A Coalition government would ditch expensive desalination water orders that drive up household bills unless Melbourne storages drop below 60 per cent full. 

An elderly woman has been unmasked as one of the alleged masterminds in a major family-run drug trafficking racket. 

Federal data shows about half of the nation’s migrant intake last year were reunited families, with the great majority of visas given to partners of Australian citizens.  

Traders in St Kilda fear one of its most popular precincts has become overrun with crime and anti-social behaviour, with drug users openly injecting in front of children. 

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