Melbourne weather: Damaging winds cause chaos throughout Victoria and other top stories.

• Melbourne weather: Damaging winds cause chaos throughout Victoria

  

  An Ambulance Victoria spokesman has said it's not yet known how many people were injured in the severe weather on Sunday. He noted at least eight people had been directly injured from weather-related incidents. A Tecoma woman aged in her 80s suffered pelvic injuries and was taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition. A woman aged in her 90s suffered head injuries after a roof collapsed into the kitchen of her Badgers Creek home, on Sunday morning. A man aged in his 70s was injured af..

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• Melbourne Airport monorail idea not a priority, but worthy of ...

  

  Melbourne Airport monorail idea not a priority, but worthy of discussion, Premier says Updated October 09, 2016 13:59:00 A plan for a monorail to Melbourne Airport is not high on the list of priorities but is worth discussing at some point in the future, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrew says.A private consortium held discussions with some members of the Government over a $1.2 billion plan for a fast monorail to the airport.The Government is facing pressure to improve tra..

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• Rays rise above Melbourne in gusty conditions Today at 3:00 PM NRC

  

  The Sydney Rays have beaten Melbourne Rising 38-32 at Frankston Park in Melbourne’s southeast, ensuring both teams will play in the Buildcorp NRC Finals Series next week. The Rays were a chance of claiming top spot with a bonus point win, but after leading 38-16 at halftime, couldn’t add any further points running into winds measuring upwards of 80km/h. The Rising also needed to secure a losing bonus point if they couldn’t win, to stave off the possibility of being leapfrogged into fourth on th..

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• Troisi joins Sorensen on Melbourne derby sidelines

  

  Melbourne Victory will be without forward James Troisi for Saturday's Melbourne derby, and up to three more A-League matches, due to a collarbone injury. The attacker was hurt after landing awkwardly from an aerial contest in his return match for the club against Brisbane Roar on Friday night. Scans revealed a fracture and Troisi underwent surgery on Saturday, the club have confirmed. The injury is a blow to the Victory, who looked set for three points before Luke DeVere's dramatic la..

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• Why Australia needs a high-speed train

  

  The CLARA High Speed Rail proposal2:33CLARA's plan is to build new regional, compact, sustainable, smart-cities and connect them by most advanced high speed rail CLARA is proposing building eight new smart cities connected by a very fast train system. Picture: CLARAHIGH speed rail is something that Australians have learnt not to get too excited about.The possibility of getting from Sydney to Melbourne in less than two hours without the fuss of getting to and from airports and waiting for infreq..

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• Police investigating after man shot in leg, dumped on Melbourne street

  

  Police investigating after man shot in leg, dumped on Melbourne street Posted October 08, 2016 20:55:34 Victoria police are investigating after a man was found with a gunshot wound on a street at Cranbourne, in Melbourne's south-east.The man, aged in his 30s, was discovered on Lurline Street around 6:30pm (AEDT).Emergency services were called and he was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.Police believe the man was dumped from a car after being shot i..

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• Melbourne property buyers remain frustrated at properties selling ...

  

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• Woman dies in head-on Melbourne freeway crash

  

  A woman has died after a head-on collision with a four-wheel-drive on the Western Freeway in Melbourne’s north-west last night. Police believe her Holden Astra travelled on to the wrong side of the freeway at Hopetoun Park and into the path of a four-wheel drive just before 11pm.She died at the scene. The 4WD’s male driver is being treated for serious but non-life threatening injuries in hospital.His passengers, a young boy and girl and a man in his 20s, were not injured.Investigations into the..

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• Melbourne auction market returns with yet another strong result

  

  The Melbourne weekend auction market resumed in full stride at the weekend after  the previous weekend’s shutdown in activity due to holiday and grand final distractions. Melbourne recorded a clearance rate of 79.8 per cent on Saturday, which was below the previous weekend’s holiday-impacted 87.1 per cent, but above the 74.2 per cent recorded over the same weekend last year. Saturday’s result was the highest recorded on a full weekend over the spring selling season this year. The local market h..

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