Older drivers caused 145 deaths in five years,but debate still rages over annual medical tests
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Older drivers caused 145 deaths in five years,but debate still rages over annual medical tests

The rapidly ageing driver population means there is a renewed push for mandatory licence checks. Crash victims such as Hugh Roberts say it’s a life-saving initiative,not ageist.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan andHenrietta Cook

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Pro-Palestine protesters arrested after tampering with traffic lights,blocking roads and docks

Pro-Palestine protesters arrested after tampering with traffic lights,blocking roads and docks

Police arrested a dozen protesters at a blockade in Port Melbourne and two others for allegedly tampering with traffic lights in Carlton.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan,Cara Waters,Marta Pascual Juanola andCameron Houston
Rain lashes Melbourne as High Country welcomes first snow of year

Rain lashes Melbourne as High Country welcomes first snow of year

Dozens remain without power in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs after a cold,wet start to the week that also brought snow to Victoria’s alps.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan
Man charged with murder after woman’s body found in bushland near Ballarat

Man charged with murder after woman’s body found in bushland near Ballarat

Hannah McGuire,23,has been remembered as a “bright young woman with a heart of gold” after her body was found in a burnt-out car.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan
Police investigate ‘terrifying’ attempted abduction of 11-year-old girl

Police investigate ‘terrifying’ attempted abduction of 11-year-old girl

The girl was walking home from school in Doncaster East when an unknown man in a grey Audi ordered her to get in his car.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan
Why the slow decay of children’s handwriting skills spells trouble

Why the slow decay of children’s handwriting skills spells trouble

Growing numbers of students are typing rather than writing their exams,due to fears their messy or illegible penmanship will hurt their marks.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan
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A toast to a remarkable reservoir,170 years since Melbourne slurped the ‘Yarra soup’

A toast to a remarkable reservoir,170 years since Melbourne slurped the ‘Yarra soup’

Dressed in Victorian-era garb and twirling parasols,fans of clean water and history gathered on Sunday to celebrate the anniversary of Yan Yean,Melbourne’s first man-made reservoir.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan
‘Beyond comprehension’:Victoria’s hot air balloon industry reeling after tragedy
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‘Beyond comprehension’:Victoria’s hot air balloon industry reeling after tragedy

The popular hot air balloon industry has been rocked by tragedy after a man fell to his death in Melbourne’s northern suburbs.

  • byHannah Kennelly,Madeleine Heffernan andNajma Sambul
As it happened:King Charles to visit Australia;China revealed as country behind spy chief’s unnamed ‘A-Team’

As it happened:King Charles to visit Australia;China revealed as country behind spy chief’s unnamed ‘A-Team’

China’s 200,000-strong spy agency behind ‘A-team’ in ASIO warning;King Charles III could make his first formal visit to Australia as sovereign later this year.

  • byJosefine Ganko andMadeleine Heffernan
Teen boy bashed,robbed at shopping centre

Teen boy bashed,robbed at shopping centre

Police have released images of three males that investigators want to speak to about the incident.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan
Firefighters prepare defences as catastrophic fire danger declared for Wednesday

Firefighters prepare defences as catastrophic fire danger declared for Wednesday

Victorians are bracing for the worst fire conditions in four years after at least six houses and about 20,000 hectares were burnt over the past five days.

  • byLachlan Abbott andMadeleine Heffernan