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Push for P-plates until 25
Jared Lynch Forcing young drivers to remain on probationary licences until the age of 25 would cut Victoria's road toll, says the state's top traffic police officer.
Motorists driven to distraction by their own devices
Adam Carey More than 1000 people are predicted to die or be seriously injured on Victorian roads in the next five years due to driver distraction from in-vehicle technology such as car stereos, GPS devices or...
Something special lost in test results
Benjamin Preiss When a league table of last year's NAPLAN test results was published in another newspaper, East Gippsland Specialist School was named among the worst-performing schools in the state.
Victorian punters losing less on pokies after state reforms
Richard Willingham Victorian poker machine losses have continued to drop with punter loss for March this year down 10 per cent compared with the same time last year.
Frenchwoman named as wall-collapse victim
Carolyn Webb The French consulate has named the third person who died as a result of the collapse of a brick wall at the former Carlton and United Breweries site.
Third wall victim's family flies in to mourn daughter
Carolyn Webb A Facebook tribute site has been set up for the third victim of the Carlton wall collapse, who has been identified as a French academic.
The wall, and why it collapsed
Royce Millar and Deborah Gough A sign spruiking the latest mega-development for the landmark CUB site on Swanston Street appears to have been a key factor in the collapse of the wall that killed three passers-by last week.
Family pays tribute to French wall victim
Chris Hingston The family of a French woman killed in the Carlton wall collapse have visited the site of the accident.
French family visit wall site
Chris Hingston The family of a French woman killed in the Carlton wall collapse have visited the site.
Eastern Freeway tolls loom
Jason Dowling Tolls could be charged on ''new'' lanes on the Eastern Freeway, with a section of the rail reservation down its centre sacrificed for the lanes.
Lobby urges tram extensions to avoid dead-end trips
Adam Carey It's mid-morning in East Malvern, and another route three tram lumbers into the terminus at the small shopping strip at the intersection of Waverley and Darling roads, just as they have for the past...
As it happened: Shaw quits
The Age's rolling coverage of Geoff Shaw's resignation from the Liberal Party and the repercussions for Premier Ted Baillieu.
State electorate makeover may cost Coalition
Tim Colebatch An overdue redistribution of state electorates could cost the Coalition one or two of its 44 seats.
State shuns experts on road blitz
Richard Willingham Victoria's top road safety and accident research body and sentencing advisory group were not consulted ahead of the Baillieu government's legislative blitz on dangerous driving.
We want justice for Ben Zygier, family friend says
Konrad Marshall Australian man who died in an Israeli prison was 'a soft, gentle, sensitive young man'.
Legal concern over students cramming degree into shorter time
Henrietta Cook Legal admissions body worried about students cramming degrees into less than three years.
Church caught up in row over uni mosque
Vince Chadwick Planned renovation of a mosque near Monash University prompts a senior member of the local Uniting Church to claim mosques may provide a training ground for religious fanatics.
Court blow to push on dangerous dog breeds
Cameron Houston The Supreme Court has dealt the Baillieu government's campaign to rid the state of dangerous dogs a major blow by granting a reprieve to two dogs deemed American pit bull terriers by Darebin and...
Plankton put on a show at Lake Victoria
Bridie Smith Microscopic plankton have given Lake Victoria on the Gippsland Lakes an electric blue trim.
Patient 'strangled' in mental hospital
Henrietta Cook and John Silvester Calls for a second facility for mentally ill offenders after the third death at Thomas Embling Hospital in three years.
