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Teen accused of home invasion granted bail by Court of Appeal

After three months on remand, a teen who was refused bail on a Mildura home invasion charge has been released.

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Minimum wage rises more than inflation in 'particularly challenging' decision

Australia's minimum wage will increase by 5.97 per cent, and minimum award workers will get a 4.75 per cent pay boost, in the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) annual wage review.

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Copi Mineral Sands Project near Victoria-NSW border gets green light

A mineral sands project of global strategic importance receives provisional approval from the New South Wales government.

Equiptment at a trial site for a mineral sands project in Central Victoria.

Victorian watchdog set up to monitor farmland restoration amid mineral sands boom

Mineral sands projects in the Wimmera Mallee will be assessed by a new governance group, to ensure land restoration plans are appropriate.

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Young farmer who died two weeks after engagement set to leave lasting legacy

A scholarship will be created at a Victorian agricultural college in memory of a young man who died in a farming accident last month.

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Farm profits to dive by 70 per cent as drought and costs bite

The ABARES report for the June quarter predicts national crop production will fall by more than 20 per cent, with profits down 70 per cent for broadacre farms.

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Heat during abnormally warm May for eastern states could be here to stay

Australia's east is coming to the end of an abnormally warm May, and the heat could be here to stay.