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.
Premier Jacinta Allan’s chief of staff Matt Phelan has walked out, following months of complaints from inside Labor about the way her office has operated.
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has repeatedly declined to answer if she has confidence in Victoria’s courts while the state’s Attorney-General has surfaced for the first time in a week to address the crime crisis.
Victorian parliament’s Question Time has been shockingly suspended and the gallery cleared after a group of doctors shouted and heckled Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas.
The state government has been accused of trying to quietly slug developers with an extra charge on home builds under an overhaul of consumer protection laws aimed at dealing with dodgy and bust builders.
Councils have warned of massive backlash from ratepayers saying they’re not equipped to collect the charge from the Allan government’s new emergency services tax.
Jacinta Allan has conceded the state’s bail laws are failing, as “absolutely sickening” crime soars, but refused to say if a snap review of the laws would be brought forward despite pleas from terrified Victorians.
Melbourne firefighters say their response to the massive Richmond factory blaze was hampered by multiple specialist trucks being offline due to faults or maintenance.
Hundreds of union members have rallied against the Allan government’s plan to gut the public service and have threatened to campaign against Labor MPs at next year’s state election.
Family warns there’s “nothing to stop another Bacchus Marsh”, one of the deadliest patient scandals, after hospitals left officials in the dark about several child deaths.
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