30-year-old fleets and cracking trucks: Why Victoria’s fire services are chasing billions

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City of Perth brings back former boss after council sacks CEO
Garry Hunt will return to lead the local government for 12 months as the city faces a $120,000 inquiry into “fractured”
Coroner breaks down in tears over eight-year-old’s hospital death
A coroner fought back tears today while telling the parents of eight-year-old Amrita Lanka her death was preventable.
More than 20 bullets fired into Melbourne home
Dozens of bullets were fired into a house in Caroline Springs during an early-morning drive-by shooting.
India Is a Power in the Middle: Jaishankar
India's Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar says he sees India as a "power in the middle" rather than a "middle power." (Sour
Sydney teenager charged with shooting murder of 12-year-old boy
A teenager has been charged with murder after the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy in Sydney’s north-west last month.