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Admitted lies, emojis and a dehydrator: Erin Patterson spars with prosecutor as fatal mushroom lunch deconstructed

Murder accused cross-examined in Victorian supreme court trial over beef wellington lunch that left three in-laws dead

The Guardian - AU

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Victoria, Seychelles, June 5th, 2025, Chainwire

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Erin Patterson trial day 27 – as it happened

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Australian woman on trial for mushroom murder of in-laws says she was trying to fix a 'bland' lunch

An Australian woman on trial for the triple murder of her estranged husband's relatives and the attempted murder of another has told the Supreme Court in the state of Victoria that she carefully planned the July 2023 lunch where her dinner guests were poisoned with death cap mushrooms

The Independent UK

Chalmers says cheaper cigarettes will not solve illegal tobacco boom, dismissing NSW premier

Minns to propose cut at next health ministers’ meeting, joining Victorian government in blaming high excise for organised crime spike

The Guardian - AU

19 Y.O. Victoria Man Sentenced After Grindr Attacks Inspired By TikTok Vigilante Videos

A 19-year-old VIC man has been sentenced after attacking men he met on Grindr, telling police he was inspired by vigilante videos on TikTok.

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Power to expel students for poor behaviour outside school criticised as adding to Victorian educators’ workload

Move will have significant support but schools shouldn’t be responsible for solving ‘all the problems of society’, principals’ association warns

The Guardian - AU

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Erin Patterson trial day 26 – as it happened

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Hannah Kent’s new memoir is a love letter to Iceland and an ‘enthralling’ murderer

Hannah Kent is the reason I went to Iceland. Her award-winning first novel Burial Rites (2013) is a speculative biography of the murderer Agnes Magnúsdóttir, the last woman to be executed in Iceland. The novel is often set for VCE English in Victoria and I picked it up because my…

The Conversation

Jacinta Allan Condemns ‘Disgusting’ Racist Banner & Chant At Melbourne Shopping Centre

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has condemned a group of men who held a racist banner outside the Northland Shopping Centre.

Pedestrian.tv

Victorian man sentenced for attacks on men he met on Grindr says TikTok vigilante videos inspired him

Christian Keryakus, 19, pleads guilty to aggravated burglary, common assault and recklessly causing injury

The Guardian - AU

Credit rating downgrade cost unknown for debt-hit state

No research has been done on how much interest repayments on spiralling state debt would soar from a possible credit rating downgrade.

AAP

Erin Patterson trial day 25 – as it happened

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Victorian public servants hit back at Labor’s planned job cuts with push to curb ‘executive bloat’ instead

Report argues large-scale public sector job losses can be avoided in part by ‘culling’ 450 executive-level roles

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It never rains or it pours: Australia suffers two weather extremes in May

Parts of eastern NSW recorded wettest May on record as rainfall in Victoria and South Australia was 70% below average for the month

The Conversation

Decades of searching and a chance discovery: why finding Leadbeater’s possum in NSW is such big news

Until now, Victorians believed their state was the sole home for Leadbeater’s possum, their critically endangered state faunal emblem. This tiny marsupial is clinging to life in a few pockets of mountain ash and snow gum habitat in the Central Highlands of Victoria.

The Guardian - AU

Is the cost-of-living crisis over? Victoria’s new treasurer is optimistic, but housing remains a battleground

Exclusive: Jaclyn Symes is confident cost pressures will have eased by the 2026 election, and that voters won’t be spooked by the state’s debt

The Guardian - AU

Secret figures show Liberal party’s ageing membership in freefall in NSW and Victoria

Exclusive: Sources reveal closely guarded membership numbers as average age hits 68 in Victoria

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Victoria says it is getting out of gas – so why has it approved a new LNG import terminal?

State government says Viva Energy’s floating terminal near Geelong will not undermine net zero target, while Greens call project ‘polluting [and] unnecessary’

The Conversation

Shock NSW Senate result as One Nation beats Labor to win final seat

The button was pressed to electronically distribute preferences for the New South Wales Senate today. All analysts expected Labor to win the final seat, for a three Labor, two Coalition, one Green result. Instead, One Nation won the final seat, for a two Labor, two Coalition, one Green and one…

The Guardian - AU

‘Trauma porn’: media urged to reflect on role as victims’ families speak at Bondi Junction stabbing inquest

Victim’s partner says media involvement ‘only served to exacerbate my pain’. Plus: Kerry Stokes’ media empire energised by North West Shelf gas approval

The Guardian - AU

Non-payment is a major issue for Victorian sex workers. They could soon lose crucial help finding justice

Exclusive: Just two years on from decriminalisation, a legal service dedicated to helping sex workers is at risk of closure due to lack of funding

The Guardian - AU

Warm winter forecast for Australia as SA and Victoria face unseasonal fire risk

BoM prediction follows much wetter than average autumn for northern and eastern Australia, and much drier one for south

The Conversation

Labor gains Senate seats in Victoria and Queensland, and surges to a national 55.6–44.4 two-party margin

Buttons have been pressed to electronically distribute preferences for the Senate in Victoria, the ACT, Queensland and Western Australia. Labor gained a seat from the Liberals in Victoria, with the other two unchanged. I had a wrap of earlier button presses on Tuesday.

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'Archaic' law casts cloud over Kiwi's top cop job

Concerns over the eligibility of a New Zealander to serve as an Australian state's top cop have forced law changes to be rushed through parliament.

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