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• Bids for Melbourne Metro Rail project's first major contract to open this week

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Metro rail 'pre-works' set to beginThe Melbourne Metro Rail tunnel is one step closer to reality with the government seeking expressions of interest for works including the relocation of gas mains and electricity cables.PT0M58S620349Residents and businesses along the Melbourne metro route will be without utilities while major pre-works for the multibillion-dollar project are completed.Premier Daniel Andrews has announced expressions of interest for 'pre-works' for the..

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• Melbourne weather: Damaging winds, high temperatures expected across Victoria on Wednesday

  

  Melbourne weather: Damaging winds, high temperatures expected across Victoria on WednesdayWind gusts of up to 100km an hour are expected.Melbourne is expected to be lashed by damaging winds on Wednesday as severe weather makes its way across the state.A warm to hot northwesterly airstream is forecast to bring wind gusts of up to 100km an hour with peaks expected about 10am, 4pm and 8pm.The Country Fire Authority has declared Wednesday a day of total fire ban across all of Victoria except East Gi..

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• Melbourne traffic: Fatal crash on Toorak Road, peak hour delays expected

  

  Melbourne traffic: Fatal crash on Toorak Road, peak hour delays expectedPeak hour delays are expected on Toorak Road after a motorcyclist was killed in a crash on Tuesday afternoon.Police have been told the man was riding west on Toorak Road when he collided with an east-bound car about 2pm.The man suffered life-threatening injuries and paramedics attempted to revive him but he died at the scene, police said.AdvertisementThe road remains closed between Glenferrie Road in Kooyong and Henderson Av..

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• Melbourne ranks as the most affordable capital city for renting

  

  ­Melbourne is the most affordable capital city in Australia for average income households looking to rent, according to a new report.The average household in Greater Melbourne would have to fork out 24 per cent of their income if they were to rent, according to theRental Affordability Index(RAI) for November 2015.This compares favourably to Sydney, the priciest of the capital cities, where average households hand over 28 per cent of their income towards rent.Households paying 30 per cent or more..

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• Melbourne's Port island mystery - 9news

  

  It's Melbourne's own tiny Atlantis - a mystery island to be built to expand the city's port but no one can explain whose idea it was.Treasury documents leaked to The Age show a new island was proposed for Port Phillip Bay to expand the Port of Melbourne's size.But no one is prepared to take credit for the mystery island. "I'd never ever seen any of those plans put to me, they were never put to the previous treasurer," opposition leader Matthew Guy told reporters on Tuesday.Mr Guy said t..

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• Majak Daw rape trial: Former North Melbourne player faces jury on three charges - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Majak Daw rape trial: Former North Melbourne player faces jury on three chargesUpdatedNovember 24, 2015 15:44:04 A rape trial of former North Melbourne football player Majak Daw has begun in the County Court.Daw has pleaded not guilty to three charges over the alleged rape of a teenage girl after a house party in 2007 when he was a 16-year-old high school student.Judge Mark Dean has instructed the jury of five men and seven women that the case has nothing to do with Daw's role as an AFL foot..

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• AFP removes passenger from Brisbane-bound Virgin flight in...

  

  AFP removes passenger from Brisbane-bound Virgin flight in MelbourneA male passenger on a Virgin Australia flight bound for Brisbane was escorted off the flight in Melbourne by the Australian Federal Police on Monday night.The Australian Federal Police (AFP) would not disclose the reason for moving the passenger off Virgin Australia Flight VA353 .It is understood that the passenger did not pose a threat to national security.Police officers attended Melbourne airport on Monday night after receivi..

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• Melbourne United to lock down on defence ahead of Townsville Crocs clash

  

  Daniel Kickert of Melbourne United controls the ball as Nicholas Kay of the Townsville Crocs defends.Photo: Getty-ImagesMelbourne United will stop opposing sides slowing down play as they look to end their three-game losing slide.The NBL's top side is back on court Thursday night when they visit Townsville Crocs at Townsville Entertainment Centre, giving Melbourne (9-3 win-loss) the chance to atone for their upset loss to the Crocs (4-8) at Hisense Arena last Friday night.Crocs coach Shawn Denni..

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• Draft bolter: Dees eye Ollie Wines clone

  

  AFL draft 2015: Melbourne considers Clayton Oliver with first pick, plays like Ollie WinesHello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.MELBOURNE wants competitive beasts wearing the red and blue as it attempts to morph from pushovers to premiers.This premium placed on a thirst for the contest sees the Demons sizing up 187cm midfielder Clayton Oliver their first pick in Tuesday night’s national draft.Oliver, who stormed home to win the 2015 Morrish ..

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• Melbourne priest showered with boy - 9news

  

  Priests don't do those things. Then Melbourne archbishop Frank Little did not believe Father Wilfred Baker had abused a boy when confronted by the parents, telling them they should be supporting their parish priest.Baker was fixated on the teenager, former priest Philip O'Donnell says. Besotted with him. Obsessed.He showered with the boy and taught him to drive sitting on the Gladstone Park priest's lap. "I just thought it was utterly inappropriate for an adult male, particularly a pari..

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