Crackdown after paramedic bashers duck jail
PENALTIES for thugs who badly hurt emergency services workers are to be toughened as it emerged an average of one paramedic is abused every 50 hours in Victoria.
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ALP repays $389k hours before damning report released
THE Victorian Labor Party scrambled to repay $389,017 to the State Parliament hours before a damning report revealed 21 of its MPs had rorted funds to pay for election campaign staff.
Unions call for Labor MPs to live closer to their electorates
A GROUP of powerful left-wing unions have called for the ALP to change a rule that — if adopted — may affect the electorate Opposition Leader Bill Shorten runs in at the next election.
What the Federal Budget means for Victoria
A $7.8 BILLION federal infrastructure boom for Victoria will start slowly, with most of the money to flow to major new projects next decade.
Call for MPs to face fresh election rorts probe
SENIOR legal figures say they are baffled criminal charges are not being considered after an integrity watchdog probe found Labor rorted almost $388,000 from taxpayers.
Dan’s public sector bulge causes growing pains
THE cost of public sector staff in Premier Daniel Andrews’s department will rise 10 per cent over two years, with big blowouts forecast in all state departments.
Late MP’s ally makes run for Northcote
AN ADVISER to the late Minister for Women Fiona Richardson wants to contest her former boss’s seat of Northcote at the state election.
Why Budget spend-a-thon is no surprise
LABOR has been able to embark on its spend-a-thon because it has had the luck to be in government while the economic sun has been shining — but only time will tell if voters are grateful, writes Matt Johnston.
Victoria’s big-spending $288 billion economic blueprint
NEW hospital crisis hubs to separate ice addicts and the mentally ill from other patients, free TAFE courses and a splurge on city and country roads have been unveiled in today’s State Budget. Read the full wrap.
What we know about the Budget so far
THIS year’s Victorian Budget would spread “good news” with no new taxes, but Treasurer Tim Pallas has remained coy about whether it would feature any tax cuts. Here’s what we know so far.
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