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The Government’s majority would increase by “at least” 10 seats in next month’s election, said Prime Minister Robert Lang at a Melbourne press conference yesterday.

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A prison remand centre valued at $16 million is planned for Melbourne, Victorian Community Services Minister Mr Williams said in Parliament today.

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Most winners of the Hendrix Prize for Portraiture get it for “dull orthodox paintings”, according to Portrait Artist Terence Philips, at his exhibition launch in Carlton last night.

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John Beaumont said he had been “framed” after being sentenced to 25 years in jail by the Victorian County Court this morning.

Beaumont was convicted for the stabbing of a security guard last June.