The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

‘Long overdue’: MPs call for review of Victoria’s bail laws that disproportionately affect women

Parliamentary inquiry also calls for raising the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14

The Guardian - AU · Mar 24, 2022

First Australian electric motorcycle wins Victorian design award

Electric motorcycle, an ankle brace that grows as children age and a town hall among winners

The Guardian - AU · Mar 24, 2022

Victorian judge-alone trial laws pass

Victorian criminal and special hearings will have the option of judge-only trials for one year after laws were passed through parliament.

AAP · Mar 24, 2022

Victorian Liberal MP Wendy Lovell chastised for saying children in social housing ‘cannot mix’ in wealthy areas

Former housing minister accused of ‘postcode snobbery’ after saying there is ‘no point’ putting disadvantaged families in ‘best street in Brighton’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 24, 2022

Furore over two Victorian Lib MPs' actions

The Victorian Liberals are under fire after an intoxicated MP was told to leave an event by colleagues and another was accused of "postcode snobbery".

AAP · Mar 24, 2022

High rents in Victoria's Western District leave families with $80 a fortnight for food

Families from regional Coleraine spend more on travel and food than Melburnians, and now high rent prices are consuming their food budgets.

ABC News · Mar 23, 2022

A fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose is on the horizon, but Victoria's booster rate remains stubbornly low

Experts raise concerns about the "disappointing" rate at which Victorians are getting their booster COVID-19 vaccine doses as the state's cases begin to rise.

ABC News · Mar 23, 2022

Australia secures Moderna vaccine facility

Hundreds of millions of mRNA vaccines will be made in Australia as part of a multi-billion dollar agreement with pharmaceutical giant Moderna.

AAP · Mar 23, 2022

Yoorrook Justice Commission: how will truth-telling process work and what will it achieve?

Commission will investigate systemic injustices experienced by Victoria’s First Nations people

The Guardian - AU · Mar 23, 2022

Vic truth-telling inquiry plans for change

Victoria's Yoorrook Justice Commission is starting its historic investigation into past and ongoing injustices experienced by Indigenous people.

AAP · Mar 23, 2022