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Australia reports that it is suffering a plague of mice across New South Wales, from the Queensland border all the way to Victoria. Mice are chewing through walls and ceilings, and are estimated to have caused $100 million in damage to crops and grain stores. Homeowners setting traps are reporting catching 500 to 600 mice per night.
2021-05-22

Australia reports the highest one-day increase of new cases since the pandemic began, with 502 new cases, surpassing the previous record set on March 28 at 469 cases. Victoria records 484 new cases and two deaths, the highest of any Australian state. [https:--www.theage.com.au-national-victoria-record-484-new-coronavirus-cases-in-victoria-20200722-p55ecn.html ("The Age")] [https:--www.abc.net.au-news-2020-07-22-australia-records-highest-daily-number-of-coronavirus-cases-12481762 (ABC News (Australia))]
2020-07-22

A semi-trailer crashes into two police cars along the Eastern Freeway near Kew, Victoria, Australia. Four police officers are killed, making it the deadliest incident for law enforcement in the history of Victoria.
2020-04-22

Denis Napthine is sworn in as the Premier of the Australian state of Victoria replacing Ted Baillieu.
2013-03-7

Judy Moran, the matriarch of the Australian Moran crime family, is convicted of the murder of her brother-in-law Des Moran in Melbourne, Victoria.
2011-03-9

John Brumby concedes defeat in the Victorian election; Ted Baillieu becomes the new Premier of the Australian state of Victoria.
2010-11-29

Voters in the Australian state of Victoria go to the polls for the state election.
2010-11-27

Over fifty-thousand Australians have been placed on evacuation alert in the Australian state of Victoria in eleven towns since Saturday due to the 2010 Victorian floods.
2010-09-6

Heavy rain in the Australian state of Victoria causes flooding in the towns of Ballarat, Maryborough and Bendigo with landslides blocking roads in the Victorian Alps.
2010-09-4

The report of the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission into the Black Saturday bushfires that killed 173 people in Victoria, Australia, is tabled in the Parliament of Victoria. It contains 67 recommendations including changes to evacuation policy and an increase in backburning.
2010-07-31