Andi Yu
Andi Yu is a journalist and digital producer for ABC News Melbourne. She has formerly worked as reporter for Australian Associated Press in Melbourne and Sydney. You can follow her on Twitter @andiviviennyu
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Victorian police chief labels protesters who confronted officers at Pride march 'an ugly rabble'
By Danielle Cahill and Andi Yu
Victorian Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton labels the actions of a group of protesters who confronted police at the annual Midsumma Pride march as "abhorrent".
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Eight people in a critical condition following suspected drug overdose at a Melbourne rave
By Mikaela Ortolan and Andi Yu
Seven of the eight people believed to have overdosed at Hardmission Festival were placed into induced comas and required breathing tubes.
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Newborn in critical condition after 'freebirth' in regional Victoria
By Andi Yu
A mother in her 20s is understood to have avoided contact with medical services throughout her pregnancy, but sought hospital assistance on the day of her baby's birth.
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Melbourne political trailblazer who was admired in her day but later 'overlooked' by history will be honoured with a new statue
By Andi Yu
A Melbourne woman who left an indelible mark on Australian politics will be honoured in statue form as part of a council effort to install more female statues.
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Police arrest 72 climate protesters in heart of Melbourne for failing to obey traffic direction
By Mike Lorigan and Andi Yu
Police arrest and fine Extinction Rebellion demonstrators for failing to obey traffic directions when staging a rally in the middle of the road outside Flinders Street Station.
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Wyndham City Council staff allege Jasmine Hill bullied them
By Margaret Paul, Andi Yu, and Courtney Withers
Councillor Jasmine Hill has been suspended for alleged misconduct including 'screaming' at staff.
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Swing against Labor in Mulgrave by-election was 'expected', Premier says after government retains seat
By Andi Yu
Labor's Eden Foster will take over the seat of Mulgrave from former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews following her by-election win. Premier Jacinta Allan says Labor anticipated a swing against it.
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Australian ports shut down over cyber security incident impacting goods moving into and out of the country
By Andi Yu
While ships remain able to unload freight, the freight cannot then leave the site, due to the shutdown impacting DP World Australia, which operates ports in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Fremantle.
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Victorian town's sporting hub burnt down in 'suspicious' fire
By Andi Yu and Bridget McArthur
More than 100 years of regional Victorian footy history has been wiped out in a fire police described as suspicious.
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Offensive gesture outside court provides first test of Victoria's new ban of the Nazi salute
By Andi Yu and Leanne Wong
A Neo-Nazi who a judge had just deemed to have good prospects of rehabilitation was filmed doing a Nazi salute as soon as he stepped outside the court.
It is now illegal to use the Nazi salute in Victoria and police are warning they will take action if they see it
By Andi Yu
Victoria Police is warning action will be taken against anyone who uses the Nazi salute in public, now that the gesture has become illegal.
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Victoria's Jewish community encouraged not to fear and not to hide 'Jewishness'
By Andi Yu and Melissa Brown
There are heightened fears in Victoria's Jewish community of a wave of anti-Semitic sentiment as the Israel-Gaza conflict escalates.
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Tens of thousands of Australians hit the streets in support of the October 14 referendum
By Mikaela Ortolan, Andi Yu and staff
From Sydney to Broome, to Burnie and Townsville, Australians have hit the streets in a show of support for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum.
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Gunmen still at large after Melbourne underworld figure shot dead outside cafe
By Andi Yu
A Melbourne underworld figure has been killed and another man has been critically injured in what police have described as an organised crime shooting outside a cafe in the city's north-west.
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One dead, man arrested after major incident in Melbourne CBD
By Andi Yu
One person has died and a man has been arrested after a car ran into pedestrians and two other cars in Melbourne's CBD.
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John Farnham's You're The Voice is the soundtrack for the referendum Yes campaign
By Andi Yu
John Farnham has fiercely protected his hit song You're The Voice from commercial use until now.
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Distressed daughter slams Victorian Labor over fruitless branch stacking probe
By Andi Yu and Jesse Thompson
Mary Nigro had a feeling Victorian Labor's branch stacking probe would not track down the person responsible for forging her dead father's signature. She was right.
Doctor's historic legal win against a Melbourne hospital for unpaid overtime
By Andi Yu, Lexie Jeuniewic, and Ruth Brook
'The general public would be horrified': Young Melbourne doctor makes history in a wage theft case against her former employer.
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Melbourne man wins $10k in world Scrabble championship showdown
By Elise Kinsella and Andi Yu
World Scrabble champion David Eldar turns his fortunes around with some short words and strategic moves he says 99 per cent of people would not have thought of.
Australia's most gas-dependent state is being forced to phase it out. Why? Will other states follow?
By Andi Yu
"It's no longer plentiful, it's no longer cheap and it's also a fossil fuel." Here's why the Victorian government is pushing people to ditch gas.
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Victoria's environment watchdog drops charges against soft plastics recycler
By Andi Yu and Margaret Paul
Victoria's environment watchdog has dropped allegations against a soft plastics recycling company, but says more serious charges could be coming.
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Police re-open probe into Melbourne school's role in helping Malka Leifer leave Australia
By Andi Yu
Victoria Police confirm the Sexual Crimes Squad has resumed an investigation into possible offences linked to the Adass Israel School in Melbourne's inner south-east.
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'This shouldn't have to be my day job': Victorian treaty body overwhelmed by 'tidal wave' of racist abuse online
By Joseph Dunstan and Andi Yu
Victoria's Aboriginal treaty body calls on Facebook to better control racist abuse online, as it counters a surge of hate speech it fears is being fanned by the national debate on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
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'Unspeakably un-Australian': Federal government slams Melbourne neo-Nazi protesters
By Andi Yu and Phoebe Hosier
Police use pepper spray to contain violence between neo-Nazi and anti-fascist protesters outside Victorian Parliament on Saturday afternoon.
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Labor's Mary Doyle snatches formerly safe Liberal seat of Aston in historic by-election win
By Andi Yu
Labor has claimed victory in the federal seat of Aston, the first time in more than a century that a government has won a seat from the opposition at a by-election.
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