Landlords ‘can afford to pay more’: Vic Treasurer
Victoria’s peak property body has slammed the Allan government over a new tax hit to landlords after Treasurer Jaclyn Symes claimed rental providers “can afford to pay more”.
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Should a librarian ask a 5yo their pronouns? Vic parliament will debate
The rollout of a LGBTQIA+ toolkit which orders public librarians to ask primary-school aged children whether they identify as a he, she or they is set to be debated in parliament, after a petition secured thousands of signatures.
Why renters are set to miss out on $2600 of yearly savings
Australia is projected to fall almost half a million homes short of the Albanese government’s housing target, meaning renters will pay the price.
‘Another kick in the guts’: The loophole freeing murderers, rapists early
Families of some of the state’s most high-profile victims of violence want prisoners to be stripped of a controversial perk that can shave more than a year off their minimum sentences.
The tax slug awaiting Victorians running a business from home
Victoria’s tax office is hunting down those who run small businesses and side hustles from home to slug them with land tax bills to help plug Victoria’s towering debt.
Push for knives, axes to be locked up in shops under new crime crackdown
Victorian retailers would have to lock all blades behind screens like cigarettes under a new push to protect workers and shoppers, as the Allan government faces calls to expand proposed machete laws.
‘We’ll ban them’: Two years’ jail for carrying machetes in latest crime crackdown
Thugs caught carrying machetes will face jail or fines of more than $47,000 and police will be given extra powers to conduct random searches under the Allan government’s latest measures to tackle the crime crisis.
Land tax scandals spark calls for watchdog probe
Victoria’s finance watchdog has been called on to probe the state’s “systematically broken” land tax regime after a series of false, dodgy and inflated bills sparked accusations of a multi-tiered Allan government tax grab.
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Mum’s scream jolted me awake in dead of night. I’ll never forget it
Melburnians used to believe there was little chance they’d be a victim of crime. Now we live in fear that the evil gripping our city will come knocking at our door — and last week, this fear became my reality.
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