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• Melbourne CBD hit by flash flooding from freak storm - 9news

  

  A freak afternoon storm caused flash flooding in Melbourne’s CBD and soaked Flemington Racecourse on Oaks Day.The worst of the storm hit about 2pm, and emergency services received about 200 calls in two hours.Flash floodwaters breached kerbs across the CBD, including in Swanston Street and Chapel Street, Prahran. Parts of the Melbourne metro area flooded. (Supplied) The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) even issued a tornado warning, after funnel clouds were spotted over Tullamarine, Cragieburn and St Albans, but the warning was later cancelled. A funnel cloud was sighted at Tullamarine at around 1.50pm. (Twitter, @synoptica) A walkway at Flinders Street Station was ..

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• Melbourne Metro to close busy city streets for up to three years, including Domain Road

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Melbourne Metro Rail project: CBD north constructionConnecting Melbourne Central to the "CBD north" Melbourne Metro Rail station will require major underground engineering and the extended closure of some CBD streets.PT0M51S620349The construction of five new subway stations in inner Melbourne will take five years and force the shutdown of some city streets for more than half that time, as 1.7 million tonnes of rock and earth is dug up and trucked away.The $10.2 million Domain tram interchange is also set to be demolished and rebuilt, it has emerged, just two years after it opened in 2013.Fresh detail of the $11 billion Melbourne Metro rail tunnel has been released..

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• Melbourne weather: Tornado hits Melbourne's north

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Tornado scare for MelbourneReports of tornadoes, flash flooding and strong winds as fierce thunderstorms pass over Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula.PT0M50S620349Update:The SES received 200 calls for help within two hours as Melbourne's north was hit by what was believed to be a tornado on Thursday afternoon.Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Michael Efron said the tornado struck the outer northern suburbs of Tullamarine, Craigieburn, Campbellfield  between 1.30pm and 2pm.Storm clouds covering the Melbourne CBD.Photo: Paul JeffersThe weather bureau as of 3.15pm revoked its tornado warning for Melbourne, and the twister that was sighted in the northern subu..

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• Melbourne weather: No significant damage from severe storms that prompted tornado warning - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Melbourne weather: No significant damage from severe storms that prompted tornado warningUpdatedNovember 05, 2015 20:44:11 The State Emergency Service (SES) says it has not seen any significant damage from an intense storm cell that has blown through Melbourne, prompting a tornado warning.A severe thunderstorm warningis current for the state, including Melbourne.Severe thunderstorms have been detected on radar near Rokewood and south-east of Cressy, north-west of Geelong.The storms are moving towards the south-east and may affect the area north of Bacchus Marsh, Toolern Vale and Sunbury.Earlier, funnel clouds were spotted by an observer at Melbourne Airport and a volunteer storm spotter,..

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• Fox responsible for penguin slaughter at Melbourne Zoo returns to scene of crime - 9news

  

  The survivors of a vicious fox attack that killed almost half of Melbourne Zoo's little penguin population on Tuesday night remain in isolation as measures are taken to hunt down the culprit, which returned to the scene of the slaughter last night.New security footage shows the marauding fox returning to the penguin exhibit, which is one of the zoo's most exposed, the creature apparently still hungry after the massacre of 14 penguins.The 15 survivors of the attack have been moved to a secure location onsite, as have the zoo's quokkas, which were also deemed at risk of attack from the voracious intruder, which is believed to have breached the grounds sometime in the past week. &..

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• Melbourne weather: City cops a drenching while records break

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Oaks Day becomes Soaks DayA soggy start to the Spring Racing Carnival's traditional "Ladies day", and afternoon thunderstorms further threatening Flemington.PT1M2S620349A torrential downpour has drenched Victoria, with some parts of the state experiencing their wettest November day in more than 100 years.More than 20 millimetres of rain fell across Melbourne on Thursday morning, drenching commuters,Oaks Dayracegoers and shoppers waiting to snap upH&M's latestfashion range.Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Michael Efron said the highest rainfall around Melbourne was 34 millimetres in Sunshine.Racegoers were drenched while making their way to Oaks Day at Fle..

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• Jessica Mauboy and Hilary Swank shunned for not wearing Myer

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Jessica Mauboy breaks silence on anthem no-showA miscommunication with the styling team is cited as being behind Jessica Mauboy's Melbourne Cup Day anthem no-show. Vision courtesy Seven News Melbourne.PT1M21S620349Singer Jessica Mauboy's clothing appears to be behind her failure to appear at the Melbourne Cup, with the Victorian Racing Club standing by its policy of protecting the exclusive rights of sponsors such as Myer.Fairfax Media understands Mauboy was pulled from performing the national anthem just minutes before Tuesday's Melbourne Cup after the singer's stylist did not adhere to the agreed-upon outfit with the Victorian Racing Club.Jessica Mauboy appeared..

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• Glen Boss hits back at report claiming he is critical of Melbourne Cup winner Michelle Payne

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Glen Boss: 'I so much support girls'FULL INTERVIEW: champion jockey on 3AW lashes out at Herald Sun reporter who "completely turned upside down" an interview which touched on the status of women jockeys, and Michelle Payne's Melbourne Cup win.PT4M34S620349An emotional Glen Boss says he's been "hung out to dry" by a newspaper report which portrayed him as critical of Melbourne Cup winner Michelle Payne over her comments that racing was a boys club.Boss told Fairfax Media of his friendship and great respect for Payne, who became the first woman to win racing's greatest prize aboard outsider Prince of Penzance.Michelle Payne with the Melbourne Cup on Wednesday, a day..

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  Woman pushes cop over0:27A woman has been arrested after she pushed a Victorian Policeman into a bush during the Melbourne Cup at Flemington. Courtesy Channel SevenA Melbourne Cup racegoer was arrested by Victorian Police after she pushed over Acting Superintendent Steven Cooper at Flemington Racecourse. Picture 7 News/MelbourneTHE woman who pushed over a senior police officer in full view of television cameras is reticent over the attention she’s received, issuing an apology for her actions.Sarah Finn told Seven News: “My level of intoxication is no excuse.”“I deeply apologise for my actions. I acknowledge a massive error in judgement on my behalf.”The 25-year-old sent Acting Superintendent..

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• Melbourne Cup 2015: Racegoer Sarah Finn apologises for pushing senior police officer

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Woman charged over police pushVictoria Police charge a woman for pushing a senior officer at the Melbourne Cup Carnival.PT1M28S620349The woman who shoved a senior police officer into a garden bed at the Melbourne Cup has apologised for her bizarre behaviour.Sarah Finn, 25, sent Acting Superintendent Steven Cooper flying backwards into a bush at Flemington after the Cup on Tuesday afternoon.Acting Superintendent Cooper was on his mobile phone preparing to give a statement to the media praising crowd behaviour at the races, when he was suddenly upended by Ms Finn, who has been charged with assaulting a police officer.A young woman pushes Acting Superintendent Steven..

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