Victorian parents of school-aged children will get a $400 bonus as part of the state’s budget aimed at easing cost-of-living pressures on families. More than 700,000 students will benefit from a school saving bonus, a major feature of the first budget under Premier Jacinta Allan. The scheme will cost $287 million and involve one-off payments … Read more
Hospital workers will not be disciplined for pretending to be patients to make a regional Victorian facility look busy during the health minister’s visit. About 10 staff posed as patients in the waiting room of Colac Area Health Urgent Care Centre in August 2023, a Victorian Health Department probe found. The full report has not … Read more
Melbourne will not get a second supervised drug injecting room despite a Victorian government report pushing for the facility. Premier Jacinta Allan and Mental Health Minister Ingrid Stitt ruled out another centre on Tuesday and instead announced increased medical support. They said $95 million would be spent on health strategies including $36.4 million to establish … Read more
Strengthening business connections and co-operation on maritime operations, climate change and clean energy are top of the agenda as leaders gather for the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne. Newly elected President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh are among leaders from Southeast Asian … Read more
A Victorian MP has slammed a “photoshopped” image of her used by Nine News, that she says made her outfit more “revealing” and “enlarged” her breasts. The image of Animal Justice Party MP Georgie Purcell aired during Monday night’s Nine News Melbourne bulletin as part of a story about duck hunting. After the story aired, … Read more
Medical graduates who choose to go into general practice are being offered a $40,000 incentive in a bid to reverse the decline in those choosing to become GPs. Up to 800 grants are up for grabs with 400 on offer this year and the remaining 400 in 2025, for those who begin studying to become … Read more
Three new rapid access hubs are opening in Victoria, allowing 6000 additional patients to undergo elective surgery in the state. The latest one at The Alfred Centre will open on Monday, while the Moorabbin and the Royal Children’s hospitals will start accepting patients from May. Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas said the new hubs, part of … Read more
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has taken aim at a cartoonist over a naked drawing of her, calling it “sexualised” and saying “it’s 2023”. The cartoon by Mark Knight was published in the Herald Sun on Tuesday, and depicted the premier walking naked on a catwalk at Melbourne Fashion Week. Parts of her body were pixelated … Read more
Labor is set to retain Daniel Andrews’ seat of Mulgrave despite a significant swing against the Victorian government in the former premier’s seat. With more than 75 per cent of the vote counted, Dandenong mayor Eden Foster leads with more than 40 per cent of the primary vote in Saturday’s by-election, which is down 10.9 … Read more
