Some 499 children aged between 10 and 13 were detained in the youth justice system in 2019/20.
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Victoria has recorded 26 new local cases of coronavirus, the highest daily total of the current outbreak.
The man, aged in his 30s, contracted the virus at the Geelong-Carlton game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 10.
Two campaign launches from the Victorian Council of Social Service and Melbourne’s performing arts community coincided on July 19.
New South Wales is in the midst of an outbreak in Greater Sydney and surrounding regions.
The state government has pledged $15.8 million to build 62 homes for regional Victorians with mental illness.
An inquiry has recommended Victoria’s chief health officer meet with a community over their fears of a possible cancer cluster.
Andrews and his wife Catherine say he is lucky to be alive after fracturing his spine and breaking several ribs in a fall.
A landfill in north Melbourne will build a purpose-built facility to collect, treat and dispose of contaminated soil.