Victorian Parliament
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- Suburban Rail Loop
Jacinta Allan is either delusional or dogged by claiming election was a mandate for SRL
The premier’s press conference at a dusty Suburban Rail Loop construction site encapsulated the battle raging between her supporters and detractors over the meaning of Saturday’s result.
- Chip Le Grand and Kieran Rooney
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- Domestic violence
Victoria, NSW frustrated by federal funding cuts to domestic violence partnership
The national partnership provides operational funding to the states and territories for local services that save lives.
- Rachel Eddie and Michael McGowan
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- Drugs
Frontline police officers barred from carrying life-saving drug naloxone
At least two Australians die of an opioid-related overdose every day, but Victorian police have been told they are not allowed to carry a free, life-saving antidote.
- Marta Pascual Juanola
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- Suburban Rail Loop
As the Suburban Rail Loop drives up rents, this affordable health clinic could become homeless
Policies aimed at better public transport and more housing in Box Hill could have the perverse effect of forcing out a not-for-profit clinic that provides health services to the same, fast-growing population.
- Chip Le Grand
Neo-Nazis’ Anzac Day taunts unlikely to breach hate-speech law, experts say
National outrage over white supremacists’ booing at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance has sparked debate about whether Victoria’s beefed-up anti-vilification legislation could be used to punish the agitators.
- Rachel Eddie, Brittany Busch, Sherryn Groch and Lachlan Abbott
Police invoke powers to unmask disruptors as women’s rights rally returns to scene of neo-Nazi stunt
Tough search-and-arrest powers will be in force on Saturday around state parliament, where trans-rights activists plan to disrupt a women’s rights rally which last year was crashed by right-wing extremists.
- Chip Le Grand
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- Health
‘People are going to die’: Funding doubt over state’s frontline public health defence
The Victorian government refuses to guarantee the future of local public health units that were crucial to the state’s pandemic fight, igniting concerns about more budget cuts to an already stretched health service.
- Chip Le Grand, Henrietta Cook and Broede Carmody
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- Liberal Party
Moira Deeming promoted, stoking tensions over Pesutto’s fate
Opposition Leader Brad Battin has named Deeming his “representative to the western suburbs”, after her defamation victory against the party’s former leader threatens to push him to the brink of bankruptcy.
- Rachel Eddie
Pay dirt: Landfills fight for lucrative soil contracts
Rising landfill levies and a slowdown in construction have sparked instability within Victoria’s waste industry as operators warn of aggressive tactics and the financial collapse of some recycling and reuse companies.
- Kieran Rooney
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- Suburban Rail Loop
Cancelling Suburban Rail Loop likely to cost billions
Industry insiders estimate the payout could significantly exceed the $1.1 billion it cost the Andrews government to cancel the East West Link.
- Kieran Rooney
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