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Alleged Vic killer mentally unwell: court

Lawyers for a Victorian teenager accused of fatally stabbing a homeless man in his camp are expected to argue mental impairment.

Sperm donor romance: Victorian Government slates review into adoption as stories of 'unconventional' families challenge current system

The Victorian Government has slated a review into adoption for later this year in their "commitment to modernising" the Adoption Act as stories of families created through sperm donation throw up challenges to the current system.

Vic apartment fire causes $1.5m in damages

About 50 residents have been evacuated from an apartment building in Melbourne's CBD after a ground floor shop caught on fire.

Mental health: Poor and remote areas don't have equal access to services, Monash University study finds

The largest ever study into mental health services in Australia has found government programs are failing to give people in poor and remote areas equal access to help.

Police nab four drink-drivers in Melbourne

Four drivers, including a learner, have been caught drink-driving in Melbourne's southeast, police say.

Racing figure Samba had dark side: police

Murdered former horse trainer Les Samba had links to a crime syndicate which he owed $200,0000, police investigating his murder say.

Motorcyclist's body found on Vic freeway

Police have closed part of a freeway in Melbourne's southeast after the body of a motorcyclist was found.

Two Melbourne girls cleared of Ebola

Tests have confirmed two young Melbourne girls have been cleared of having Ebola after returning from Guinea.

Sperm donor falls in love with baby's mother

It is the second unlikely love story to emerge from the revolution in the way we make babies and form families, and it has thrown up some serious new challenges for regulators and law makers.

Toddler killed in Vic storms

Two-year-old boy has died and a girl badly hurt after tree fell on their house in Dandenong Ranges.

Sperm donor romance: Couple falls in love after conceiving through anonymous donation, finds law cannot keep up

It is the second unlikely love story to emerge from the revolution in the way we make babies and form families, and it has thrown up some serious new challenges for regulators and law makers.