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What about F1 with spiders? Comedy festival is back

What about F1 with spiders? Comedy festival is back

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival kicks off with more than 650 shows across three and a bit weeks - and the comedians really, really need attention.

Bittersweet sadness: Slater eyes Bells Beach farewell

Bittersweet sadness: Slater eyes Bells Beach farewell

Bittersweet sadness: Slater eyes Bells Beach farewell

Bittersweet sadness: Slater eyes Bells Beach farewell

In what could be his last Rip Curl Pro, surfing legend Kelly Slater has beaten John John Florence to make an ideal start to the WSL event at Bells Beach.

Abattoirs make 0.1 per cent of Vic cruelty complaints

Abattoirs make 0.1 per cent of Vic cruelty complaints

Abattoirs make 0.1 per cent of Vic cruelty complaints

Abattoirs make 0.1 per cent of Vic cruelty complaints

Transparency and animal welfare practices in Victoria's pork industry have been under the spotlight as a state inquiry into pig welfare continues.

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Time hasn't caught up with senior Magpies: coach

Time hasn't caught up with senior Magpies: coach

Collingwood veterans Scott Pendlebury and Steele Sidebottom have had slow starts to the AFL season, but coach Craig McRae has backed them to hit their straps.

Fugitive will be free within months after evading trial

Fugitive will be free within months after evading trial

Omer Tok has been sentenced in the Victorian County Court after admitting he obtained a fake passport to flee the country on the eve of his drug trial.

Ex-Victorian Liberals boss fined $40k over unlawful ads

Ex-Victorian Liberals boss fined $40k over unlawful ads

Former Victorian Liberal Party director Sam McQuestin has been handed $40,000 in fines over a series of unlawful election ads.

Scott labels Geelong's Hawkins 'generational' forward

Scott labels Geelong's Hawkins 'generational' forward

Geelong forward Tom Hawkins is clearly one of the best forwards of his generation, Cats coach Chris Scott says.

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Warring parties go face to face in Hawthorn racism row

Warring parties go face to face in Hawthorn racism row

Warring parties go face to face in Hawthorn racism row

Warring parties go face to face in Hawthorn racism row

The Human Rights Commission will host two days of talks as the opposing sides in the Hawthorn racism saga go face-to-face in Melbourne.

AFL outlines its response after Shane Tuck inquest

AFL outlines its response after Shane Tuck inquest

AFL outlines its response after Shane Tuck inquest

AFL outlines its response after Shane Tuck inquest

Introducing independent doctors and limiting contact training are among the AFL's responses to a coroner's report on the death of former footballer Shane Tuck.

Qantas pilots shut down engine before landing safely

Qantas pilots shut down engine before landing safely

Qantas pilots shut down engine before landing safely

Qantas pilots shut down engine before landing safely

A Qantas flight from Melbourne has been given a priority landing after running into engine trouble on approach to Perth.

Brayshaw, Dockers gunning for fast start against Crows

Brayshaw, Dockers gunning for fast start against Crows

Brayshaw, Dockers gunning for fast start against Crows

Brayshaw, Dockers gunning for fast start against Crows

Slow starts have been a problem for Fremantle, who will be out to rectify the issue when they chase a third straight AFL win in the home clash with Adelaide.

AFL unable to prevent Wright-style collisions: Simpson

AFL unable to prevent Wright-style collisions: Simpson

AFL unable to prevent Wright-style collisions: Simpson

AFL unable to prevent Wright-style collisions: Simpson

West Coast coach Adam Simpson believes there will always be incidents where players brace for contact at the last second, potentially injuring opponents.

Swans AFLW players charged over illicit drug possession

Swans AFLW players charged over illicit drug possession

Swans AFLW players charged over illicit drug possession

Swans AFLW players charged over illicit drug possession

A pair of Sydney Swans women's players were charged by police late last year for possessing an illicit substance, after their AFLW season had ended.

Saints to challenge King ban at AFL Tribunal

Saints to challenge King ban at AFL Tribunal

Saints to challenge King ban at AFL Tribunal

Saints to challenge King ban at AFL Tribunal

St Kilda spearhead Max King will join Essendon forward Peter Wright at the AFL Tribunal after challenging his one-match ban for rough conduct.

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Payroll officer splashed stolen cash on Candy Crush

A woman who swindled more than a million dollars in an elaborate payroll scam, spending $180,000 on Candy Crush, has pleaded guilty to fraud charges.

Bombers back Wright ahead of tribunal hearing

Essendon forward Peter Wright will front the AFL Tribunal over a rough conduct charge, but Archie Perkins has declared his teammate is a fair player.

Traffic controller didn't issue warning before crash

Victoria's chief coroner is investigating a mid-air collision between two training-flight planes, which claimed the lives of four pilots.

Freedom of Information Act 'not fit for purpose'

Victoria's Information Commissioner is pushing for greater independence from government and says the Freedom of Information Act is not fit for purpose.

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Yoorrook turns to early settlement, massacre sites

The first sites of European settlement and Indigenous massacre have been visited by Victoria's truth-telling inquiry ahead of a new round of hearings.

Emergency inspector shifts blame for triple-zero delays

Victoria's emergency management inspector has been grilled at an inquest about its response to issues with triple-zero call response times during COVID-19.

'I am truly sorry': top road cop nabbed for speeding

Victoria's Road Policing Assistant Commissioner says he is "mortified" after getting caught by a speed camera going over the legal limit.

Mixed results for Melbourne over injured defensive duo

Fractured ribs will keep Steven May out of Melbourne's clash with Port Adelaide, but the Demons are hoping for better news over fellow defender Jake Lever.

Picklum inspired by Gilmore as she aims for Bells title

Eight-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore is an inspiration for fellow Australian Molly Picklum, one of the new stars in women's surfing.

Man jailed for nightclub sex assault on woman

A man who forced a woman to do sex acts against her will in exchange for drugs had a dysfunctional childhood that led to substance abuse, a court has heard.

Mum makes Bells Beach extra special for surfer Ewing

Rip Curl Pro defending champion Ethan Ewing hopes his late mum Helen, also a winner at Bells Beach, can send him some good waves.

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