After 71 weeks of disruption, pro-Palestine activists wind back protests
Pro-Palestine activists will end their weekly protests in Melbourne’s CBD after disrupting the city for 71 consecutive Sundays.
Pro-Palestine activists will end their weekly protests in Melbourne’s CBD after disrupting the city for 71 consecutive Sundays.
Heritage protections across key parts of Melbourne, including historic Hawthorn, could be weakened as the Allan government forges ahead with plans to build towers up to 20-storeys high.
Victorian Deputy Premier Ben Carroll has branded the collapse in Labor’s primary vote in Werribee as “unacceptable” and pledged to “redouble our efforts” to win back traditional heartland voters.
The Liberal Party has claimed Victory in Prahran, with the Opposition leader Brad Battin saying voters were “sick of the Greens and Labor destroying their lives”.
Under a new agreement with the Allan government, the minimum salary of TAFE teachers will jump by 21 per cent over four years, including a 14 per cent rise in the first 14 months.
Senior Labor minister Gabrielle Williams has defended Jacinta Allan’s record as Werribee residents head to the polls, saying there is “absolutely no appetite” for a leadership change.
Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny has announced she has directed her department for “urgent advice” to end the contracts of private companies who use electronic monitoring to track people on bail.
The NFL has confirmed that heavyweights the Los Angeles Rams will head to Australia next year to play a regular season game – but it could pit them against the AFL finals in a major clash.
The state government is being urged to show “active leadership” as Melbourne CBD office vacancy rates remain the highest in the nation, prompting pleas for public servants to ditch working from home.
The Allan government is pushing ahead with its plan to crack down on anti-Semitism but some fear the new hate speech laws could harm freedom of speech. Here’s what you need to know.
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