Opposition Leader Brad Battin will move to fast-track the Allan government’s machete ban to bring it into effect immediately, in the wake of a spate of terrifying stabbings across the state.
Eddie McGuire is back in the hot seat as he tries to broker peace talks between his outspoken Brighton WAG mate, Bec Judd, and Premier Jacinta Allan, over the state’s crime epidemic.
Victorian jails have been ordered to get ready for an influx of prisoners, which they say could push the system to breaking point as the Allan government hopes to push tough new bail laws through parliament next week.
The Victorian Premier has apologised for her government’s failure to keep Victorians safe after relaxing bail laws in 2023, as the police union welcomed a tougher new approach.
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.
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