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Prisoners At Victorian Women’s Jail Launch Petition Over Transgender Inmate 12/08/2022

Fearful prisoners at Victoria’s biggest women’s jail have launched a petition demanding the ­removal of a transgender inmate who committed serious sex offences against females while a man. 

A motion before the City of Melbourne is demanding the “urgent” release of former top cop Ken Lay’s report, which will determine the fate of Melbourne’s second injecting room. 

The Victorian Bar association is reviewing CCTV footage taken from inside a well-known barristers’ chambers as part of an investigation into homophobic notices posted in lifts. 

McDonalds has been hit with a mammoth wage theft claim, with a union representing their workers seeking at least $250 million in compensation for more than 250,000 people. 

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