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The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

Energy bills: average Victorian seeking help over debts to utility companies owes $2,459, report finds

Consumer Action Law Centre says providers should do more to direct customers to help as average energy bill debts increase by $750 since 2021

The Guardian - AU

Parliament Square reimagined: Traffic could be banned under ambitious new proposals

New blueprint ‘reimagines’ the square, Whitehall and the Victoria Embankment if pedestrians were given priority over traffic

Evening Standard

Australia nearing record amount of solar panel uptake to beat rising power prices, analysts say

Exclusive: The ongoing strength of rooftop solar installations contrasts with the sharp slowdown in new large-scale solar farms

The Guardian - AU

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Victoria’s mental health watchdog criticised after fighting release of secret recommendations

MHCC appeals ruling that found it was in public interest to release documents

The Guardian - AU

‘It makes no sense’: Victorian government urged to reconsider sale of dozens of properties

Residential land acquired for level-crossing removals in Melbourne’s south-east being prepared for sale

The Guardian - AU

Murray-Darling basin environmental flows found to be key to saving 140 species at risk of extinction

Environment Victoria calls for Andrews government to end opposition to commonwealth water purchases to save river

The Guardian - AU

New transmission lines are controversial for nearby communities. But batteries and virtual lines could cut how many we need

Australia’s power grid was built to transport power from coal-fired power stations or the Snowy Hydro scheme to large cities and industrial precincts. The large transmission lines were designed with generation supply and demand, the shortest routes, and cost in mind.

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Guardian Essential poll: support drops for Indigenous voice but more Australians still in favour than against

Victoria and South Australia are most in favour of constitutional change while Queenslanders and those older than 55 are more likely to oppose

The Guardian - AU

Market forces blamed for $12m in project boss salaries

Victoria is paying more than a dozen road and rail project bosses above the maximum recommended package but the state government has defended the salaries.

AAP

Weather warnings issued as cold front moves through Australia’s south and south-east

BoM says Victoria, NSW, SA and Tasmania could be in for very strong winds, potentially over 90km/h

The Guardian - AU

The new frontline for conspiracy theorists: how Victorian councils were driven online to avoid chaos

Extremism expert Josh Roose says the federal government should step in to improve security for council meetings

The Guardian - AU

Local councils warn Victorian government against seizing control of planning laws

Municipal peak body also says more town planners are desperately needed to speed up building approvals

The Guardian - AU

One in four Brits have never boiled an egg

45% have also never baked a Victoria sponge cake

Evening Standard

Bowie and Marbles: police hunt thieves of blind Gold Coast dog and Melbourne pomeranian

Investigations into the separate thefts have been launched by Victorian and Queensland police

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What ticket office closure plans could mean for Greater Manchester's railway stations - and which stations are affected

Northern has announced ticket offices will close at 45 stations - Victoria's will remain open but Piccadilly's is earmarked for closure

Daily Mirror

Multiple prisoners locked up for 23 hours in single cells in crumbling Victorian prisons

The Chief Prisons Inspector warned violence levels were too high in men’s and youth prisons while women’s prisons had 'staggeringly high levels of self-harm'

The Guardian - UK

London theatre show’s cake poster falls foul of junk food ad rules

Theatre boss calls TfL decision ‘ridiculous’ after poster found to breach rules aimed at tackling obesity

The Guardian - AU

Mornington Peninsula bus crash: two people in hospital after vehicle ploughs into houses in Victoria

Bus driver and male passenger have non life-threatening injuries after crash on Dromana Parade at Safety Beach, police say

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AAP

Treasury Wine to shut rural winery as costs sour palate

Australia's biggest winemaker will shut down a winery in regional Victoria due to cost pressures and shifting demand, leaving 60 people out of the job.

The Guardian - AU

Daniel Andrews calls Victoria’s election funding laws ‘perfectly fair’ amid Climate 200 criticism

Simon Holmes à Court says the laws make it ‘nearly impossible’ for independents to successfully campaign

AAP

Bus wedges into roof after crashing through houses

A bus carrying more than 10 people has struck two houses on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula and ended up wedged in a roof.

AAP

Radical shift to 'rigid' Vic euthanasia laws ruled out

Barriers to accessing Victoria's voluntary assisted dying scheme have caused considerable distress for terminally-ill patients and their families, a study says.

The Guardian - AU

‘It’s the first thing that they look at’: claims of racial profiling levelled at Victoria police after Covid fines report

Human rights lawyer says report provides ‘robust’ evidence of profiling, which police deny

The Conversation

Voluntary assisted dying is legal in Victoria, but you may not be able to access it

Voluntary assisted dying is legal in five Australian states with the sixth, New South Wales, following in November 2023. The territories are now permitted to legalise voluntary assisted dying, with the Australian Capital Territory intending to do so by the end of 2023.

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Dan Andrews’ parks choke towns, divide communities and favour white men

Just as research has shown the health benefits of being in nature, the Victorian government has allowed its parks to fall into disrepair.

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