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The Guardian - AU · Jun 30, 2023

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

Investigation into 'reprehensible' failure of police ends quietly with no charges – why we must learn from the Lawyer X scandal

For over 15 years, the Victoria police used criminal barrister Nicola Gobbo as an informant against her own clients in what has become known as the Lawyer X scandal.

The Conversation · Jun 30, 2023

Senior Rebels bikies arrested for allegedly bashing man who waved at motorbike to slow down

Victoria police allege club chapter president, serjeant at arms and patched member attacked the victim outside his North Bendigo home

The Guardian - AU · Jun 29, 2023

Hunters accused of burning culturally significant trees

Duck hunters have desecrated culturally significant sites, a Victorian parliamentary inquiry has been told.

AAP · Jun 29, 2023

Police shouldn't be able to investigate themselves. Victoria needs an independent police accountability body

This week, a new report revealed First Nations people, as well as people of African or Middle Eastern appearance, were disproportionately targeted by police in issuing COVID-19 fines.

The Conversation · Jun 29, 2023

Focus turns to driver, 14, after crash kills teenager

Charges are yet to be laid over a crash in Victoria's north that killed a 15-year-old girl and injured the teenage driver and another child passenger.

AAP · Jun 28, 2023

Hundreds of electric car discounts nabbed in final race

A rush to beat the end of electric vehicle subsidies is on in Victoria while hundreds of subsidies remain available in other states.

AAP · Jun 28, 2023

‘Really Tragic Event’: 14 Y.O. Girl Under Police Guard In Hospital After Fatal Crash In Victoria

A 15-year-old girl died at the scene and a 12-year-old boy was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Pedestrian.tv · Jun 28, 2023

100 Years after the Exclusion Act, Chinese Canadians Like Me Still Question Their Belonging

Searching for the sense of identity I had lost during the pandemic, I needed my family to see where our Canadian story began

The Walrus · Jun 28, 2023