There are calls to strengthen the Working with Children’s Check as comparisons show it can be done online in under 30 minutes while the responsible service of alcohol involves 10 hours of training.
Victoria’s property sector has recorded the lowest confidence levels in Australia, as the Allan government’s “punishing land tax regime” raises doubts over the state’s ability to build enough homes.
Jacinta Allan is not ruling out a push to give cash compensation to Indigenous Victorians, despite the proposal being slammed as a “farce” and a “disaster”.
Victoria’s peak soccer body is investigating after Jewish girls reportedly copped vile anti-Semitic abuse from Dandenong City soccer club players, a coach and parents during a match at Caulfield Park.
Victorian childcare workers will be prohibited from carrying personal devices such as phones, cameras, and tablets, with centres that fail to comply facing fines of up to $50,000.
Premier Jacinta Allan has refused to publicly rule out tax relief and cash compensation for Indigenous Victorians, as she weighs up the recommendations from the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s explosive final report.
As small businesses fight for survival and well-known restaurants shut up shop for good, the cash-strapped Allan government has pulled this support service.
The Allan government has been accused on passing the buck on a lifesaving domestic violence reform, as advocates fear the bureaucratic “merry-go-round” could place victims’ lives at risk.
Frustrated Iranian-Melburnians are urging the US and Israel to continue their attacks on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, fearing the ceasefire had given the regime a “lifeline”.
More than $1.4 billion has been collected from landowners and developers meant to boost the city’s booming outer suburbs, but the government has been sitting on hundreds of millions despite pleas from councils.
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