Victoria’s Education Department has been accused of deserting some of the state’s most vulnerable children following proposed cuts to a service that provides disabled students with classroom support.
Two new rail lines the Andrews government promised to build in Melbourne’s outer west have been axed, watering down an election commitment to deliver frequent Metro train services to some of the nation’s fastest-growing suburbs.
State governments have pledged grants worth more than $2 million to Croatian clubs that openly display fascist symbols and commemorate anniversaries linked to the Nazi-backed Ustasha regime of WWII.
Opening up this area and integrating more seems like a great idea. I don’t know the area well, but did have a walk through the university grounds a couple of weeks ago. I’m hoping this plan also makes it less of a maze, it was very hard to navigate - Google Maps just shrugged and said “dunno” when I asked how to get...
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The Victorian Labor and National parties have opposed a ban on donations from the property industry, as the state’s anti-corruption watchdog found a developer showered the major parties with cash to gain access and attempt to influence lucrative planning decisions.
The Labor Party won’t field a candidate for next month’s byelection in Warrandyte, in Melbourne’s northeast, handing a significant boost to the Liberals’ winning odds and Opposition Leader John Pesutto’s leadership.
Australia’s Department of Home Affairs oversaw the payment of millions of taxpayer dollars to powerful Pacific Island politicians through a chain of suspect contracts.
Crown Resorts’ lawyers have warned the federal court that the casino operator would face “significant financial hardship” if forced to immediately pay its $450 million settlement with Australia’s financial crimes regulator Austrac....
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Not the usual sort of post here, but this one is something I’m familiar with after having bathrooms re-tiled and balconies band-aided (due to be done properly at some stage when I get around to it).
The robo-debt royal commission found former prime minister Scott Morrison allowed cabinet to be misled over the welfare crackdown’s lawfulness and gave untrue evidence to the inquiry.
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