FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 15 - The Untold Story

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

The Guardian - AU · Oct 9, 2025

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.

AAP · Oct 9, 2025

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

The Guardian - AU · Oct 8, 2025

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

This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU · Oct 5, 2025

'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 · Sep 24, 2025

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.

AAP · Sep 23, 2025

Show us the money: teachers mock 'education state' tag

Hundreds of kindergarten teachers have gone on strike, taking direct aim at a premier as she spruiks her state's education credentials overseas.

AAP · Sep 16, 2025

‘Too scared to go anywhere’: fear and anger as community reels from brutal killing of two boys in Melbourne’s west

Victoria grapples with ‘cancer of youth gang crime’ after machete murders of Dau Akueng, 15, and Chol Achiek, 12, in Cobblebank

The Guardian - AU · Sep 12, 2025

Slain boy's dad pleads for greater community protection

Mourners have gathered near the site where two boys were stabbed to death, urging for greater community efforts to stop the surge in youth crime.

AAP · Sep 9, 2025

Victorian Labor targets affluent Melbourne suburbs for rezoning to allow 16-storey apartment towers

Under the plan, the state government will seize planning controls for the designated areas – near train and tram stops – from local councils

The Guardian - AU · Sep 9, 2025