Premier Jacinta Allan has given her strongest indication yet that tougher laws may be introduced to tackle Victoria’s knife violence epidemic, conceding a review of the state’s bail law must look at the issue.
Victorian councils have been told they will lose their planning powers unless they overhaul their processes as Jacinta Allan unveils final housing targets. Check your neighbourhood.
The Allan government has walked back plans to squeeze six-storey developments into quiet suburban streets. But high rise towers are still coming to a suburb near you.
Police have launched a probe into repeated attacks on the Doncaster office of Matthew Guy after thugs shattered windows with what appeared to be a high-powered slingshot.
A law gagging Victorian doctors from broaching the topic of voluntary assisted dying with their terminally ill patients may soon be scrapped.
Construction on the $26 billion North East Link project is at a stalemate nearly one week after crews located a sinkhole, prompting an emergency response and immediate shutdown.
A new report by the state’s financial watchdog assessing 110 key projects has uncovered an eye-watering budget blowout in the past year, adding to the woes of the Allan government.
Ringwood MP Will Fowles says he won’t seek to be let back into the Labor Party and has hinted he may not run for re-election next year.
Victorian motorists would be slugged more for car registrations under a wild proposal aimed at raising funds for emergency animal care.
Victoria is facing renewed calls to rein in spending, as Treasurer Jaclyn Symes refuses to rule out introducing new taxes.
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