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The Victorian government's $1.4 billion deficit in the mid-year budget update has forced it to dip its hand into taxpayers' pockets to fund critical services.

Registration discount for electric vehicles to end as government introduces higher levies to fund emergency services

Changing state guidelines to lift the wind speed at which turbines start spinning won’t notably affect energy generated, government consultants say

Victorial Liberal leader defies calls to resign from several party MPs

Court finds Victorian Liberal leader defamed then party-room colleague when referring to rally gatecrashed by far right

In the mid 1970s, Hoyts Cinema Centre in Bourke Street Melbourne (the first multi-screened cinema in Victoria) was my go-to place for new release movies.

Wen Li, a graduate student living in Brisbane, ran for the seat of Mansfield as a Greens candidate in the recent Queensland election. Li promoted his policies on Xiaohongshu, one of the most popular Chinese social media platforms. When he lost, he posted a message on the platform announcing his…

The state’s laws enable independent cabbies to overcharge with ‘no checks and balances’. But nowhere in Australia has a perfect system

Exclusive: First Nations victims obtain ‘inadequate support’ throughout state’s justice system, researchers say