Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

Market forces blamed for $12m in project boss salaries

Victoria is paying more than a dozen road and rail project bosses above the maximum recommended package but the state government has defended the salaries.

AAP

Weather warnings issued as cold front moves through Australia’s south and south-east

BoM says Victoria, NSW, SA and Tasmania could be in for very strong winds, potentially over 90km/h

The Guardian - AU

The new frontline for conspiracy theorists: how Victorian councils were driven online to avoid chaos

Extremism expert Josh Roose says the federal government should step in to improve security for council meetings

The Guardian - AU

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Local councils warn Victorian government against seizing control of planning laws

Municipal peak body also says more town planners are desperately needed to speed up building approvals

The Guardian - AU

One in four Brits have never boiled an egg

45% have also never baked a Victoria sponge cake

Evening Standard

Bowie and Marbles: police hunt thieves of blind Gold Coast dog and Melbourne pomeranian

Investigations into the separate thefts have been launched by Victorian and Queensland police

The Guardian - AU

What ticket office closure plans could mean for Greater Manchester's railway stations - and which stations are affected

Northern has announced ticket offices will close at 45 stations - Victoria's will remain open but Piccadilly's is earmarked for closure

Manchester Evening News

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Multiple prisoners locked up for 23 hours in single cells in crumbling Victorian prisons

The Chief Prisons Inspector warned violence levels were too high in men’s and youth prisons while women’s prisons had 'staggeringly high levels of self-harm'

Daily Mirror

London theatre show’s cake poster falls foul of junk food ad rules

Theatre boss calls TfL decision ‘ridiculous’ after poster found to breach rules aimed at tackling obesity

The Guardian - UK

Mornington Peninsula bus crash: two people in hospital after vehicle ploughs into houses in Victoria

Bus driver and male passenger have non life-threatening injuries after crash on Dromana Parade at Safety Beach, police say

The Guardian - AU

Treasury Wine to shut rural winery as costs sour palate

Australia's biggest winemaker will shut down a winery in regional Victoria due to cost pressures and shifting demand, leaving 60 people out of the job.

AAP

Daniel Andrews calls Victoria’s election funding laws ‘perfectly fair’ amid Climate 200 criticism

Simon Holmes à Court says the laws make it ‘nearly impossible’ for independents to successfully campaign

The Guardian - AU

Bus wedges into roof after crashing through houses

A bus carrying more than 10 people has struck two houses on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula and ended up wedged in a roof.

AAP

Radical shift to 'rigid' Vic euthanasia laws ruled out

Barriers to accessing Victoria's voluntary assisted dying scheme have caused considerable distress for terminally-ill patients and their families, a study says.

AAP

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

‘It’s the first thing that they look at’: claims of racial profiling levelled at Victoria police after Covid fines report

Human rights lawyer says report provides ‘robust’ evidence of profiling, which police deny

The Conversation

Voluntary assisted dying is legal in Victoria, but you may not be able to access it

Voluntary assisted dying is legal in five Australian states with the sixth, New South Wales, following in November 2023. The territories are now permitted to legalise voluntary assisted dying, with the Australian Capital Territory intending to do so by the end of 2023.

AAP

Fresh support for Porter Davis customers who missed out

The Victorian government has extended its support scheme for Porter Davis customers who were left out of pocket when the company went into liquidation.

The Guardian - AU

‘Like an A380 going down every year’: Victorian drugs campaigner laments a political culture costing lives

Exclusive: Veteran advocate says drug reform is much needed – but governments fear being ‘crucified’ by media and political opponents

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

AAP

Calls for special investigator as Lawyer X sues cops

Barrister Nicola Gobbo is suing Victoria Police, claiming officers were negligent and put her safety at risk.

The Guardian - AU

July forecast to start off wet and cold across large parts of Australia

Unseasonable cloud band over north of the country predicted to hit parts of New South Wales, Victoria, the ACT and Tasmania

AAP

Measles alert after case visits gym, cafe

Health authorities are warning Victorians to watch for measles symptoms after an infectious returned traveller visited several premises.

The Guardian - AU

Federal budget on track to smash surplus forecasts as cash balance hits $19bn – as it happened

This blog is now closed

AAP

Specialist school among 60 facing 'unfair' Vic tax

A school for children with language and learning difficulties is among 60 Victorian non-government schools set to lose their payroll tax exemption.

The Conversation

Investigation into 'reprehensible' failure of police ends quietly with no charges – why we must learn from the Lawyer X scandal

For over 15 years, the Victoria police used criminal barrister Nicola Gobbo as an informant against her own clients in what has become known as the Lawyer X scandal.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: new youth detention shock, Victorian earthquake, Lyon injury

Children self-harming after being locked in cells for up to 23 hours in South Australia, while fans prepare for another Taylor Swift ticket frenzy

1 … 100 101 102 103

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Australian Research Council

Australian Research Council

the National Health and Medical Research Council

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.