Melbourne football team to play without audience after sexist fan conduct

The Preston Lions, associated with the Macedonian Australian community, will be forced to play without spectators after some of its fans displayed offensive banners at a game last weekend.

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Anxiety as Australia issues new travel advice for Middle East countries

As conflict between the United States and Iran escalates once again, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has issued a warning to "reconsider" travel to several more countries in the region.

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Banners at Melbourne game 'disgraceful', Football Victoria says

A professional football club in Melbourne's north faces calls to ban hardline supporters who brandished sexist and "ethnically derogatory" banners at a match on Saturday.

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'Failed' university scheme hurting home ownership prospects

There are calls for the government to dump a scheme that has more than doubled the cost of some degrees.

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Melbourne residents resist public housing relocation plan

An Albert Park tower block is shaping up as the next battleground for the Victorian government, as part of its controversial rebuild of public housing towers.

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The new political parties hoping to deceive 'useful idiots' in Victoria

New political parties are seeking to exploit Victoria's anachronistic electoral system in the upper house to harvest voters' preferences and funnel them wherever they please.

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Mixed martial arts group attempts to gift $82k Cognac to Brisbane Olympic committee

The "schmoozing", revealed exclusively by the ABC today, is part of a wider series of examples of attempted influence-peddling from businesses and sporting bodies before the Games kick off in 2032.

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'Devoted' Melbourne mother remembered by family after stabbing death

Lavanya Chappa has been remembered as a devoted mother and dear friend, one week after the mother-of-two was stabbed to death in her Melbourne home.

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Future of Melbourne's western football hub thrown into doubt

More than five years since a trumpeted public-private partnership to build a $150 million stadium in Melbourne's west, the soccer master plan has seemingly evaporated.

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Derryn Hinch, 'human headline' and media figure, dies aged 82

Hinch was known for his distinctive broadcast style, his time in the Senate and his law-breaking crusades to expose sex offenders, which earned him several stints in jail.

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Modi met with support and human rights protests as he arrives in Melbourne

A large swathe of the Indian diaspora wants to warmly welcome Narendra Modi to Melbourne, but others demand Australia put pressure on him over his human rights record.

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Pub for breakfast: How World Cup watch parties took over Australia

They were just supposed to be somewhere to watch the match, but World Cup viewing parties have ended up becoming so much more.

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Calls for Football Australia to enforce restrictions on headers

With all eyes on the World Cup, Australian football's management of the risks associated with the practice of heading the ball, such as dementia and CTE, is in the spotlight.

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Usman Khawaja helps launch national Islamophobia awareness campaign

The retired 39-year-old, who was the first Muslim to play international cricket for Australia, says Islamophobia is on the rise, with women most vulnerable to attacks, because "hate is more prevalent ...

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Pro-One Nation Facebook groups appear to be run by foreign ‘meme factories’ that monetise content

Exclusive: Guardian analysis suggests several groups with thousands of members run by what expert calls ‘engagement farm’ operations in south-east Asia

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Working with Children Checks not reviewed despite sexual misconduct findings

Victoria's former children's commissioner didn't refer sexual misconduct cases for a Working with Children Check review, despite saying she would never have done so in cases involving any sexual eleme...

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Former Liberal leader Matthew Guy denies assaulting MP Moira Deeming

Mr Guy is considering legal advice to sue his party room colleague for defamation over the assault allegation, which is being investigated by Victoria Police.

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The World Cup’s One-Man Team Is Exactly Who You Think It Is

Argentina used to worry about its overreliance on Lionel Messi. Now, as the tournament’s record goal scorer, he’s the team’s entire identity.

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Australian trust in China grows as belief in US hits record low

The Lowy Institute's latest poll shows Australia's trust in the US has fallen to a record low.

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They bought into Australia's tallest tower. Now their deposits are in limbo

Apartment buyers who were sold on ambitious plans for the tallest building in the country say they're facing up to a decade of uncertainty after the head-turning project faltered.

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New Zealanders become first World Cup mother-son duo

When Tyler Bindon came off the bench for New Zealand in its men's World Cup opener against Iran, he made a bit of history with his mother.

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'ISIS bride' accused of owning a slave in Syria refused bail

A woman accused of slavery offences while supporting the Islamic State group in Syria has had her bail application refused.

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Jacinta Allan refuses to admit cost of CFMEU corruption to taxpayers

Embattled Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has refused to answer repeated questions over how much CFMEU corruption has cost taxpayers in the state, a scandal that has put the government and her leaders...

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Qld government accused of campaign to remove Aboriginal people from health roles

The Queensland government will not deny the existence of "Project Invisibility", a name a barrister says is used internally to refer to the deliberate removal of Aboriginal people from leadership role...

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'Smiling since last night': Community joy after Irankunda's World Cup goal

The family and community of Socceroos star Nestory Irankunda are "very emotional" after his goal-scoring World Cup debut. His cousin says he will be "forever grateful" for the support the family received after arriving in Australia, and "their blessing is seeing this at the big s

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‘Let these people talk’: After silencing Turkey, Irankunda turns to his American doubters

Nestory Irankunda and the Socceroos know the talk is going to continue but he and his teammates are fired up to prove critics in the USA wrong when the two nations meet in a pivotal group game.

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