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Melbourne Childcare Worker Faces 70 Child Abuse Charges

In Melbourne, Australia, childcare worker Joshua Dale Brown faces 70 charges of child sexual abuse involving eight children under five, prompting health authorities to recommend testing for 1,200 children who may have been in his care at various centers since 2017.

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Toorak's Top 1% Earn $7.5 Million Annually, Exposing Extreme Wealth Disparity

Analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics data reveals that the top 1% of income earners in Melbourne's Toorak suburb earn an average of $7.5 million annually, compared to a typical income of $81,000, highlighting significant wealth inequality.

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Melbourne Bus Strike to Disrupt Thousands of Commuters

A 24-hour strike by 1300 Melbourne bus drivers from Dysons and CDC Victoria will begin Wednesday at 3 a.m., affecting roughly 100 routes and causing significant disruption to commuters and school children due to failed negotiations on pay and conditions.

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Melbourne Shopping Centre Knife Fight Leaves One Injured, Two Arrested

On Sunday afternoon, a planned fight involving two rival groups armed with knives erupted at Melbourne's Northland Shopping Centre, resulting in one man being hospitalized with serious injuries, two arrests, and widespread panic among shoppers.

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Melbourne Police Shooting Leaves One Dead, One Injured

A police officer in South Melbourne was injured and fired four shots at a vehicle, killing a 34-year-old female driver and injuring a 26-year-old male passenger during an arrest of a machete-wielding man on Saturday at approximately 5pm.

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\$9.6 Million Awarded for Royal Exhibition Building Repairs

The Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne received \$9.6 million in state budget funding for urgent repairs, addressing deterioration from previous funding cuts, but this falls significantly short of the \$50 million needed for complete restoration.

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White Supremacist Demonstration Follows Machete Attack in Melbourne

On Sunday at 3:30 AM, a group of white supremacists demonstrated outside a Melbourne shopping centre, chanting hateful slogans and displaying offensive banners, prompting police investigation and government condemnation, following a prior machete attack at the same location.

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Melbourne Metro Tunnel Begins Trial Runs

Melbourne's $15 billion Metro Tunnel project will trial runs on June 21, using the Sunbury and Cranbourne/Pakenham lines, though passenger travel through the tunnel won't start immediately; the project, which includes five new underground stations, is set to be completed by the end of 2025.

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Machete Gang Brawl Prompts Immediate Ban in Victoria

A violent machete brawl between rival gangs at Melbourne's Northland Shopping Centre on Monday resulted in a lockdown, hospitalizations, and the immediate announcement of a state-wide machete ban, effective Wednesday, making Victoria the first state to implement such a measure.

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Melbourne Build-to-Rent Boom Bypasses Public Park Funding"

Thousands of build-to-rent apartments are being constructed in Melbourne without contributing to public parks due to a planning loophole, costing councils millions and sparking calls for legislative reform from inner-city mayors.

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Mushroom Poisoning Investigation Yields No Match

Following a fatal lunch, a Melbourne health officer investigated 14 stores across three suburbs for specific dried mushrooms causing multiple organ failures in four people, but found none matching the description provided by the Department of Health.

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Melbourne Home Insurance Costs Triple in High-Risk Suburbs Amid Climate Change

Melbourne home building insurance premiums have increased by 82 percent in five years, with Yarra Ranges and Nillumbik seeing costs almost three times higher than Whitehorse due to bushfire risks, reflecting the rising cost of reinsurance after major climate events.

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