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Victorian discount on vehicle registration

20% discount on vehicle registration in Victoria to ease cost-of-living pressures

The Victorian Government has announced new financial relief for motorists, offering a 20% discount on vehicle registration fees in an effort to address rising cost-of-living pressures. From 1 June, eligible vehicle owners will be able to apply for a rebate through the…

30 April, 2026

VICTORIA

Vic Police scraps minimum station staffing to combat crime surges and frontline shortages

Victoria Police has taken the unprecedented step of scrapping its long-standing minimum staffing requirements for police stations across the state. Chief Commissioner Mike Bush pushes to redeploy more officers onto the streets amid a deepening workforce crisis and record crime levels. The…

8 November, 2025

HEALTH·VICTORIA

Victorian nurses demand end to “race-based” fast-tracking policy at St Vincent’s hospital

A growing number of Victorian nurses are calling on the Allan government to scrap a controversial hospital directive that requires Indigenous patients to be treated within 30 minutes of arrival, regardless of clinical urgency. The policy, introduced at Melbourne’s St Vincent’s Hospital…

8 November, 2025

FINANCE·VICTORIA

Victorian taxpayers fund $900,000 salary for Suburban Rail Loop chief

Victorian taxpayers are paying nearly $1 million a year to Frankie Carroll, the man leading Premier Jacinta Allan’s controversial Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) project — a salary that exceeds both the Prime Minister’s and the Premier’s own pay packets. According to state…

7 November, 2025

VICTORIA

Underworld figure executed in Melbourne amid crime syndicate war

Police believe that the execution-style killing of Melbourne man Athan Boursinos was organised by a New South Wales-based crime syndicate linked to Australia’s ongoing tobacco wars. The 21-year-old, suspected to have ties with notorious underworld figure Kazem Hamad, was gunned down outside…

7 November, 2025

VICTORIA

Think tank calls for three-storey homes across all suburbs

A major new report by the Grattan Institute has called for governments to allow three-storey townhouses and apartments on all residential land across Australia’s suburbs in an effort to tackle the nation’s worsening housing crisis. The report argues that restrictive planning laws…

6 November, 2025

VICTORIA

Teen killer of Melbourne doctor revealed to be son of senior police investigator

The teenager who murdered Melbourne GP Dr Ash Gordon during a violent home invasion has been revealed as the son of a senior Victoria Police investigator. The 18-year-old, who cannot be named because he was 16 at the time of the attack,…

6 November, 2025

VICTORIA

Choppergate 2.0: Victoria’s top cop in turbulence over secret flights

Victoria’s Chief Commissioner of Police, Mike Bush, is under mounting pressure after revelations he misled the public about his use of the force’s air wing — including taking an undeclared helicopter ride with his wife, described by insiders as nothing more than…

6 November, 2025

VICTORIA

Melbourne leads nation as work-from-home capital

Melbourne has become Australia’s remote work capital, with nearly two-thirds of employees working from home at least once a week — the highest rate among all major cities. The findings, released in the 2025 Australian Digital Inclusion Index, show that 64.6 per…

5 November, 2025

VICTORIA

Victorians face record surge in home burglaries, targeted over 150 times a week

Armed burglars are terrorising Victorian households at a record rate, with more than 150 home invasions reported weekly — more than double the rate from a decade ago. Aggravated burglaries targeting shops and petrol stations have also reached unprecedented levels. According to…

4 November, 2025

VICTORIA

Melbourne Cup weather: Rain and wind forecast for Flemington

Melbourne Cup punters are being warned to prepare for wet and windy conditions as showers are expected across the city on race day. The Bureau of Meteorology predicts rainfall between 1mm and 10mm, westerly winds of up to 35 km/h, and a…

4 November, 2025

FINANCE·POLITICS·VICTORIA

Treasurer Jaclyn Symes blasts Opposition’s ‘reckless’ tax cut pledge amid record Victorian debt

Victoria’s Treasurer Jaclyn Symes has launched a scathing attack on the state Opposition’s election promise to abolish several taxes, accusing Brad Battin’s Liberal–National Coalition of “financial recklessness” at a time when Victoria faces a historic debt of $194 billion. Speaking in Melbourne…

3 November, 2025

VICTORIA

Albert Park nursery apologises after anti-Israel job application incident

A popular plant nursery in Albert Park, The Garden of Eden, has issued a public apology following a highly controversial incident involving one of its co-owners. On Saturday, the 24-year-old Israeli job applicant, new to Australia, received a text from co-owner Brett…

3 November, 2025

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