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Elite AFP team joins manhunt – as it happened

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Who is Dezi Freeman, suspected gunman on the run in rural Australia after two officers killed?

The 56-year-old ‘sovereign citizen’ once told a court he was a disability pensioner and claimed his family had been persecuted by the state

The Independent UK

Manhunt for ‘sovereign citizen’ in rural Australia after two police officers shot dead

Prime minister Anthony Albanese pays tribute to bravery of slain officers, who were killed serving a warrant for historic sex offences

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Australia police shooting latest: Gunman identified as ‘sovereign citizen’ while massive manhunt continues

Prime minister Anthony Albanese says threat of ‘extreme ideologies’ needs to be taken seriously

The Independent UK

Scores of childcare workers' clearances to be suspended

A gap allowing childcare workers accused of offences to keep working in one state will be closed, with more than 170 people in the firing line.

AAP

Victoria will fast-track new child safety laws as part of a system ‘overhaul’. Here’s what we know

The power to immediately suspend an individual’s working with children check during an investigation is among changes expected to pass parliament this week

The Guardian - AU

Labor rebounds to leads in Victorian and Queensland Resolve polls

Victorian and Queensland state Resolve polls both show Labor rebounding from big deficits to now lead. In Tasmania, Josh Willie from the left faction replaces Dean Winter as Labor leader.

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Jacinta Allan wants to pick a fight about working from home – and businesses are playing into her hands

The Victorian premier has been on shaky ground since taking over in 2023 but in this populist, women-focused policy she may have found her footing

The Guardian - AU

'Not acceptable': child 'groomer' retains work permit

Authorities are racing to cancel a blacklisted educator's working with children permit after his ex-employer substantiated claims of inappropriate behaviour.

AAP

Victoria’s new anti-protest laws to be watered down amid pushback from human rights groups and unions

Exclusive: Plans for ban on ‘face coverings’ at protests, with fines of up to $2,000, have been scaled back, sources say

The Guardian - AU

Decade-high overdose deaths a 'preventable crisis'

Health advocates warn a state is facing a preventable crisis after drug overdose deaths, driven in part by illicit drugs, reached a 10-year high.

AAP

‘Cowards’: Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan Responds To Neo-Nazi March In Melbourne

“We’re not afraid of these goons – but we won’t tolerate them either.”

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‘Nazis don’t belong in this country’: Victorian premier scathing over masked march by ‘goons’ in Melbourne CBD

Man allegedly assaulted after confronting group of about 100 people on march to Flagstaff Gardens early on Saturday

The Guardian - AU

Working from home is already happening. So why are people in Victoria so mad?

Jacinta Allan’s plan to legislate the right to flexible work has sent many Office People into a panic. But they’re fighting an imaginary enemy

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PM backs working from home laws amid 'stunt' claims

The prime minister has swung his support behind a state's legal work-from-home push as an expert details how officials could move forward with the plan.

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'Lawyers' picnic' looms over right to work from home

Businesses are expected to test the legal validity of a state legislating the right to work from home, with questions over its intersection with federal laws.

The Guardian - AU

Victoria police criticised for Gaza protest tactics while thousands marched ‘freely’ in Sydney

Organiser claims riot gear and bridge blockade part of ‘display of force’ against civilians as Victorian premier backs police response

The Guardian - AU

Victorians could soon have the right to work from home two days a week under Australian-first laws

Premier Jacinta Allan says Labor is prepared for a ‘fight’ with bosses and lobby groups who ‘cling to outdated ways of working because they don’t want to give up control’

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Business slams plan to enshrine right to work from home

An Australian-first plan to introduce a legal right to work from home for two days a week has been criticised by business groups as divisive and political.

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AUKUS and Palestine tensions flare within Labor

Tensions have flared within Labor over a key defence agreement and Middle East policy, with a state branch making non-binding federal demands.

The Guardian - AU

On issues from Aukus to recognising Palestine, Victorian Labor’s base is determined to be heard

At the party’s state conference this weekend, members and unions will have their say. The question then becomes whether governments – federal and state – will listen

AAP

Campaign to bin blades in three-month machete amnesty

Machete disposal bins have been placed around the state and a campaign will encourage parents to dispose of their children's blades in a three-month amnesty.

The Guardian - AU

Sam Groth’s wife Brittany publicly defends couple’s relationship as they threaten legal action against minister

Victorian Liberal deputy leader’s wife says timeline suggested in Herald Sun report relating to when she first began relationship with husband is ‘baseless and false’ as pair also threaten defamation action against News Corp

The Guardian - AU

An unlikely group of protesters fear Victoria’s power bill is a threat to private landowners. Here’s what we know

Is Labor’s VicGrid bill really as alarming as some believe and what does it mean for property owners?

AAP

'When will insanity end': farmer fury over power play

Farmers have vented their frustration as a state seeks to allow authorised officers to access private farmland to build transmission towers.

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