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VicForests under investigation for potential Privacy Act breach over spying allegations

Victoria's Information Commissioner is investigating whether VicForests breached the state's Privacy and Data Protection Act when it allegedly hired a private investigator to spy on activist Sarah Rees about 10 years ago.

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High Country logging unites graziers, green groups in effort to stop Little Dargo River harvest

Cattle graziers and environmentalists in Victoria put aside their longstanding differences as they unite to push for 10 untouched coupes of forest to be exempted from logging.

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Bid to compulsorily harvest medical records to meet opposition in Victoria’s parliament

Bill to establish a database of all health records expected to be introduced in the upper house Thursday

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Victoria tops list for land clearing

Victoria has cleared more land than any other state in Australia, proportional to land mass, and is failing to offset the damage it causes, a report has found.

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Victoria to become first state to ban the Nazi swastika

It will be a crime to intentionally display the Nazi symbol in public, carrying a maximum penalty of 12 months’ jail

The Guardian - AU

Sex workers in Victoria celebrate industry reform, but say more needs to be done in regional areas

The suite of reforms includes removing penalties for people participating in street-based work, and repealing a register that contains details of independent workers.

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'Landmark' laws to ban Nazi symbol in Vic

The public display of the Nazi swastika will soon become banned in Victoria under new laws designed to stamp out rising anti-Semitism.

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NSW arrests over Victoria kidnapping

A man and a woman have been arrested in NSW over an alleged botched kidnapping in Victoria's southwest.

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Fkn Finally, Street-Based Sex Work Has Just Officially Been Decriminalised In Victoria

This decriminalisation is phase one in Victoria's reform of sex work laws.

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Renforth Commences Surimeau Fieldwork with Focus on Lithium Values and Exploration

May 5, 2022 – TheNewswire - Renforth Resources Inc. (CSE:RFR) (OTC:RFHRF) (FSE-9RR) ("Renforth" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the commencement of the 2022 field season at Surimeau with a comprehensive list of targets with an emphasis on lithium mineralization present on the property, as presented below. At Surimeau…

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Neds Corner handed back to Ngintait traditional owners in record Victorian land transfer

After more than a century of heavy grazing and cropping, an agricultural property in far north-west Victoria is being returned to the Ngintait people.

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What to know about Anthony Albanese’s $2.2bn pledge for Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop

The federal Labor leader makes funding promise almost four years after project was announced

The Guardian - AU

Vic watchdog splits Labor investigation

Victorian Labor's "red shirts" affair and allegations of political appointments in the public service will be investigated separately by the state's ombudsman.

AAP

Vic Lib no longer whip after abortion post

Outspoken Victorian Liberal MP Bernie Finn has stepped down as the opposition's upper house whip after rankling colleagues with anti-abortion comments.

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Vic decriminalises street-based sex work

Street-based sex work is now legal in Victoria, as part of new laws that have come into effect to make the industry safer.

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‘We’re working blind’: health groups call for live data on emergency departments in Victoria

Real-time monitoring could improve patient safety and alleviate overcrowding across state’s hospital system, doctors say

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Victorian Coalition whip Bernie Finn steps down after controversial social media comments on abortion

The outspoken Victorian politician has stepped down from the role just days after his anti-abortion comments on social media caused outrage within his own party.

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Mildura's long-awaited drug and alcohol facility 'will save lives'

The Victorian government has committed to building a new $36-million withdrawal and rehabilitation facility, which they say will support around 300 people a year.

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Telstra outage leaves Woorinen residents without home phone or internet service for two weeks

Residents in regional Victoria say ongoing Telstra outages have left hundreds of people facing the "very frightening" prospect of being unable to contact emergency services for weeks.

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Victoria Ambulance Shared Some Of The Silliest Reasons People Called 000 Incl. A Broken Zipper

Meanwhile I could break three of my limbs and my phone anxiety would still leave me pretending I'm fine.

The Conversation

Victoria’s prison health care system should match community health care

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that names of deceased people are included in this article.

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More than 2,000 submissions made on proposed Viva Energy LNG terminal in Geelong

A proposed LNG import terminal at Corio Bay in Geelong's north could help solve a looming gas shortage for Victoria. But it faces strong opposition from environmentalists and community groups who say the project is at odds with the state's goal to dramatically rein-in greenhouse gas emissions.

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‘Access is vital’: picnicking protesters target Duke of Somerset’s woods

Group of 200 Totnes residents trespass and eat sandwiches and Victoria sponge to highlight lack of right to roam

Manchester Evening News

Greater Manchester's pub landlords thought they had survived the worst possible times - until now

Boozers are facing up to yet another challenge on the back of two troublesome years in the pandemic

AAP

Stolen boats led Vic police to drugs, guns

Victoria Police say they have dismantled an organised crime network after a stolen boat investigation led to the seizure of drugs and guns.

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