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Premier Jacinta Allan speaking to reporters in May.

Pill-testing plan to stop ‘horror’ of teenagers overdosing: Premier

A proposal for a year-long pill-testing trial in Victoria will be considered by cabinet after Premier Jacinta Allan called overdoses of teens at festivals an “unimaginable” horror.

  • by Annika Smethurst and Ashleigh McMillan
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Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has released housing targets for all Victorian council areas.

Housing plan ‘pressures inner city and fringe, spares middle Melbourne’

Infrastructure targets and plans for green space and community buildings are also needed, say experts.

  • by Annika Smethurst
While the government insists more homes are needed in established suburbs – close to jobs, transport, education, and services – the housing targets will still see fringe suburbs swell

Victoria needs millions of new homes. Here’s where they will be built

Councils will be told to find room for thousands of new homes as the government releases fresh targets to boost housing stock by more than 2 million.

  • by Annika Smethurst

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