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The world-first trial involves taking patients' healthy cells, growing them in a lab, and injecting them back into damaged tendons with the results surprising both patients and surgeons.

The prolonged cost-of-living crisis is continuing into a what is traditionally a period of financial stress, creating fears in the retail sector of increased abuse of workers over Christmas.

While oil and gas companies argue no lasting harm is done by undersea blasting, Tasmanian fisherman Danny Fox isn't so sure — and says if it's so harmless, he'd like to see an "oil executive" in a bath take a large blast of compressed air to "see what he thinks".

We're in the grips of a surging COVID-19 wave but there's some good news — the new monovalent COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna will be up for grabs from December 11.

A secret recording played in court reveals Emma Walters, the estranged wife of union figure John Setka, told a private investigator "I have to kill my children's father to survive".

Financial counsellor Kirsty Robson says it's a clear indication of mortgage stress as more Australians turn to credit cards and loans amid the cost of living crisis.

A youth worker says a 12-year-old girl charged with the murder of a 37-year-old woman in Melbourne last week was failed by the system that should have been looking after her.

Tensions over Gaza conflict continue to boil across Australia, as the Israel-Gaza war enters its seventh week.

Dandenong Mayor Eden Foster survived a double-digit swing against Labor to win the poll.

The only GP clinic in a town just outside Melbourne is facing possible closure because it does not have enough doctors. Advocates say it's an example of an urgent national crisis.

Thousands of people take to Australian streets for the sixth-straight week, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, while pro-Israeli events are rallying for the release of hostages.

Artist Lisa Gorman's artwork will be showcased alongside the art of Mirka Mora at an exhibition at the Warrnambool Art Gallery in Victoria.

The death of police officer Jason Doig from a shooting in regional South Australia has sent emergency services across the nation into grieving, but the town where he worked for a decade has felt the immense loss.

The family of Jeffrey Winmar have remembered the Indigenous father of one as "bright, happy and respectable". They want more answer on why he died days after he was arrested by police.

How hospitals approach the needs of a patient who is also breastfeeding can have a significant impact on both mum and bub, and most Australian hospitals aren't offering accredited support. 

Fake Australian banking apps that look like the genuine article are appearing on the internet. Test your knowledge and see if you can tell the real from the fake.

Melbourne man "Sunny" Duong liked to boast about his connections and is a "big-noter", but never acted on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party to influence Australian politicians, his lawyer tells a foreign interference trial.

Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) students who were forced to take an amended Chinese language exam after it was accidentally given to a different class complain of a further stuff-up with the test.

Melbourne Airport doubles down on its demand that the long-awaited $10 billion Airport Rail Link feature an underground station, saying a delay to the project meant it was achievable.

Students will provide 'climate sick notes' signed by leading international climate scientists stating the major climate health concerns are making students unwell.

However, a debate over where to place the train station threatens to delay the $10 billion project.

The policeman killed in the line of duty in regional South Australia overnight has been named as Brevet Sergeant Jason Doig, a "highly respected" and experienced officer whose death has devastated the force.

The motive behind a donation businessman Di Sanh "Sunny" Duong made to the Royal Melbourne Hospital during the COVID pandemic is scrutinised as part of a foreign interference trial.

Volunteer firefighters fear their safety is being compromised because they're battling fires on outdated and unsafe trucks. Nearly 10 per cent of the state's fire trucks are more than 30 years old, ahead of what is predicted to be a horror bushfire season.

At just 24, Aaneke has lost multiple loved ones to drug overdoses. She and addiction experts are now calling on the Victorian government to do more to ensure the life-saving drug naloxone can be accessed by those who need it most.