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Victorian budget has cash to splash on health, transport but new levies, job cuts, rising debt signal pain ahead

There was not a lot of cheer in the media reporting ahead of the 2025/6 Victorian budget released on Tuesday. Debt and deficits dominated the coverage.

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Victoria state budget 2025 winners and losers: families, health and public transport benefit as net debt climbs

New youth Myki card and hospital funding form centrepiece with public service cuts to help fund ambitious program

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Victoria state budget 2025: treasurer uses public service cuts and GST windfall to fund cash splash

Labor’s 2025-26 budget includes more money for health, education and $2.3bn in cost-of-living measures

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Health to get $11.1bn boost in Victorian budget, with pharmacist prescribing powers made permanent

Cash injection includes $9.3bn for public hospitals and nearly $50m to expand trial prescribing program

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Labor loses $1bn from Victoria’s upcoming budget surplus in favour of ‘practical’ cost-of-living relief

Treasurer Jaclyn Symes says budget will prioritise frontline services and cost-of-living measures over bigger savings

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'Brave' woman hurt by machete fighting off carjackers

A woman has been hospitalised after being hit with a machete during an attempted carjacking while filling her car at a petrol station.

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Why is southern Australia in drought – and when will it end?

Swathes of South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia are in the grip of drought as they experience some of the lowest rainfall totals on record.

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‘Don’t be fooled’: Victorian Labor is spruiking feel-good budget policies, but there are hints of cuts to come

The premier has been upbeat but there are signs of cuts to come, and one analyst warns the state’s financial strategy needs a ‘course correction’

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Sound it out: Victorian children improve reading ‘leaps and bounds’ thanks to phonics

Academics have been divided on its efficacy but the teaching method is being widely adopted – and one principal calls it a ‘great equaliser’

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Budget sweeteners roll on as debt cloud circles state

Public transport will become free for all children across one state in a major cost-of-living sweetener that will test its strained budget.

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Victoria announces free public transport for under-18s, as state’s debt projected to rise

The Jacinta Allan government says more than 1 million children and their families will benefit from the $318m program

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Glossy black cockatoos could be pushed towards extinction in Victoria if burns go ahead, experts warn

Fire in black sheoak forest of East Gippsland would destroy the birds’ food supply, conservationist says

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Credit watchers keep eagle eye on state budget debut

One state's taxpayers could soon be forking out $25 million a day in interest with credit rating agencies looking for fiscal discipline in the upcoming budget.

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11 Y.O. Girl Sexually Abused In Victoria After Adding Stranger On Snapchat

An 11 Y.O. girl in Victoria, who the court called “April”, became the victim of sexual abuse after adding a stranger on Snapchat in 2023.

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RSPCA Victoria warns surging animal cruelty against horses cannot be investigated without more funding

Organisation receives $2.3m from Victorian government but has projected operation costs of $10.8m this year

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Juror discharged from mushroom lunch trial as child protection worker reveals what Erin Patterson told her

Victorian supreme court judge says he received information the juror had been discussing Patterson’s case with family and friends

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It’s wild mushroom season in Australia. Here’s how to stay safe and avoid poisoning

A number of Australian states including New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia have issued warnings in recent weeks about the risks of eating wild mushrooms.

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June Dryburgh was asked to help out at an abortion clinic. She stayed for 47 years

For almost five decades, she witnessed first-hand how access to safe and legal abortion improves women’s lives. Now, she fears for the future

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Erin Patterson showed no sign of liver damage experienced by other mushroom lunch attenders, trial hears

Victorian jury also sees images appearing to show accused disposing of food dehydrator at tip, and hears from expert who examined lunch leftovers

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Five vice-chancellors in Victoria paid more than $1m in 2024, prompting claims of ‘largesse’

Union says universities blaming budget deficits for job cuts while pushing executive salaries ‘into the stratosphere’

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Political influence and powerful allies: how relative unknown Sam Rae catapulted himself into Labor’s ministry

The 38-year-old’s rapid rise through the Victorian right faction has raised some eyebrows – but former colleagues say the new aged care minister is no political hack

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Cost of crime crackdown criticised as Victoria prepares for influx of prisoners with huge jail spend

Jacinta Allan announces $727m expansion of prison system as data shows rise in remand numbers after ‘tough new bail laws’ introduced

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Distinguishing between edible and poisonous fungi is difficult, mushroom expert tells Erin Patterson trial

Victorian court hears from mycologist who identified death cap mushrooms growing near Patterson’s home in Gippsland

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‘Little chicken whisperer’: Tommy, sentinel flocks and the fight against deadly mosquito-borne viruses

Victoria may have gone high-tech but in NSW birds cared for by volunteers are still a first-line defence against potentially deadly Japanese encephalitis

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