Tunnel off track for 2025 opening
The project has been hit by ‘unpredictable events’ and has faced challenges such as a shortage of construction workers, supply chain constraints and disruptions caused by Covid.
Tricia Rivera
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Call for social work to be a registered profession
Poor practice, unethical behaviour and unqualified social workers have been able to fester in the self-regulated model of the industry that deals with society’s most vulnerable people, a peak body says.
No change on treaty for Nats’ new leader
Incoming Victorian Nationals leader Danny O’Brien says an Indigenous treaty won’t be one of his policy tweaks in taking over from Peter Walsh.
Teachers warned against AI for reports
The Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner has shared its desire to ‘nudge the needle slightly against the AI hype’ and has aired concerns about the use of ChatGPT in schools.
Music festivals to host state’s pill testing trial
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan says if a young person has a pill in their hands at a musical festival ‘they’re intending to use it’.
Police hunt 13 more protesters
Police allege that horse manure, rocks, eggs, liquid irritants and ‘liquid which smelt strongly of vomit’ was hurled during the Disrupt Land Forces demonstration in September.
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Rock lobster fishermen finally have a song in their hearts
For the residents of Port MacDonnell, the blows had come thick and fast – but now succulent lobsters that live in the waters around the South Australian town will soon be bound for China.
Victorian Labor has ‘no long-term plan’ for cutting debt
The state’s financial watchdog has criticised the Allan government’s ‘short-term, reactive’ financial strategies, as debt balloons.
First treaty negotiations begin in Victoria
Jacinta Allan says a treaty will allow for the ‘reset’ of the relationship between First Peoples and Victoria, with ‘tough conversations’ expected.
Teens fight for lives in Thai hospitals after horror drink spiking
Two Melbourne teenagers are fighting for their lives in Thai hospitals after drinking cocktails suspected to have been laced with methanol in Laos.
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