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Extra Vic pre-school year in $9b overhaul

Victorian parents will be able to enrol their children in an extra year of pre-school for free, in a generational overhaul of early education.

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Children to spend an extra year in school in Victoria and NSW

Children in New South Wales and Victoria will go to school earlier for a year of 'play-based' learning under plans by the Perrottet and Andrews governments.

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Anthony Albanese to face demand for $5bn hospital boost at first national cabinet meeting

State and territory leaders also want the prime minister to address labour and skills shortages following the pandemic

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Victoria and NSW announce overhaul of preschool education with extra year of school

New program will consist of 30 hours a week of play-based learning for all four-year-olds in both states

The Guardian - AU

NSW and Victorian governments plan new free year of preschool schooling within a decade

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and his Victorian counterpart Daniel Andrews want to introduce a pre-kindergarten year for four- and five-year-olds within a decade.

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Daniel Andrews tells private healthcare groups wanting $3,000 staff bonuses to pay their own rewards

Victorian premier says private hospitals should spend more time ‘rewarding their staff appropriately’ and improve nurse-to-patient ratios

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The challenge for the Victorians party, born from lockdown anger

New party hopes to win up to 10 seats in November’s state election, but political insiders and observers have doubts

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Geelong's Commonwealth Games involvement under threat as feud with Victorian government intensifies

The City of Greater Geelong's chief executive says he is "bitterly disappointed" after Premier Daniel Andrews and several government MPs publicly accuse the council of mismanaging crucial community projects.

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Patient safety: Doctors and nurses need power naps, night shift restrictions

A senior doctor says doctors and nurses should work no more than three night shifts in a row and need 20-minute power naps "to keep patients safe".

The New Daily

Victorian health workers offered $3,000 bonuses and free meals

All staff at public hospitals and ambulance service eligible for payment amid strain on health system

The Guardian - AU

Bonus $3000 payments for Vic health staff

Victoria's frontline public health staff will get $3000 in payments and free meals as part of incentives to attract and retain workers.

AAP

Victoria Police rejects Auditor-General's call for closer scrutiny of body-worn camera footage

The state's Auditor-General says more oversight is needed to uphold trust in the 10,000 body-worn cameras used by Victoria Police officers since the technology's introduction in 2018.

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Daniel Andrews defends plan to cull feral horses as protesters rally outside state parliament

Parks Victoria intends to remove 500 horses from state’s eastern Alpine region this year as part of feral horse management plan

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Vic resists state gas reserve amid crisis

A state-based Victorian gas reserve would be impractical and a national scheme is needed to rein in soaring prices, Premier Daniel Andrews says.

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Man who struck police horse and threw traffic bollard at officer during Melbourne lockdown protests pleads guilty

Dennis Basic's defence says he is "embarrassed by his conduct", as he pleads guilty to several charges including assaulting an emergency worker, recklessly causing injury and animal cruelty.

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Legal challenges hinder corruption probe

The release of Victorian corruption probe findings is being hampered by legal challenges, prompting an integrity agency head to call for legislative changes.

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Vic Libs revive regional hospital pledge

A proposal to build a new $600 million hospital in Victoria's fast-growing west Gippsland region has been revived by the opposition for the 2022 state election.

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Victorian govt invests in regional media

The Victorian government has struck a three-year deal with national newswire AAP as it works to support regional media outlets.

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Victorian teachers being offered financial incentives to work in bush, ease COVID-related staff shortages

The state government wants schools to remain open, despite a teacher shortage stemming from high rates COVID-19 community transmission.

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Ban on new gas connections will help transition Victoria away from fossil fuels, inquiry finds

Parliamentary committee also recommends cut-off date for sale of diesel and petrol cars

ABC News

Australia's influenza cases soar after two quiet years

Australia has had two years of incredibly low influenza rates thanks to COVID-19 isolation, but this year is not going to be the same, with all the data pointing to cases soaring over winter.

The Guardian - AU

Labor ran a hyper-local campaign in Western Australia with a separate strategy group and different ads

The plan, hatched after the 2019 election rout, worked and now WA MPs want a larger presence in Anthony Albanese’s cabinet

The Guardian - AU

Victorian MP booted from Liberal party team after anti-abortion social media posts

Bernie Finn will be forced to sit on crossbench and is unlikely to be preselected ahead of November election

The Guardian - AU

‘Election losing machine’: ridiculed Victorian Liberal party to keep targeting Dan Andrews

The approach backfired at a federal level, with the party facing the possibility of holding just two Melbourne seats

The Guardian - AU

‘They were having a go at Victorians’: how the Liberals miscalculated the ‘anti-Dan’ election strategy

Liberal strategists believed Victorians wanted to send Daniel Andrews a message. Instead voters swung away from them in several blue-ribbon seats

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