Draped in a keffiyeh, controversial Victorian senator Lidia Thorpe has accused the Labor government of being “complicit in genocide” as the parliament moved to condemn the pro-Palestine chant.
Treasurer Tim Pallas has denied suggestions the Suburban Rail Loop is facing billion-dollar blowouts, despite rising construction costs and a federal budget snub.
Victoria will miss out on billions of dollars of federal infrastructure funding despite making up a quarter of the population – receiving less funding than both NSW and Queensland.
Students are being menaced with tasers, bashed and having naked photos posted to sites such as Instagram, prompting a prominent politician to brand social media as dangerous as ice.
The state government is investing $31m in treatments and services to help desperate families impacted by eating disorders — with some of that money going to two new programs.
Thousands of women suffering from endometriosis and chronic pelvic painwill have access to longer specialist appointments under a $49.1 million Albanese government plan.
The Albanese government will pump an extra $3.25bn into the North East Link in next week’s federal budget – the biggest single investment it has made in Victoria since being elected.
The Albanese government’s decision to splash $40m to boast about it’s stage three tax cuts in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis has been slammed as “wasteful”.
A new $400 bonus for an estimated 700,000 Victorian students will be unveiled in today’s state budget, as the government aims to ease cost-of-living pressures for families.
Anthony Albanese says controversial pro-Palestinian chant “from the river to the sea” opposes a two-state solution, after Education Minister Jason Clare sat on the fence about its meaning.
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