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Pen and paper deployed as emergency system crashes

An investigation has been launched after a system crash led to Victoria police, ambulance and fire crews being manually dispatched for almost two hours.

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Marathon ambo pay dispute hit the community, says union

Victoria's paramedics have secured a landmark pay deal but the ambulance service still faces sub-par response times, ramping issues and a parliamentary inquiry.

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Man dead after ambulance wait amid crew shortage

The boss of Victoria's Ambulance Union has concerns about a man who died after waiting four hours for help while the state was down 50 paramedic crews.

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Ambulance 'ship is sinking' as response times worsen

New data reveals a third of Victorian ambulance response times to urgent cases are longer than the required 15 minutes but paramedics aren't surprised.

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Paramedic dispute unsustainable, Victorian premier says

Ambulance Victoria's board should end its lengthy pay dispute with paramedics following a union vote of no confidence, the state's premier says.

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Ambos have 99 pay meetings, but the deal ain't won

Paramedics will escalate industrial action as they implement dozens of new work bans, but patients have been told their safety will be paramount.

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'Not an easy sell': paramedics ramp up pay dispute

After more than a year at the negotiating table, Victorian paramedics have launched industrial action in a bid to bring their pay dispute to a head.

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Paramedics vote for industrial action

Victorian Ambulance Union members will take industrial action over stalled negotiations but promise it won't impact patient safety.

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Telstra apologises to family of Victorian who died during triple zero outage

Government says regulator is looking into the disruption which prevented more than 100 calls being transferred to emergency services

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Telstra mea culpa for triple zero outage chaos

A Telstra issue meant triple zero calls across the nation were not put through to trained professionals for more than an hour.

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No 'special exception' for ambos on wages: treasurer

Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas says he can't make an exception to the state's public sector wages cap for paramedics, with the union mulling industrial action.

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Vic paramedics consider striking over pay, conditions

Victorian paramedics have rejected Ambulance Victoria's latest enterprise bargaining agreement offer, with strike action now on the cards.

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MDMA overdose: nine people hospitalised after Melbourne music festival had severe hyperthermia

Authorities believe extreme heat and physical activity, rather than a single bad batch, exacerbated drug’s impact at Hardmission

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Calls for nationwide pill testing after suspected MDMA overdoses at Melbourne music festival

Eight people were in induced comas after the Hardmission event at Flemington on Satuday

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Public drunkenness is soon to be decriminalised in Victoria, but stakeholders say they are still waiting for clarity

Key unions and Aboriginal legal advocates fear tragic outcomes after the decriminalisation of public drunkenness, amid confusion over aspects of the new health-led response, due to be rolled out in just five months.

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St Johns Ambulance to take strike action in Victoria

Union members at St John Ambulance Victoria will take industrial action after enterprise bargaining negotiations stalled.

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Liberal campaign stunt may backfire as ‘Ditch Dan ambulance’ prompts legal questions

Victorian opposition leader rubbishes suggestions restored vehicle could be mistaken for a real ambulance

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Vic ambulance service hit by code red

Ambulance Victoria has been forced to enact a red escalation of its emergency response plan due to extreme demand within metropolitan Melbourne.

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‘Covid has broken us’: warnings of a mass resignation among Victorian paramedics

Exclusive: 16% plan to look for new jobs according to survey of 348 Ambulance Victoria staff

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Vic ambos winding back surge workforce

Surf lifesaving volunteers have already stopped working with Ambulance Victoria, and the ADF's involvement in its surge workforce will wrap up this month.

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AMA urges federal government to fix ‘broken’ health system as NSW paramedics protest shortages

Dr Omar Khorshid calls on commonwealth to work with states as union protests ambulance ramping and staffing shortages in NSW

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Triple-zero crash prompts ambo 'code red'

Dozens of Victorian patients were left waiting for an ambulance overnight after the state's triple-zero dispatch system crashed.

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Ambulance Victoria calls code red as call-out system crashes

Patients in metropolitan Melbourne were told not to call for a paramedic unless it was an emergency, as the response system was again put under strain overnight.

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Vic triple zero overhaul 'long overdue'

Victoria's triple zero call service will be overhauled amid systemic failings, in a move welcomed by the state's ambulance union.

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Vic treasurer justifies project blowouts

Several Victorian infrastructure projects will cost taxpayers billions of dollars more than initially estimated but the treasurer has justified the overruns.

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