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Assistant Commissioner Glenn Weir.
Road safety

12 deaths in one week: Pedestrian killed as road toll climbs at alarming rate

A man is dead after being hit by a car in Melbourne’s inner north, with the latest fatality the 12th in a week as the state’s road toll continues to spike.

  • by Lachlan Abbott and Broede Carmody
Pressure is mounting on the Andrews government to rein in the big four consulting firms in the wake of the PwC tax leak scandal.
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PwC tax scandal

PwC scandal sparks calls for Andrews to tighten rules on big consultancies

  • by Royce Millar and Sumeyya Ilanbey
Monique Lezsak has been remembered as a great mother after she was killed in a quiet Endeavour Hills court on Tuesday.
Crime

10-year-old daughter ‘a hero’ for trying to save her dying mum

  • by Lachlan Abbott and Marta Pascual Juanola
Rita Grima, principal of St Columba’s College in Essendon, said the school faces an $800,000 payroll tax bill.
Victorian budget

The Catholic schools set to be ‘punished’ to balance the state budget

  • by Adam Carey
After a drunken car crash, Tim Smith quit politics. Now, he is considering a way back in
Tim Smith

After a drunken car crash, Tim Smith quit politics. Now, he is considering a way back in

  • by Annika Smethurst and Rachel Eddie
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Politics

A duck hunter at Connewarre Wetland, on the Bellarine Peninsula, earlier this month.
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Shooting

Neighbours’ fears for children, pets during duck hunting season

Victorians who live near wetlands open to duck shooters say they were woken by “what sounds like cannon fire”, expressing fears for the safety of their children and pets.

  • by Broede Carmody
Victorian Liberal Leader John Pesutto speaking at the Liberal state conference in Bendigo on May 20.
Opinion
Victorian Parliament

It’s hard dose of reality time for shambolic Victorian Libs

There’s no painless way to modernise the Victorian Liberals, but there is a road back to electoral contention.

  • by Shaun Carney
Victorian Liberal MP Ryan Smith is resigning from politics.
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Victorian byelection

Victorian Liberal MP Ryan Smith quits politics, triggering byelection

  • by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto doesn’t want private schools to pay payroll tax.
Victorian budget

‘Parents will pay this’: Liberals promise to abolish Victoria’s private school tax hike

  • by Broede Carmody
Preston market traders: Kristian Gandolfo (left) runs the Mariluci deli and Domenic Mollica (right) runs MnM Fruit.
Planning

Preston Market owners threaten to shut it down over planning war

  • by Rachel Eddie

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