Jacinta Allan
Why Jacinta Allan is pushing for laws that will lock up more kids
A Labor government, led by a woman of the Left, is legislating with the explicit intention of putting more young recidivist home invaders and car thieves behind bars.
- Chip Le Grand
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Just 1 per cent of ‘designated area’ searches find illicit items
The Allan government wants to expand the usage of “designated areas”, allowing Victoria Police to declare them for up to six months at a time.
- Rachel Eddie
- Exclusive
- Healthcare
Exhausted junior doctors who didn’t claim overtime win $175m in backpay
About 15,000 doctors who worked at 36 Victorian health services since January 2015 will be sent unpaid wages after a landmark legal win.
- Broede Carmody and Henrietta Cook
Melbourne tree canopy goal ‘impossible’ without ripping out roads
The government’s target tree canopy for urban areas is at odds with its new tree targets for apartment and townhouse developments.
- Sophie Aubrey
Machetes banned, police stop-and-search powers expanded in crime crackdown
Jacinta Allan is expected to make more announcements on crime to increase police powers and deter people from showcasing their crimes on social media.
- Rachel Eddie, Kieran Rooney and Daniella White
- Opinion
- Victorian Parliament
Allan’s cartoonishly titled bail bill reveals the depths of bad government
These changes to the law have been cobbled together with reckless haste.
- Chip Le Grand
Victorian bail overhaul to treat accused children like adults in serious cases
Community safety will become the “overarching principle” in bail decisions, says Premier Jacinta Allan, in response to youth crime surge.
- Kieran Rooney and Chip Le Grand
Flemington and North Melbourne towers to be redeveloped with no public housing
The new developments will have community and “affordable” housing, but none of it will be state run.
- Rachael Dexter and Cara Waters
Abuse cases surging as child protection investigations take weeks to start
Victoria spends $821.96 per child on care services, which is the least in the nation.
- Kieran Rooney
- Opinion
- Victorian Parliament
This New York train station was the world’s most expensive. Sunshine may have it beat
The architecturally splendid Oculus, at New York’s rebuilt World Trade Centre, cost $US4 billion to build. Sunshine station could give the record a nudge.
- Chip Le Grand
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