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Ambulance Victoria hit in coffers by patient billing ban
Protracted industrial action by paramedics, including an indefinite pause on taking billing details from patients, is hitting the service’s bottom line.
- by Jewel Topsfield and Cassandra Morgan
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Ambulance Victoria chief executive resigns amid industrial dispute
Paramedics recently passed a vote of no-confidence in the troubled emergency service’s leadership.
- by Jewel Topsfield, Lachlan Abbott and Rachel Eddie
The tradie who accidentally shot himself in the heart with a nail gun and lived to tell the tale
Mark Hardeman considers himself lucky to have a “second chance at life” after a 7.5-centimetre projectile struck his right ventricle.
- by Carolyn Webb
The moment Jim closed his eyes – and exposed Ambulance Victoria’s ‘festering sore’
After an 18½ hour shift, Jim Avard had a terrible accident. His experience became a lightning rod for paramedics in a dispute that threatens to engulf the ambulance service.
- by Jewel Topsfield and Henrietta Cook
Pay increase and a nine-day fortnight? Police say ‘no thanks’, while unhappy ambos escalate dispute
The state is facing twin industrial troubles with police and ambulance staff both demanding better offers in response to their pay demands.
- by Mathew Dunckley and Caitlin Powell
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A day – and an unexpected night – in the emergency ward
After spending a day as an observer in the state’s busiest emergency department, there is an unforeseen personal visit to another emergency ward.
- by Tony Wright
Exploding metal drums and toxic smoke burst from massive factory fire
Last year a man was killed in a chemical fire at the same factory.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Eliza Sum
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UNcoupled from the UN, Gillian Triggs’ thoughts turn to downsizing
The former president of the Australian Human Rights Commission is selling her Albert Park terrace pad.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Six thousand litres of diesel floods Melbourne high-rise tower
Diesel fuel dripped through ceilings at the 15 William Street building in the CBD on Tuesday.
- by Lachlan Abbott
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Leaked reports detail ‘dangerous’ Ambulance Victoria call-centre crisis
WorkSafe has threatened legal action if the ambulance service does not quickly address the worker shortages that are damaging the health of staff and potentially threatening public safety.
- by Neil Mitchell
Rising numbers of flu, COVID-19 cases puts Victorian ambulances under the pump
Ambulance Victoria has urged the public to call triple zero only in an emergency after the number of COVID-19 cases in hospitals doubled in a month.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
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