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Labor leads in two Victorian state polls, but Premier Jacinta Allan’s approval tanks

Labor leads in Victorian state polls by Newspoll and Redbridge, but Premier Jacinta Allan is very unpopular. Two federal polls give Labor big leads and a Tasmanian poll suggests Tasmanians would support Labor seeking to form a government with the Greens and independents.

The Conversation

Plan to rid anti-Jew 'cancer' targets uni, arts funding

Universities and cultural bodies that fail to act against anti-Semitism could have their funding terminated as part of a blueprint to combat discrimination.

AAP

Anti-hate group lauded as 'fringe' protesters slammed

Jewish groups are optimistic an anti-hate task force will trigger political action as a small group of protesters is lashed over a violent confrontation.

AAP

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Australian state to set up anti-hate task force after Melbourne synagogue arson

Jewish community members invited to join task force meeting

The Independent UK

'Pox on both your houses': Victoria voters unimpressed

A Newspoll published in The Australian shows support for Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has slipped below that of the opposition leader.

AAP

Human rights groups urge Victoria not to adopt NSW protest permit system in response to alleged antisemitic attacks

Jacinta Allan says ‘anti-hate taskforce’ to consider if police powers should be increased to ‘stamp out extreme and violent protest’

The Guardian - AU

PM condemns ‘shocking acts’ after suspicious fire at Melbourne synagogue with 20 people inside

Police allege a man entered the grounds at about 8pm on Friday and poured a flammable liquid on the front door

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Health department ‘regrets’ family affected by accused Melbourne childcare paedophile having to test children for STIs twice

Acknowledgement of ‘extreme distress’ amid fallout from Joshua Dale Brown charges comes as premier defends childcare safety review appointment

The Guardian - AU

Federal government to fast-track childcare safety legislation as Victoria appoints Jay Weatherill to conduct snap review of sector

Jason Clare to introduce powers to expand spot checks and cut off funding for childcare operators that fail to meet safety standards, as Greens call for independent watchdog

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s first truth-telling inquiry finds British committed genocide of Indigenous people

Yoorrook Justice Commission says British colonisation of Victoria brought violence, dispossession and lasting harm to Aboriginal communities

The Independent UK

Arrested Childcare Worker Allegedly Contaminated Childrens’ Food With Bodily Fluids

Disturbing details have emerged in the childcare abuse investigation, with authorities alleging a former worker contaminated food.

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Australia vows childcare crackdown after worker charged with sex offences

Officials pledge to toughen laws after 26-year-old childcare worker charged with abusing eight children under his care.

Al Jazeera

Second Man Charged In Relation To Melbourne Childcare Sexual Abuse Allegations

Two Melbourne men, including a childcare worker facing 70+ charges, have been arrested in a widening child abuse investigation.

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Victoria orders urgent review into childcare safety after allegations of abuse by worker

Premier says ‘short and sharp’ review will consider whether Victoria can go ‘even further and act faster’ on any federal measures

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Second Melbourne man charged with child sexual abuse crimes as urgent childcare review announced

It is understood Michael Simon Wilson’s alleged offending not connected to childcare facilities or against same alleged victims as Joshua Dale Brown, who was charged with more than 70 offences

AAP

Yoorrook inquiry's call for redress not off the table

None of the mountain of recommendations made by a landmark truth-telling inquiry are off the table, a state government says.

AAP

Truth-telling inquiry splits on final report findings

Three of the five leaders of an Indigenous truth-telling inquiry did not endorse the key findings in one of its two final reports.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Melbourne childcare worker charged with sex offences; NSW braces for storm; and a basketball player’s own goal

Victorian premier Jacinta Allan says she is ‘sickened’ by the ‘shocking and distressing’ allegations

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AAP

Nice work if you can get it: premier pockets plenty

Parliamentarians in one state have been granted a pay rise, propelling the premier to the position of Australia's second highest-paid politician.

The Guardian - AU

First Peoples’ Assembly set to become permanent voice to Victorian parliament with crossbench support

Exclusive: Advisory body will be renamed and granted statutory powers after Labor secures numbers to make it permanent

AAP

War of words over GST carve-up as states butt heads

Two states are going head to head over the GST carve-up after one claimed it was given an unfair shortfall to cover COVID-19 failures.

AAP

Second state set for own Indigenous voice to parliament

Another Australian state is preparing to establish a legislated Indigenous voice to parliament as part of treaty negotiations.

The Guardian - AU

Jacinta Allan rubbishes claims Queensland GST revenue is keeping Victoria’s ‘hospital lights on’

Premier hits back at Queensland treasurer, saying sunshine state’s ‘budget black hole’ has nothing to do with Victoria

The Guardian - AU

Don’t believe the hype: Victorian government deserves credit for not buckling to aggressive pro-gas campaign

Australia’s most gas-reliant state takes a significant step to move households and businesses away from fossil fuels and cut energy bills

AAP

'Class warfare': blowtorch on softened home gas bans

Homeowners in one state will be exempted from replacing broken-down gas heaters and hot water systems with electric models under watered-down rules.

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