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Victorian premier vows to scrap ‘old-fashioned Nimby’ planning laws, fast-track homes and curb rights to object

Jacinta Allan says reforms would see housing permit-approval times slashed and generate more than $900m in construction activity each year

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Allan says Victoria machete ban is working despite brawl at community sport event

Police were called to a fight among a large group of men armed with machetes on Saturday evening

The Guardian - AU

Machete thugs run riot at rugby league 'harmony' event

Police are hunting a large group of machete-wielding youths after a 19-year-old was stabbed as families and children left a local rugby league event.

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Union wants fire chief gone, criticises award

Firefighters are ramping up their campaign against their commissioner, slamming a decision to honour him with an award as "contradictory" to his service record.

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Ugly protest scenes spark pleas to ensure city safety

Tourism operators and businesses are demanding action to ensure locals and out-of-towners are not put off travelling to a major capital.

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Jacinta Allan blames ‘very small number’ of counter-protesters for violence at Melbourne immigration rally

Victorian premier insists city is safe and police have necessary powers after two officers hospitalised on Sunday

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Bail laws tested when alleged stabber makes freedom bid

Australia's "toughest" bail laws will be put to the test when a woman accused of stabbing a worker at random on a city street makes another bid for freedom.

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Sussan Ley’s Melbourne crime crusade achieves little more than a political free kick for Victorian Labor

There’s no question Victoria has a crime problem, but the federal Coalition parachuting in with talking points and a scare campaign is not the answer

The Guardian - AU

Labor slides back in a Victorian Resolve poll; federal Labor still well on top

A Victorian Resolve poll has Labor sliding back after a surge in August. Federal Labor had a 55–45 lead in Resolve and a 54–46 lead in Redbridge, with One Nation recording its highest vote in any poll since 1998.

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Knives out as Liberal leader capitalises on state crime

A premier has not rolled out the welcome mat for the federal opposition leader after she arrived in a state capital likening its levels of crime to the 1920s.

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‘Her death was tranquil’: why Eve is urging Victorian MPs to make access to voluntary assisted dying easier

Eve’s mother saw VAD as a way to reclaim bodily autonomy and dignity, but gaining approval to use the scheme took nine ‘traumatic’ weeks

The Guardian - AU

Hundreds of thousands of tenants set to benefit as long-awaited rental reforms introduced to Victorian parliament

Exclusive: New bill seeks to ban rent processing fees, require landlords to provide proof for bond claims and establish a portable bond scheme

The Guardian - AU

Treaty on election ballot as opposition vow 'tear down'

Voters will have the final say on the survival of a landmark statewide treaty as the opposition promises to rip it up and start again if elected.

AAP

Dying on 'own terms' to get easier in law refresh

Barriers to terminally ill patients accessing assisting dying are poised to be pulled down under a law shake-up, honouring the last wishes of a young man.

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Victorian Coalition vows to scrap Australia’s first statewide treaty with First Peoples if it wins government

Opposition’s plan announced as state parliament’s lower house begins debate on landmark treaty bill

The Guardian - AU

Victoria considers sentencing changes as premier says community wants ‘consequences’ for ‘brazen behaviour’

Exclusive: Jacinta Allan’s comments come after a cabinet subcommittee met to address growing concerns about youth crime

AAP

Toll roads plea no political stunt, premier insists

A state premier has denied her public plea for toll companies to give motorists a break is a political stunt, despite admitting discussions date back years.

The Guardian - AU

Victorians to get free weekend public transport over summer

Fares waived for weekend trams, trains and buses for two months after years of Metro Tunnel-related disruptions

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Melbourne Metro Tunnel train services will soon begin – but what is the ‘summer start’ and when is the ‘big switch’?

From December trains will run every 20 minutes, with commuters having to wait until 1 February for ‘turn up and go’ services

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Investigation into 'terrorist propaganda' graffiti

The slogan "Glory to Hamas" appeared emblazoned on a city billboard on the anniversary of the October 7 terror attacks on Israel, sparking condemnation.

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'Lessons learned': rubbery open date for $15b rail line

A $15 billion underground rail line has been given an opening date, but full turn-up-and-go services for passengers won't start operating until the new year.

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne’s ‘spectacular’ Metro Tunnel stations are finally finished. Here’s what they look like and what’s next

Town Hall and State Library train stations join Anzac, Arden and Parkville as city waits for launch date of long-awaited rail line

The Guardian - AU

Victorian DPP confirms it will appeal Erin Patterson’s sentence on the basis it ‘is manifestly inadequate’ – as it happened

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'Uninvestable': business lobby blasts WFH mandate

An Australian-first move to mandate working from home will make a state "uninvestable", the peak body for the nation's largest employers says.

AAP

Liberals off the hook for cow poo conspiracy

Liberal MPs who landed in the poo after being accused of conspiring to help dump a gift box full of cow manure to a state premier's office, are off the hook.

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