Headlines: Vic Govt considers new police powers after fatal stabbings

The Daily Aus

Today's headlines include:

• Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan will consider tougher police powers following what she called the “shocking and violent killing” of two young boys in Melbourne’s outer-west.
• NSW Police have dropped all charges against a former Greens candidate who was injured during a pro-Palestinian protest earlier this year.
• Nepal’s Government has lifted a controversial social media ban after deadly protests killed 19 people and injured at least 100 others.
• And today’s good news: Researchers in the UK have developed a breakthrough technology that could make lung cancer screening cheaper and more widely accessible.

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