Politics
Victoria
Labor pledges better deal for state's 736,000 carers
The package includes more respite hours, grants for regional and LGBTI carers and half-price public transport for carers.
- by Noel Towell
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Property development
'Get the smug look off your face': Corkman cowboys could still build tower
Magistrate hands out $600,000 in fines over asbestos, as Melbourne City Council asks planning minister to allow 40-metre height limit on much of the site.
- by Clay Lucas
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Victorian election
Andrews promises more front-counter cops as Guy offers a Taser tempter
Labor has promised to put at least two desk officers at round-the-clock police stations, while the opposition says police will have 4000 new Tasers.
- by Noel Towell & Benjamin Preiss
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Victorian election
Traumatised emergency service workers first to benefit from reforms to workplace mental health systems
Sweeping reforms promised for police, firefighters and paramedics scarred by working on the front line.
- by Noel Towell & Benjamin Preiss
Electricity
Households win right to fight for sunlight on their solar panels
Homeowners with rooftop solar systems will be protected from neighbouring property developments excessively overshadowing their energy panels.
- by Adam Carey & Benjamin Preiss
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Victorian election
Labor offers a $4838 battery bonanza for homes with solar panels
Half-price batteries promised as 3000 households a week flock to subsidised solar.
- by Noel Towell & Benjamin Preiss
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University
Victoria targets international students from SE Asia in new strategy
Victoria has set an ambitious target to double the number of international students from Southeast Asia within 10 years amid fears the lucrative sector is too reliant on students from China and India.
- by Jewel Topsfield
Scott Morrison
Prime Minister pledges to help Victorian Liberals in state campaign
Scott Morrison has reportedly pledged to work closely with the Victorian Liberals to win the November election
- by Benjamin Preiss
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Victorian election
Frankston in focus as parties make pledges on hospital and rail safety
Leaders campaigned in south-east suburbs on Monday, with Daniel Andrews promising $560m Frankston hospital upgrade, Mathew Guy offering safer public transport.
- by Adam Carey & Noel Towell
Development
Docklands owners sue for $24m over fire, as date to fix cladding looms
The legal case begins into a 2014 Docklands apartment fire, with everyone involved blaming another party.
- by Clay Lucas
Planning
Labor speaker orders Ventnor papers taken offline over privacy issues
Documents relating to Matthew Guy's farmland rezoning removed from Parliament's website after it emerged that sensitive information had also been published.
- by Clay Lucas