Jacinta Allan will oversee her first state budget as premier, flagging it will be “sensible and disciplined” and prioritise alleviating cost-of-living pressures on families, despite the state’s massive debt. While details have been scant, the premier – who only took over for her predecessor Daniel Andrews in September last yearContinue Reading
Aussie radio host Fifi Box has responded to being body-shamed with a firm message. “Don’t talk about women’s bodies unless they ask you to”. Box, 47, spoke about the experience on the Melbourne breakfast show Fifi, Fev and Nick and said online trolls had been commenting on her appearance inContinue Reading
The Victorian Premier was hungover from her 50th birthday weekend on the Tuesday she found out her predecessor was stepping down. Speaking on commercial radio on Tuesday morning, Jacinta Allan said weekend festivities were reverberating when then-premier Dan Andrews called her in September to say he was stepping down. MrContinue Reading
A Victorian MP has been dumped following more allegations of “persistent and inappropriate behaviour” that the Premier says does not require police involvement. Premier Jacinta Allan asked for South Barwon MP Darren Cheeseman’s resignation from the parliamentary Labor Party on Monday night. The parliament website now lists Mr Cheeseman asContinue Reading
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has refused to detail what aspects of the state’s treaty negotiations she will support but said she remains “resolutely determined” to reach a formal land agreement with First Nations peoples. Appearing in front of the Yoorrook Justice Commission on Monday, Ms Allan made history as theContinue Reading
Thousands of Australians are rallying for a third day to call for an end to violence against women, after the deaths of another three women last week. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will attend the No More: National Rally Against Violence event outside Parliament House on Sunday afternoon. “Violence against womenContinue Reading
A man previously acquitted of a toddler’s murder has been charged with a string of offences after a woman was found dead in a home in Victoria. Emma Bates was found dead inside a Campbell Rd home in Cobram, in far north Victoria, about 2.15pm on Tuesday. The 49-year-old wasContinue Reading
A long-term heroin user says injecting rooms save lives and the Victorian government has put politics above the health and safety of citizens by scrapping a second injecting centre in Melbourne. Fitzroy man Chris’ use of heroin spiralled after the death of his son. But the 50-year-old had an epiphanyContinue Reading
Australian veterans have blasted pro-Palestine protests planned around Melbourne for Anzac Day as “disrespectful”. Victoria Police says it is aware of at least three planned protests around the city today, including University of Melbourne in Parkville, and has boosted patrols. A group called Teachers and School Staff for Palestine Victoria,Continue Reading
In the past 23 days, 10 Australian women have been killed allegedly at the hands of a male perpetrator. That’s an average of one every 48 hours. This week, Molly Ticehurst became the 10th. The 28-year-old NSW mum’s battered body was discovered by emergency services personnel in the early hoursContinue Reading