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Alex WhiteState politics reporter

Alex White is an award winning member of the state rounds team reporting on daily political stories as well as long-term investigative projects. Before the Victorian Parliament she was based in Melbourne as the state security reporter and has accumulated a decade of journalistic experience at News Corp papers.

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Port Adelaide Salvage and its director, Maurice Corsaro, are being sentenced today (7/2/19) in the ERD Court for an illegal dump at a Highbury quarry and a second one at Houghton that involved about 1440 tonnes of demolition waste. Supplied photos of both sites and video of Highbury of the tipper trucks unloading from the EPA

Fresh pain for Big Build sites as tip truck drivers strike

Big build projects and private housing developments across Melbourne are facing new delays as hundreds of tipper truck drivers walk off the job in the state’s latest strike action.

Victoria

Protesters hold banners and chant slogans as they march in support of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) in central Sydney on September 18, 2024. Thousands of trade workers joined marches in Melbourne and Sydney to protest against the federal government's decision to force the CFMEU's construction arm into administration. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Young Labor’s bold call to reinstate sacked CFMEU officials

Nuclear power, free public transport and reinstating sacked CFMEU union officials are among the bold ideas up for discussion at this weekend’s Victoria’s Young Labor conference.

Victoria

Monash Council has endorsed its Clayton Precinct Plan to guide development in Clayton Road between Centre Road and just north of the Monash Medical Centre. Picture: Josie Hayden

Vic hospitals in financial crisis with deficits of more than $1bn

Some of Victoria’s busiest hospitals are facing a major cash shortfall with annual reports tabled in parliament revealing more than $1bn in deficits.

Victoria

Thousands sign petition against Mt Arapiles climbing, camping ban

More than 2500 people have signed a petition calling for the government to come clean on its plan to close swathes of the Mt Arapiles park and ban rock climbing and camping.

Victoria

Greens push to enshrine abortion access into Victorian Constitution

The Victorian Greens will this week introduce a bill to enshrine abortion access into the state’s constitution but it is not clear if the push has enough support to hit the super majority required to pass.

Victoria

Scene of a firebombing of a shop at Meadow Heights. Tuesday, September 24. 2024. Picture: David Crosling

Allan pledges ‘toughest’ penalties in nation to rein in tobacco chaos

The Allan government’s tobacco licensing scheme has been introduced to parliament, with the premier declaring it the “toughest in Australia”.

Victoria

Whopping wages of MP behaviour watchdogs revealed

Commissioners on a new tribunal aimed at keeping MPs from behaving badly will be paid up to $1500 a day for their trouble. It follows a series of serious incidents involving Victorian politicians.

Victoria

VOICEREF23. A Pedestrian walks past a gate painted in the Aboriginal flag on the day of the referendum in South Yarra, VIC. Melbourne. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

‘Out for blood’: Govt set for tense negotiations over Victoria’s treaty

Sources are warning that some Indigenous groups are feeling “robbed” by the Voice referendum result and will be pushing for “much more” as Victoria’s treaty negotiations get underway in the coming days.

Victoria

EMBARGO 6AM SATURDAY 6TH APRIL ** WARNING DO NOT USE EMBARGO CONTACT SARAH MATRAY HS PIC DESK IF ANY QUESTIONS** Free climber Tom Perkins swings out on Feeling the Ceiling, a grade 21 climb near the summit of Mount Arapiles at first light. With over two thousand climbs in such a concentrated area of rock this collection of cliffs and gullies is internationally renowned for its quality of climbs and rock, with people traveling from all over to climb here. With climbing bans over large areas already in place due to cultural heritage concerns and more likely to follow, the climbing community are struggling to push back against Parks Victorias broad approach. Picture: Jason Edwards

Fury as Parks Victoria bans rock climbing after secret surveys

The Victorian government is set to ban rock climbing at Australia’s most significant site after a four-year secretive process to probe cultural heritage.

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The Brotherhood of Saint Laurence is proud to support the local community with the Container Deposit Scheme.

Why recycling costs may send drink prices soaring

Victorians may be slugged more for drink packs and slabs of beer, beverage companies have warned, as the operating costs of the state’s cash-for-container scheme gets set to rise by 30 per cent.

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