Baby death probe, RCH beds empty, cancer institute to close

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1. Police investigate death of eight-month-old baby in Ballarat

   Homicide detectives are investigating the death of an eight-month-old girl who was found unresponsive in a home in Ballarat.

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2. Twenty new emergency beds left empty at RCH due to staffing shortage: leaked email

   A leaked internal email claims 20 new emergency beds at the Royal Children's Hospital will remain empty when a long-awaited multimillion-dollar redevelopment is completed, due to a staffing shortage.

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3. Slowly strangled: Cancer institute to close as research centres buckle under funding crisis

   A leading children's cancer and women's health institute has proposed closing and merging with Monash University after years of multimillion-dollar deficits, with about 75 staff expected to lose their jobs.

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4. Man arrested after hit-run that killed elderly woman in Melbourne’s south-east

   A man has been arrested after a hit-run that killed an elderly woman on a major road in Melbourne's bayside early Tuesday morning.

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5. ‘Rite of passage’: School gambling labelled rife as experts warn of dangers

   Researchers warn school gambling is rife, with students sneaking off to bet and saying it is all too easy for underage teens to set up betting accounts.

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