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.
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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Heartbreaking details of preventable child deaths have prompted calls for an urgent overhaul of the state’s flawed reporting system after several fatal incidents went undisclosed to authorities.
Police have performed a dramatic arrest of an “aggressive” man wielding a metal pole who was “ready to kill” after he allegedly assaulted several women in Frankston.
A Melbourne mum delivered the first of her twin boys in the Melbourne Freemasons Hospital lift, with her desperate husband “screaming for help” as the baby dropped into her trousers.
At least 10 men can be seen throwing chairs and bar stools outside a popular Swan St venue following the Melbourne Derby.
A driver who mowed down a tradie who had been out celebrating his 23rd birthday on the Mornington Peninsula was initially charged with murder before pleading guilty to a lesser charge.
The Hollywood star has made a mercy dash to Melbourne to save her late father’s horses from a stud farm that allegedly kills and sells animals for ‘dog meat’.
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