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  The negative month has also caused Melbourne home values to dip 0.5 per cent over the past quarter (the three months to November 30). But they've increased ...

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• Melbourne weather: Winds of change as hot spring gives way to 'average' summer

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Summer climate and water outlookAustralia's three-month rainfall, streamflow and temperature outlook as forecast by the Bureau of Meteorology. (Video courtesy BoM)PT4M2S620349Wild winds marked the change of season in Victoria on Monday, with gusts of more than 100km/h blowing spring away.Victoria's spring was marked by record-breaking heat and long dry spells.The average temperature was 16.5 degrees, slightly up on the long-term spring average of 14.6 degrees.Melbourn..

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• Melbourne weather: Wild winds bring down trees, powerlines, spark grass fire

  

  A view of Monday night's storm from Bellarine Peninsula.Photo: Pete James PhotographyThunderstorms that hit Melbourne on Monday night brought little rain, or even lightning.Instead, they buffeted the city with ferocious winds.Wild winds brought down trees and powerlines across the city and also caused a grassfire in Doncaster East.The fierce winds tore through the city from 7pm.AdvertisementThe State Emergency Service received 350 calls for help between 7pm and 11pm, mainly for fallen trees in t..

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• Sex abuse commission: Church suppressed complaints to protect its reputation, says Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart

  

  Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart conceded the church left parishioners exposed to abuse.Photo: Joe ArmaoMelbourne Archbishop Denis Hart has admitted the Catholic Church buried complaints against clergy accused of sexually abusing children and misled parishioners by allowing paedophile priests to resign for health reasons.On Tuesday the child abuse royal commission turned its focus to paedophile priests including Nazareno Fasciale, who retired four decades after allegations of child sex abuse agai..

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• Melbourne world’s second best city for students: QS rankings

  

  Melbourne a world-beater for studentsThe AustralianDecember 1, 2015 11:00AMSavePrintHigher Education reporterSydneyJohn Ross joined the Higher Education Section in 2011. A communications graduate from UTS, he has won several National Press Club awards including 2010 Higher Education Journalist of the Year.The sun rises over the skyline of Melbourne, which has been ranked the world’s second best city for students for the second time running. Picture: Mark Stewart.Melbourne has maintained its stan..

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• Does Melbourne extend further than London? | The Urbanist

  

  The Age reported yesterday that a visiting London transport expert reckons Melbourne houses only half the population of London, but covers five times the area. This old canard isn’t true Population density of Melbourne vs London at same scale and same key (source: Charting Transport)The managing director of planning at Transport for London, Richard de Cani, reportedly claimsMelbourne is five times bigger than Londoneven though it only has half the population.Fiv..

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• Riders doing it tough in Melbourne's west with cyclists citing poor paths as a big turn off

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Cycling cam: Dynon Road, FootscrayWatch this speeded-up video of the so-called "Ride from Hell" in Melbourne's inner-west. (Video supplied by Victorian Greens Party)PT2M37S620349Melbourne's inner west has a reputation as one of the most hostile parts of the city for bike riders, with wide industrial roads filled with fast-moving container trucks and a shortage of paths across the Yarra River, a report has found.The report pinpoints the many missing links in the west's..

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• Melbourne researchers prove appendix crucial to digestive health | HeraldSun

  

  Millie Bode (left), pictured with her sister Lulu, had to have her appendix removed. Picture: Rob LeesonMELBOURNE scientists have discovered new proof that the appendix — the often-removed organ once thought to be redundant — can be crucial to digestive health.Researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have shown how a group of immune cells team up with the appendix to protect the gut during infection.They work together during bouts of food poisoning and other bacterial illnesses, and ..

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• NBL: Melbourne United ready for shootout with Illawarra Hawks

  

  Control: United guard Nate Tomlinson (left) against the Crocs in the last round.Photo: Getty ImagesMelbourne United do not want it, but if their clash with Illawarra Hawks turns into a shootout, they are locked and loaded.The high-powered Hawks will host Melbourne at WIN Entertainment Centre on Thursday night, with past league MVPs Kevin Lisch and Kirk Penney leading their side and centre A.J. Ogilvy putting together an All-NBL-calibre season.Hawks coach Rob Beveridge has charged his side to pla..

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• Growth - Can Melbourne support all these big global startups? One local says no

  The arrival of numerous big players into Melbourne will place further pressure on smaller startups trying to find the right developers, the co-founder of local startup Big Datr says. However, other members of the Victorian startup community say having these large companies in the city will eventually expand the overall talent pool and encourage others to get involved with the tech sector. The Victorian government has made “significant” investments toattract Zendesk,GoPro andSla..

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