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Predicted ladder: Top-four surprise, crazy win count needed for finals

Once upon a time, 13 wins was the magic number to guarantee a finals spot. That figure has been dwarfed in our ladder predictor — see where your side finishes here in the run home....

Student teachers running VCE classes amid Vic school staffing crisis

A record number of education students are teaching in Victorian schools — including Year 12 classes — amid a staffing crisis, meaning teachers may be just a little older than their...

Inside the jury room where Erin Patterson’s fate will be decided

How long will deliberations last, does the verdict have to be unanimous, and what happens if the jury can’t decide? Here’s everything you need to know.

‘Tipping point’ could fast-track airport rail link

Melbourne Airport is bracing for its “biggest ever growth period” — and if a certain threshold is met, the long-awaited rail link may be built sooner than expected.

Richmond starts Punt Road Oval HQ redevelopment

The Tigers are set to get a new lair with a redevelopment of Richmond’s Punt Road headquarters now underway.

$200m class action payout after telling women they couldn’t drive

When some women who’d bought a Ford raised concerns that their car was faulty, they were told the issue was their “driving style”. Now the car giant faces a nine-figure compensatio...

Libs will axe Victorian Voice to parliament

The Opposition has criticised the Allan government for pushing ahead with a state-based Voice “without transparency and without a mandate”.

Aussie mum’s tearful plea from Taiwan jail

A Melbourne mum convicted of drug smuggling in Taiwan has made an emotional plea from prison in the first episode of 10 News +.

Aussie pop star Samantha Jade to star in Pretty Woman The Musical

Pop singer Samantha Jade has been booked to play the iconic lead of Vivian Ward in Pretty Woman The Musical, set to hit the stage next year.

Premier’s $513,000 pay day as politicians score salary boost

Jacinta Allan has cemented her status as the nation’s highest-paid premier while the base salary for Victorian backbench MPs has jumped to $212,000.

Which US city is sometimes nicknamed The Big Easy?

The Chase Australia’s official Shark, Brydon Coverdale, has created a new daily quiz challenge. Test yourself.

City of Melbourne raids Covid cash to bankroll bike lanes

A post-Covid recovery fund designed to get people back to the CBD is being used for a bike lane rollout, while in a separate development Lord Mayor Nick Reece has caved to pressure...

Mass murderer or home free: Erin’s fate now falls to 12 people

Black plastic tarps have been wrapped around the Leongatha home of accused beef wellington killer Erin Patterson, as 12 jurors who have heard all the evidence in the high-profile t...

Lynch’s rap sheet says it all — now he has to admit his problem

Tom Lynch’s rap sheet keeps getting longer and there can be no more enabling of his behaviour, especially by the club that refused to condemn Noah Balta’s off-field assault, writes...

‘Bulls**t’: Allan’s attack straight out of Trump playbook

One week after Donald Trump dropped the f-bomb, Jacinta Allan seemed to think she could pull off the same trick. This is why the Premier unleashed.

Robert Walls Medal to honour AFL icon

There’s a fresh medallion in the footy world that will pay tribute to a great of the game, Robert Walls. Jay Clark has the details here.

‘Hurts like a b**ch’: Australian Survivor host opens up on shock axing

Australian Survivor host Jonathan LaPaglia has revealed he was blindsided by Channel 10’s decision to sack him ahead of the reality show’s 14th season.

Alleged Beauty killer ‘sweet woman who just wanted to be loved’

Beauty and the Geek finalist Tamika Chesser’s friends describe a kind, sweet but naive person. So who is the woman now charged with the horrific murder that has stunned the nation?

Claim autism campus of Christian college more like ‘daycare’

A specialist autism campus at a Victorian Christian college, charging fees of fees of about $8000 a year, has been accused of being unsafe, unacademic and more like childcare than ...

Star set to turn back on Vic rivals in huge Power coup

Miles Bergman has widely tipped to take up a big-money offer to return home to Victoria – but, in a big win for the Power, that won’t be happening. Here’s the latest.

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