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Erin Patterson’s lawyers admit her ‘grave offending’ but have one request
Prosecutors want mushroom cook Erin Patterson to die in jail for her premeditated murder of three lunch guests. But one of her victims extended an unlikely olive branch.
- by Erin Pearson
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City life
In an age of streaming, Melbourne is getting another independent cinema
- by Cara Waters
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Politics
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Victorian budget
‘Find someone to hug’: Museums Victoria to cut 55 jobs, raise ticket prices after funding slashed
New spending on exhibition spaces and IT upgrades will be deferred after big cuts in this year’s state budget.
- by Clay Lucas
Housing targets falling short in nearly all Victorian council areas
Melbourne is on track to fall well short of its housing aims – a trend that could worsen the state’s housing crisis and prompt the state government to intervene.
- by Angus Delaney
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Mental health
Workers’ mental health compo claims being rejected at twice the rate
- by Kieran Rooney
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Gambling
Gambling reformers lash out at pokies trial over missing loss limits
- by Chip Le Grand
Fiscal restraint or culture wars? Councils winding back climate action
- by Rachael Dexter and Benjamin Preiss
Crime & Courts
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Mushroom trial
Erin Patterson’s children hover offstage, haunted by her crimes
- by Tony Wright
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Crime
‘She didn’t know anyone’: Anu’s isolated Australian life before alleged murder
- by Cassandra Morgan
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Education
Schools that Excel 2025: Find out your school’s VCE results over the past decade
- by Craig Butt and Noel Towell
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