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'Unbanned': premier weighs in on contentious picnic row

A controversial planning regulation that stopped patrons from picnicking on a grassy inner-city lawn has been overruled by a premier.

AAP · Sep 25

Three teens remain seriously injured after fatal crash

A 17-year-old boy and two 16-year-olds are in a serious condition after a bus and two cars crashed on a regional highway.

AAP · Sep 25

Anti-corruption body given 'follow the money' teeth

A corruption watchdog has been granted heightened investigatory powers under legislation passed on the final sitting day of a state parliament.

AAP · Sep 24

'Irrelevant': Labor's data centre clampdown knocked

Another state has revealed plans to crack down on data centre energy and water usage, but a stipulation in the proposed legislation is attracting criticism.

AAP · Sep 22

Labor claims Victoria’s new datacentre rules are strongest in Australia but critics point to ‘huge loophole’

New rules include a ban near schools and require datacentres to source their own renewable energy, but won’t apply to projects already in pipeline

The Guardian - AU · Sep 21

Rapists could face life in prison and barristers be prevented from ‘putting victims on trial’ under Victorian Labor reforms

Premier Ben Carroll says if re-elected Labor will legislate a new form of manslaughter and increase maximum penalty for rape to life imprisonment

The Guardian - AU · Sep 19

'Victims on trial': Labor's sexual violence crackdown

Specific offences to cover family violence-linked suicides and deaths and an end to courtroom victim-shaming form part of a sweeping pre-election pledge.

AAP · Sep 19

Election miracle or is it Labor 'saving the furniture'?

Still trailing in the polls, a new Labor premier is confronting an election challenge comparable in some ways to the one Scott Morrison overcame in 2019.

AAP · Sep 18

Labor seats get more than 90% of funding distributed under controversial multimillion-dollar grants program

Guardian Australia analysis adds to concerns over the federal scheme, which is to be the subject of a Senate inquiry

The Guardian - AU · Sep 16

‘Anywhere, anytime’: Victoria police and PSOs to get random stop and search powers after Labor backflip

Premier Ben Carroll adopts Coalition’s stance on Jack’s Law, which gives police and PSOs power to randomly search people for knives with metal detectors

The Guardian - AU · Sep 16