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More time for AVO breaches, control of serious abusers

New orders will aim to control serious domestic violence abusers as penalties increase for people who persistently and intentionally breach court orders.

AAP · Sep 24, 2024

Lane closed: Road to recovery bound by red tape

With the two-year anniversary approaching for some of Victoria's worst floods on record, many councils are still begging for recovery funding.

AAP · Sep 18, 2024

'Tired trope': most voters open to lower home prices

Australia's housing affordability mess has most voters in favour of lower prices and backing tax reform and other policy interventions to ease pressures.

AAP · Sep 9, 2024

'Sheer luck' avoided deaths in underworld arson attacks

Police say a stroke of "sheer luck" is all that stopped lives being lost after a Melbourne business was set on fire.

AAP · Aug 19, 2024

Ex-soap star jailed then bailed for assault on woman

A former Australian soap star is on bail to appeal his jail sentence over violent assaults on a woman including repeatedly kicking and stomping on her.

AAP · Aug 16, 2024

Advocate's alleged abuser to fight charges at trial

The alleged abuser of victim advocate Manny Waks has been committed to stand trial after pleading not guilty to historical child sexual offences.

AAP · Aug 15, 2024

Don't pull the plug on hire e-scooters, premier says

Premier Jacinta Allan has made a thinly veiled threat to the City of Melbourne council after it voted to shut down e-scooter operators in a matter of weeks.

AAP · Aug 14, 2024

Melbourne council runs e-scooter trial off the footpath

The City of Melbourne will walk away from e-scooter hire contracts, leaving the hire companies with 30 days to shut the trial down.

AAP · Aug 13, 2024

Hopes gag order change will stop workplace perpetrators

Gag orders preventing workplace sexual harassment victims from speaking out about their abuse could be restricted or even banned under flagged law reforms.

AAP · Aug 12, 2024

Second Legionnaires' patient dies, outbreak slows

A second person with Legionnaires' disease has died in Victoria, while the number of new cases appears to be decreasing

AAP · Aug 4, 2024