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  • McCartney eyes Tigers payback

    Western Bulldogs coach Brendan McCartney says his side will be out for revenge when they take on Richmond at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night.The Dogs were given a 67-point hiding by the Tigers back in Round 3 this season, but have improved immensely since that outing and will take on the Tigers full of confidence following two wins from three games in the past month.McCartney said the loss in ...

  • Minister hopes Meaghers murderer rots in hell

    Brunswick 3056 Victoria's Police Minister Kim Wells says he hopes the killer of ABC employee Jill Meagher "rots in hell".Adrian Bayley, 41, of Coburg, was ...

  • Two violent sex offenders flee supervision facility at Ararat

    Ararat 3377 Police in Victoria are hunting two violent sex offenders who have fled a supervision centre in western Victoria.The two men, one of whom is a child sex offender, left the Corella Place facility, which is just outside the Ararat Prison complex, just before midnight last night. The men have been identified as David Gregory Burns, 27 and Sean Andrew Carmody Doyle, 26. The Corrections ...

  • ATSB to probe Virgin emergency landing

    Mildura 3500 The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has launched an investigation into a Virgin Australia flight which was forced into an emergency landing at Mildura Airport, in north-west Victoria, because it ran low on fuel.The flight, carrying 91 passengers, was headed for Adelaide but was diverted to Mildura about 10:00am (AEST) on Tuesday due to heavy fog.The plane had to circle ...

  • Bow and arrow murder accused faces trial

    Bairnsdale 3875 A man from East Gippsland, in south-east Victoria, has gone on trial, accused of killing a man with a bow and arrow.In the Supreme Court in Sale, Guy Newman, from Club Terrace, is accused of murdering Trent McNamara in Bairnsdale in May 2011.The trial is expected to run for about four ...

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Van Helsing

Van Helsing

Stephen Sommers' monster-mash extravaganza Van Helsing begins so promisingly that it's a real letdown once it spirals down into meaningless and headache-inducing special-effects overkill. The opening sequence, which takes place in the distant land of Trans ... ...

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  • Union rejects Yallourn strike threat criticism

    Yallourn North 3825 The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union says it is focused on reaching an agreement with the operator of the Yallourn power station, in south-east Victoria, despite plans to step up industrial action.Energy Australia has attacked the union for planning to escalate industrial action while there is flooding in the Yallourn mine.The industrial dispute over their ...

  • Motorists complain new Princes Bridge bike lane is causing traffic delays

    Princes Bridge with a bicycle path .An inbound traffic lane was removed yesterday and the ABC has received a raft of complaints, saying the changes have caused gridlock in the area.One caller to ABC local radio complained that it took about a half an hour to travel from the Shrine of Remembrance to the Arts Centre.But Mr Doyle says the council's modelling shows there should not be dramatic ...

  • Coldest night in Melbourne since 2002 as temperatures nudge zero in suburbs

    Melbourne 3000 It was a double doona night in Melbourne with temperatures plunging to as low as 2.3 degrees Celsius in the city.A cold snap over eastern Australia is keeping skies clear, causing temperatures to drop. Melbourne shivered through the coldest night in 11 years according to weather bureau duty forecaster Michael Efron. "It's the lowest June minimum we've seen since ...

  • One dead three injured in crashes at Silvan Ormond

    Silvan 3795 One person is dead and two people are fighting for their lives after two separate crashes in Victoria overnight.A man in his 20s was killed when his car crashed at Silvan, east of Melbourne, around 9:30pm (AEST). Around an hour later, two people were critically injured when their cars collided in Ormond, in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs.A third man who was a passenger in ...

  • Transport campaigner dies after battle with cancer

    Melbourne 3000 Melbourne public transport expert, Associate Professor Paul Mees, has died in hospital after a battle with cancer. He was 52.Mr Mees headed the debate over transport in Victoria for two decades, was the president of the Public Transport Users Association for years and taught at RMIT and Melbourne University.As a leading international transport academic, Mr Mees was well known ...

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