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A tornado has ripped through parts of Melbourne as tens of thousands of homes have been left without power in a major thunderstorm event that has smashed parts of eastern Australia.

Severe thunderstorm fronts crossed parts of south-east Queensland and Victoria on Sunday afternoon, bringing heavy rainfall, damaging winds and large hail.

Homes were left damaged, and trees torn down across the two states, causing major power outages.

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A murderer will face his former girlfriend’s family after admitting he killed the 23-year-old and then tried to stage her death as a suicide.

Lachlan Young, 23, denied he murdered

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