EXPLAINED: 17 - The Real Truth

PM backs working from home laws amid 'stunt' claims

The prime minister has swung his support behind a state's legal work-from-home push as an expert details how officials could move forward with the plan.

AAP · Aug 7, 2025

'Lawyers' picnic' looms over right to work from home

Businesses are expected to test the legal validity of a state legislating the right to work from home, with questions over its intersection with federal laws.

AAP · Aug 4, 2025

Victoria police criticised for Gaza protest tactics while thousands marched ‘freely’ in Sydney

Organiser claims riot gear and bridge blockade part of ‘display of force’ against civilians as Victorian premier backs police response

The Guardian - AU · Aug 4, 2025

Campaign to bin blades in three-month machete amnesty

Machete disposal bins have been placed around the state and a campaign will encourage parents to dispose of their children's blades in a three-month amnesty.

AAP · Jul 31, 2025

Sam Groth’s wife Brittany publicly defends couple’s relationship as they threaten legal action against minister

Victorian Liberal deputy leader’s wife says timeline suggested in Herald Sun report relating to when she first began relationship with husband is ‘baseless and false’ as pair also threaten defamation action against News Corp

The Guardian - AU · Jul 31, 2025

An unlikely group of protesters fear Victoria’s power bill is a threat to private landowners. Here’s what we know

Is Labor’s VicGrid bill really as alarming as some believe and what does it mean for property owners?

The Guardian - AU · Jul 30, 2025

'When will insanity end': farmer fury over power play

Farmers have vented their frustration as a state seeks to allow authorised officers to access private farmland to build transmission towers.

AAP · Jul 30, 2025

'Toughest' bail laws in land to target repeat offenders

The chances of repeat sex offenders, home invaders, carjackers and armed robbers getting bail will be lowered under the nation's "toughest" new laws.

AAP · Jul 29, 2025

Victoria to establish state register of childcare workers within weeks, Jacinta Allan says

State’s premier says systems ‘need to be strengthened’ after an alleged Victorian sex offender was sacked from multiple centres

The Guardian - AU · Jul 21, 2025

Pulse check on public health exposes widespread woes

A first-of-its-kind check-up on a state's healthcare sector does not make for pretty reading, with publicly funded services facing stiff headwinds.

AAP · Jul 18, 2025