Politics
Victoria
Private hospitals lobby for their nurses to receive Andrews’ $3000 bonus
Private hospitals say it’s unfair their nurses aren’t included in the Andrews government’s $3000 bonus scheme. But the AMA and nurses union say private hospitals should stump up the cash for their staff.
- by Chloe Booker
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Law firm dumps planned class action on Victoria’s triple-zero crisis
A major law firm has ruled out bringing a class action against Victoria’s triple-zero authority, citing conflicts of interest, just weeks after announcing the plan.
- by Jackson Graham
Getting steamy at the bathhouse, all in the name of body positivity
At the Sense of Self bath house in Collingwood men and women wander around in their bathers and robes grabbing respite from the wintry weather. Sometimes the bathers are optional.
- by Cara Waters
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Industrial relations
Unions threaten to abandon Daniel Andrews’ faction over firefighter expulsion
Two unions are threatening to walk away from Andrews’ Labor Party faction if the firefighters union and its secretary are kicked out for campaigning against the government.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Latest rate rise casts shadow over Pallas’ budget surplus prediction
Economists are divided on what impact the faster than expected rate rises will mean for the Victorian Treasurer’s projected surplus of $650 million in 2025-26, which one said was based on optimistic assumptions.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey and Annika Smethurst
Victorian Coalition pledges to end brumby culling if it wins election
The opposition has promised to end the shooting of wild horses in Victoria if it wins the state election, despite environmentalists’ concerns for native wildlife.
- by Benjamin Preiss
How students will be taught Victorian history through Aboriginal eyes
Victorian high school students will be taught about the Indigenous “heroes” who fought, against long odds, to keep their language and culture alive.
- by Adam Carey
Funding cut reversed for ‘brilliant’ program that houses the homeless
Housing Minister Richard Wynne told the homelessness sector the program would be extended for a further year after the government found money in the budget.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Capp’s latest pet project makes some dog owners hot under the collar
Melbourne’s dogs could be getting eight new parks where they’d be allowed to play off leash, but some pet owners have a bone to pick with council over the locations chosen.
- by Cara Waters
Bill to establish body to negotiate treaties with Aboriginal Victorians
The Treaty Authority will be an independent umpire to facilitate treaty negotiations and resolve disputes between the government and the state’s First Peoples.
- by Jack Latimore
‘It’s ridiculous’: Heritage home owner ordered to remove solar panels
A home owner must remove the solar panels he had installed on the roof of his Canterbury home because of the heritage restrictions in his neighbourhood.
- by Cara Waters