracting more tourists from New Zealand, China and the United Kingdom than from any other country.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, tourism, vic, melbourne-3000, china, new-zealand, united-kingdom

MPs walk out of Madden email inquiry

March 12, 2010 12:11:00

The Parliamentary inquiry examining the leaked email from Justin Madden's office has been suspended after a walk out by Opposition MPs.[MORE]

Tags: state-parliament, states-and-territories, vic, melbourne-3000

Case against Cats star adjourned

March 12, 2010 11:41:00

Mathew Stokes will be back in court next month after his lawyers were unsuccessful having the cae dealt with today.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, sport, australian-football-league, vic, geelong-3220

Child sex abuse victims wait months for counselling

March 12, 2010 11:11:00

Some children as young as three years old are waiting for months for counselling for sexual abuse in Victoria.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, child-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, vic, melbourne-3000

Minister pours cold water on dam idea

March 12, 2010 10:39:00

Victorian Water Minister Tim Holding has rejected a proposal to build a dam on the Wentworth River upstream of the Mitchell River in East Gippsland.[MORE]

Tags: environment, dams-and-reservoirs, government-and-politics, elections, states-and-territories, rivers, vic, bairnsdale-3875, sale-3850

Airport takes advantage of consumers on parking

March 12, 2010 10:06:00

Melbourne Airport made $98.4 million on car parking fees, the most of any airport in the country.[MORE]

Tags: industry, air-transport, vic, tullamarine-3043

Eight banned over alcohol-related violence

March 12, 2010 08:23:00

Eight people in the Bendigo area have been banned from all licensed venues for up to two years. [MORE]

Tags: health, law-crime-and-justice, crime, alcohol, vic, bendigo-3550

Govt to help build new rental homes

March 12, 2010 08:16:00

The Victorian Government will spend almost $180 million to help fund the construction of 4,500 new rental homes acros the state.[MORE]

Tags: government-and-politics, housing, states-and-territories, vic, melbourne-3000

Golf ball fractures taxi passenger's skull

March 12, 2010 08:01:00

Police call for witnesses after woman suffers fractured skull when she is hit by a golf ball which came through the open window of a taxi. [MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, road-accidents, australia, nsw, vic, werribee-3030

Show goes on despite soggy tutus

March 11, 2010 19:00:00

The Australian Ballet is attempting to salvage hundreds of items which were damaged in Melbourne's ferocious storms.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, storm, human-interest, weather, australia, vic, kensington-3031, melbourne-3000

Home final firming for Bushrangers

March 11, 2010 19:00:00

Victoria is well placed to host next week's Sheffield Shield final after dominating Tasmania with the bat at the MCG and gaining good news from the north.[MORE]

Tags: sport, cricket, australia, tas, hobart-7000, vic, melbourne-3000

Conman jailed after posing as spy

March 11, 2010 18:26:00

A Melbourne conman who pretended to be an ASIO agent to cheat a woman out of her life savings has been jailed for four and a half years.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, fraud-and-corporate-crime, prisons-and-punishment, vic, melbourne-3000

Saints, Bulldogs bolster their line-ups

March 11, 2010 18:26:00

Rival captains Nick Riewoldt and Daniel Giansiracusa are among some big-name inclusions for Saturday night's AFL preseason cup final between the Western Bulldogs and St Kilda at Docklands.[MORE]

Tags: sport, australian-football-league, australia, vic, footscray-3011, st-kilda-3182

Verbeek keeps everyone guessing on future

March 11, 2010 18:08:00

Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek says his future beyond the World Cup will soon be known, but no final decision has been made.[MORE]

Tags: sport, football, socceroos, world-cup, australia, vic, melbourne-3000

Davies takes two-shot Open lead

March 11, 2010 17:05:00

Laura Davies called it the perfect start but in reality, it was only the start that wasn't.[MORE]

Tags: sport, golf, australia, vic, melbourne-3000

Six charged over sex assault on two teens

March 11, 2010 15:00:00

Six people have been charged with sexually assaulting two teenage girls at a house in Wonthaggi, south-east of Melbourne on Saturday night.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, vic, wonthaggi-3995