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A deal struck struck by the Victorian Government with Crown Casino to retrain 500 retrenched workers in return for a lucrative extension to its monopoly gambling licence has enrolled just 10 so far. The revelation has put its taxpayer-subsidised private training facility in the spotlight.
Hundreds of thousands of Victorians with a medical condition that may make them unsafe drivers are flying under the radar of VicRoads and potentially putting other drivers at risk, a Fairfax Media investigation has revealed.
The National Gallery of Victoria, which cause an international sensation when it championed the right to free speech and political activism of artist Ai Weiwei last year, is seeking to remove human rights clauses in a new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement with staff.
Cows living in giant barns, fed rations, milked by robots. Farmegeddon – a way to bring a little more science and technology to help keep local farming sustainable?
A snapshot of what intervention orders are like from the point of view of those accused of abuse – and the lawyers who defend them.
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