The Latest Breaking News from Natalie Hutchins

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.

AAP · Apr 14

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

The Guardian - AU · Nov 13, 2024

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

The Guardian - AU · Jun 20, 2024

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.

AAP · Jun 30, 2023

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

The Guardian - AU · Jun 29, 2023

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.

AAP · Jun 29, 2023

‘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

The Guardian - AU · May 20, 2023

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.

ABC News · Apr 18, 2023

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’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2022

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.

ABC News · Sep 14, 2022