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Political leadership
Ambulance Victoria issues statement on Premier’s fall
The Victorian government has accused the Coalition of peddling “QAnon craziness” about the circumstances of Premier Daniel Andrews’ fall in March.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Push for Victorian universities to be exempted as mental health tax lands in Parliament
While the Coalition wants hard-hit universities left out of the $800 miilion annual state tax, big business has been lobbying crossbenchers to kill the levy entirely.
- by Michael Fowler
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Workplace culture
‘It’s all secret and silent’: Confidentiality agreements that silence victims to be investigated
“I think we need to think very carefully about whether non-disclosure agreements have done more harm than good,” workplace injury lawyer Liberty Sanger said.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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ALP
Labor’s grassroots push to reclaim federal seat of Melbourne from Greens
A group of prominent Labor members have united to back think tank director Emma Dawson for preselection in the seat held by Greens leader Adam Bandt.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey and Annika Smethurst
State regulator set to oversee boarding schools
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse heard from a “disproportionate” number of survivors who were abused in boarding schools.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
COVID-19’s return to aged care homes puts spotlight on workforce
It has emerged this week that fighting coronavirus in Melbourne’s aged care homes is as much about workplace relations as it is about health.
- by Clay Lucas
Inside the key meeting that decided Victoria’s lockdown fate
Victoria’s seven top ministers welcomed a familiar guest to their meeting on Wednesday of last week. Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton was presenting, and Premier Daniel Andrews was waiting to hear the outcome.
- by Michael Fowler
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Victorian Fire Services
Before it’s too late: How our family survived near-certain tragedy
After a happy Easter Sunday, Brendan Pratt, his wife Amanda Bews and their three teenage sons were all asleep in bed at their home in Wandin North, Victoria. In the early hours, Pratt was startled awake by a shrill beeping.
- by Amy Cooper
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Impossible question to ignore as Melbourne endures more lockdown
Victoria not only suffered from the strictest lockdown measures, it is the state where more than 800 people died, accounting for about 90 per cent of Australia’s total pandemic deaths.
- by Annika Smethurst
‘Keep fighting’: Daniel Andrews sends message to Victorians in lockdown
The Premier also said scans next week were key to the timing of his return to work.
- by Roy Ward
‘It’s painful’: Desperate businesses cry out for help as Canberra weighs options
The federal government is negotiating an assistance package to help Victorians who will lose income during the lockdown, but it has ruled out offering wage subsidies similar to the JobKeeper scheme.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey and David Crowe