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Victorian budget 2023 hits big business and landlords to pay back COVID-19 debt

Big businesses, holiday-home owners and landlords will be asked to foot the bill for the Victorian government's COVID-19 debt, as part of a 10-year budget repair plan unveiled in the state budget.

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Victoria state budget winners and losers: free kinder, new taxes on businesses and the end to native timber logging

Families with young children and hospitals to benefit, while big businesses and property investors hit with new taxes

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Engineering firm failed to supervise crushed worker

An Victorian engineering firm faces a $1.4 million fine after a worker was crushed by a piece of equipment while dismantling a former cheese factory in 2017.

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Victorian government to provide hundreds of millions in support for workers leaving embattled logging industry

More than $200 million in funding will be provided by the Victorian government as it accelerates plans to phase out native timber logging.

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Deep in the Heart of Galveston

In Texas, there are several single-judge divisions. Over the past few years, I've written about those courts in places like Amarillo, Victoria, Wichita Falls, and Lubbock. But one single-judge division, which is closest to home, has not attracted nearly as much attention. The Galveston Division of the Southern District of…

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‘Big business’ to be hit with new levy in Victorian state budget to help fund Covid recovery

Treasurer Tim Pallas to hand down ninth budget on Tuesday with all eyes on debt recovery plans

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Echuca Distillery's agave wins at San Francisco World Spirits competition — just don't call it tequila

Hidden near the banks of the Murray River in northern Victoria is a small distillery batting way above its average on the global scale.

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Public service faces cuts as Vic budget handed down

Treasurer Tim Pallas will hand down his ninth Victorian budget, as the state tries to pay down mounting debt without hurting families.

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The great Victorian budget mystery: who will repay its massive ‘Covid debt’?

For once the Andrews government has largely avoided major announcements ahead of Tuesday’s state budget

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Andrew Keith Taylor, who threatened to shoot police in Riverland town, walks free from court

A Victorian man who threatened police with what they believed was a rifle in South Australia's Riverland has been freed after serving his jail sentence.

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Aged care regulator slams Royal Freemasons Moe in report over 70-year-old resident's death on footpath

The aged care regulator has delivered a scathing report into eastern Victorian nursing home Royal Freemasons Moe after an investigation into the death of a resident in May 2022.

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Victorian dodgy landlord register lists just 16 names after more than two years

Advocates say blacklist meant to address power imbalance is not working and renters remain unaware of rights or fearful of retaliation

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Unpleasant budget looms as Victoria eyes soaring debt

There are not many pleasant ways for Victoria to bring its perilous financial position under control ahead of the state budget, a leading economist says.

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High stakes for Victorian treaty umpire as negotiations between First Nations and government loom

Treaty Authority will oversee disputes while being ‘completely respectful of the principles of self-determination’

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Victorian government jobs will be slashed in state budget to rein in Covid debt, analysts predict

Labor MPs say Tuesday’s budget will be tough amid rising debt but election pledges will be honoured

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Wire-stem chickweed discovered in Victoria for the first time, flooded wetlands blooming

Fiona Murdoch describes the plant as being less than 10-centimetres tall with a red stem surrounded by a small rosette of leaves and white flowers.

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Vic Lib John Pesutto’s party allies shrug off walk-out protest by Moira Deeming supporters

John Pesutto can unify Victoria's Liberals and is the right man to take the Coalition to the next state election, allies insist

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Victorian Liberal allies go into bat for John Pesutto

Allies of John Pesutto have gone into bat for the Victorian Liberal leader after he was booed and heckled by supporters of ousted MP Moira Deeming.

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Victoria’s runaway budget crunch puts projects worth $17 billion in doubt

$17 billion worth of Victorian government projects are on the chopping block in the upcoming state budget as the state reins in record debt.

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Vic projects worth billions could face budget chop

Victoria's independent Parliamentary Budget Office has identified 372 programs at risk of being cut in the state budget unless extended by Treasurer Tim Pallas.

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US-based firm Conduent put under spotlight ahead of December myki takeover

The company runs public transport payment systems in cities around the world, but promised features like open payments remain unavailable in many places.

The Guardian - AU

School’s out: what happens when classrooms close in rural Australia?

Elmhurst primary school is the 10th to close in regional Victoria in the past five years

The Guardian - AU

‘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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Maternity care at Maryborough hospital in central Victoria transformed with new midwifery model

Maryborough District Health Service is celebrating one year of a new model of maternity care that has attracted midwives, increased birth numbers and is viewed as a standard other regional health services can follow.

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Public drunkenness is soon to be decriminalised in Victoria, but stakeholders say they are still waiting for clarity

Key unions and Aboriginal legal advocates fear tragic outcomes after the decriminalisation of public drunkenness, amid confusion over aspects of the new health-led response, due to be rolled out in just five months.

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