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New minister has 'no regrets' over ex-CFMEU boss ties

A state government cabinet pick has shrugged off concerns about her association with an ex-union boss, declaring she doesn't ditch mates in tough times.

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Victoria rolls out free pads and tampons at public vending machines across Melbourne

Libraries, Tafes and hospitals among first 30 locations to have period product dispensers installed in government initiative

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Victoria signed MoU with Israeli defence ministry to share ‘opportunities’ from ‘global tensions’

The 2022 agreement intended to foster trade relations and ‘support greater collaboration on defence industry objectives’, documents reveal

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Next rail tunnel 'some time away' as plans revealed

Plans for a second underground metro rail link in Melbourne have been revealed, but the government admits the unfunded project is still 'some time away'.

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Truth, colonisation and Yoorrook: what is Victoria’s truth-telling inquiry and what will it achieve?

Victorian premier Jacinta Allan among those to give evidence at the Indigenous truth-telling inquiry examining the impacts of colonisation

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'Children being taken' while reforms delayed: Yoorrook

Victoria's First Peoples minister has defended her government after being criticised for inaction on key recommendations from a truth-telling inquiry.

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Victoria to halve gender pay gap in public service – and name 70% of new streets after women

In gender equality action plan, state government promises to increase women in leadership and encourage men to take parental leave

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Specialist school among 60 facing 'unfair' Vic tax

A school for children with language and learning difficulties is among 60 Victorian non-government schools set to lose their payroll tax exemption.

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Victoria defines high-fee schools as those costing over $15,000 in tax war retreat

Treasurer says payroll tax will apply to less than 10% of the state’s private school sector – and bring in $100m less than originally budgeted

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Watered down Victorian schools tax to cost budget $100m

Fewer Victorian non-government schools will be stripped of their longstanding payroll tax exemption than first thought, ripping $100 million from the budget.

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‘Everyone has a story about being caught out’: Victoria moves to fulfil promise of free tampons and pads

‘If men got periods, we would have had supply right alongside toilet paper in public places from day dot,’ women’s minister says

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Statue of World War I surgeon Vera Scantlebury Brown unveiled in home town of Linton

World War I surgeon, trailblazer, and child health advocate Vera Scantlebury Brown is memorialised in bronze in her home town of Linton.

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Melbourne cancer patient went to Adelaide for urgent scan due to ‘miscommunication’, minister says

Victoria’s health minister defends colleague who suggested Kylie Hennessy, who has a brain tumour, ‘roll with the punches’

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Cancer patient in disbelief over government minister's response to treatment delays

Kylie Hennessy, a 50-year-old mother of two, says she made a round trip of 1,600 kilometres to Adelaide for a brain scan after facing a months-long wait in Melbourne.

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Victoria's transformed frontbench sworn in after Labor's major pre-election shake-up

New ministers Steve Dimopoulos and Harriet Shing are part of the cohort that will flank Premier Daniel Andrews as he vies for a third term in government later this year.

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Victorian Labor endorses Jacinta Allan as deputy premier after mass ministerial resignations

The Victorian government unveils the frontbench it will take to the November state election after Friday's exodus of four senior ministers.

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Volatile Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre failing to stop assaults, documents and staff reveal

Violent assaults at the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre are occurring regularly, with documents revealing the institution is failing to stop repeat offenders, consecutive workplace injuries and brutal attacks on inmates.

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Calls for Vic 'grab and drag' assault law

More victims of crime in Victoria will be given financial support, as the law reform commission calls for the introduction of "grab and drag" assault laws.

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‘They all play hard’: what happened when Kimberley Kitching came to Canberra?

After a six-year upper-house career, the Labor senator’s sudden death has prompted an outpouring of grief – and recrimination

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