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The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

Train strike times: Which trains are cancelled?

Northern, GWR and Avanti West Coast are among the worst-affected operators

The Independent UK

Explainer: how much money would shelving the suburban rail loop save Victoria?

$34.5bn railway – labelled the biggest public transport project in state’s history – set to feature heavily in election campaign

The Guardian - AU

'Coward punch' campaigner Caterina Politi calls for urgent changes to close legal loopholes

The mother who campaigned for the introduction of Victoria's historic coward punch legislation is calling for urgent changes to the law to ensure perpetrators cannot avoid jail time.

ABC News

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Victorian Labor government votes against bill to widen access to abortion

The bill aimed to prevent publicly funded hospitals from refusing to perform abortions across the state

The Guardian - AU

New family violence law reflecting effects on children proposed by Victorian MP Stuart Grimley

Under existing laws, children are considered witnesses, not victims, in many family violence cases, but a proposed new law in Victoria would change that.

ABC News

Victoria will not expand abortion services

Abortion services and access to assisted dying will not be expanded in Victoria's state-funded hospitals, after a crossbencher forced a vote on the matter.

AAP

Matthew Guy pledges to shelve $34.5bn rail project to invest in healthcare

Victorian election battle takes shape as opposition leader says fixing the ‘broken health system’ must be prioritised

The Guardian - AU

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Vic Libs earmark rail loop cash for health

Victoria's opposition would shelve Melbourne's suburban rail loop in favour of putting the money into the health system if it wins the November election.

AAP

Victorian opposition says it will shelve the Suburban Rail Loop and invest in health if elected

The Victorian opposition says it will shelve one of Victoria's long-term rail projects and instead use the money to build and upgrade hospitals if it wins the November state election.

ABC News

A clean energy grid means 10,000km of new transmission lines. They can only be built with community backing

If you drive through central Victoria, you might wonder at the signs reading “Piss off AusNet” in shop windows or even mown into grassland. Communities and farmers are pushing back against plans for new 85-metre towers and transmission lines needed to transmit renewable power to the cities.

The Conversation

Drought, bushfires and beetles: The climate-related trifecta threatening Australia's iconic snow gums

Australia's beloved snow gums are being affected by drought, fire and disease, and those who know the high plains of the Australian Alps can see parts of the landscape changing before their eyes.

ABC News

High stakes: the cryptocurrency casino king who bought the most expensive house in Victoria

Edward Craven, whose online gambling business has processed billions of dollars worth of bets, reportedly plans to raze the $80m property and rebuild

The Guardian - AU

Crossbench MP prepares to wedge Victorian government on abortion access bill

Vote on bill to guarantee access to abortions at publicly funded hospitals could happen Wednesday

The Guardian - AU

Victoria passes landmark legislation to create First Nations treaty authority

Indigenous authority will act as an independent umpire to oversee treaty negotiations with the state government

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Cancer experts ask Victorian MPs to ban smoking in Crown casino’s high-roller rooms

Crown was exempted from smoking bans more than 15 years ago, but health advocates say the royal commission response is a chance to close the loophole

AAP

Nationwide search for Vic treaty leaders

An independent body to oversee Victoria's treaty talks will move a step closer to reality, with a bill to create it set to be put to a final vote.

The Guardian - AU

Nomi Kaltmann announced as the first ‘teal’ candidate selected to run in Victorian election

Founder of Australia’s Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance will run against the deputy Liberal leader

AAP

Dog walker's body found in Victorian creek

A body has been found in Traralgon Creek, a day after reports a person and their dog were swept away while on a morning walk.

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Jail pitch for police informants' exposure

New laws being introduced to Victorian parliament will make it a crime for people to expose police informants without a permitted purpose.

The Guardian - AU

Australian rental homes colder and more damp than WHO safety standards

Rentals in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and ACT dropped below 18C more than 80% of the time, report finds

AAP

Vic govt handed new triple-O crisis report

Victorian Emergency Services Minister Jaclyn Symes has pledged to release a new report into the state's triple-zero call-taking service within the next month.

ABC News

Victorian Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation telehealth obstacle prevents house-bound from accessing service

A private members bill on the Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation, making it easier for doctors to access people restricted to their homes due to ill health, is unlikely to be reviewed until after the Victorian election.

ABC News

The latest COVID-19 case numbers from around the states and territories

Here's a quick wrap of today's COVID-19 statistics from each Australian jurisdiction.

AAP

Greens want Vic coal plants' early closure

Victoria's coal-fired power plants would be shut down in the next eight years, compared with by 2046, under a Greens bill to be introduced to parliament.

The Guardian - AU

Greens propose shutting down all Victorian coal-fired power plants by 2030

Exclusive: New bill also increases the state’s legislated renewable energy target to 100% by decade’s end

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