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With native forest logging in Victoria to end early, hundreds of workers face an uncertain future

Employees ‘blindsided’ by the government’s decision must now consider retraining at Tafe as the state’s native timber resources run dry

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Coronial inquest to investigate deadly Murray Valley Highway intersection at Strathmerton that claimed six lives in 14 months

An inquest will look at what can be done to improve safety at a notorious Murray Valley Highway intersection following Victoria's deadliest crash in more than a decade.

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Victoria emerges as frontrunner to replace Collingwood Super Netball side

Victoria still looks likely to have two Super Netball teams despite Collingwood's decision to withdraw from the competition.

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Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto shrugs off UN official's comments in defence of Moira Deeming

Under-pressure Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto has swatted away criticism from a top UN official about his treatment of expelled Liberal Moira Deeming, saying he was more focused on the state's budget.

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Coroner investigating deadly regional intersection

A coroner is investigating a deadly Victorian intersection where two crashes occurred more than a year apart, including one that killed five people and a dog.

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Cost of living, power prices driving Victorians into food relief program, Uniting says

A social welfare organisation says by the end of the month it will have served 1,000 more meals than it did at this time last year, and that younger people and women are among those presenting for the first time.

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Victorian parliament to hold inquiry into pig welfare following alleged abattoir break-ins

Animal Justice MP Georgie Purcell says the parliamentary inquiry will focus on gassing methods and forms of confinement in the pork industry.

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Environment minister raises hopes new laws could include federal ban on native forest logging

Tanya Plibersek confirms regional forestry agreements will be covered by upgraded federal environment laws, hinting government may follow Victoria’s lead

The Guardian - AU

Debt-hit Victoria must press on with big build: Andrews

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has pushed back on suggestions his government should have cut spending on major projects to tame record debt.

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Victoria's native timber logging communities shocked by acceleration of industry's end

Victoria's decision to bring forward the end of native timber harvesting was meant to bring certainty, but it has not eased the pain in timber communities.

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Students rescued from school bus trapped in embankment

Sixteen children have been rescued from a school bus that is trapped in an embankment in regional Victoria.

The New Daily

Cold snap with damaging winds, hail and snow forecast for Australia’s south-east

Severe weather warnings for wind gusts of up 100km/h issued for Tasmania, Victoria and NSW, BoM says

The Guardian - AU

Victoria’s austere budget leaves community service organisations fearing for their clients

Youth counsellor Daniel Lennox says his service may have to close, leaving vulnerable people without support

The Guardian - AU

Victoria shows Australia how to finally abolish stamp duty once and for all

Major state tax reforms are few and far between in Australia, which is what makes Tuesday‘s Victorian budget very, very significant.

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About 300,000 Victorians who use negative gearing could claim land tax hikes as deductions

Premier says levy is ‘tax deductible’ as ATO says 304,942 Victorians used negative gearing in 2019/20

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Rescuers pull two people from water after boat goes up in flames in Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay

Police say the two Melbourne men, aged 61 and 59, jumped from the motor cruiser into the water with life jackets before the boat was engulfed by flames.

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Uber’s Revealed The Highest-Rated City In Australia So Take A Bow You Polite Motherfuckers

Looks like Victoria needs to learn some manners.

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Concerns Victorian budget's new land tax will be passed onto renters

There are fears landlords will pass on the cost of a new land tax introduced in the Victorian state budget onto renters, a concern the treasurer has rejected as "specious logic".

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Possum poo holds the key to Burili ulcer outbreaks

A new surveillance system uses possum poo to detect possible outbreaks of a flesh-eating disease in Victoria.

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Land tax change not Vic renters' biggest issue: Andrews

Business, housing and school lobby groups have lashed the Victorian budget over a series of debt-reducing measures to help repay the state's mounting borrowing.

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Early exit from logging could 'devastate' Vic regions

The timber industry has slammed the Victorian government's decision to bring forward the end of commercial logging in the state.

The Guardian - AU

Daniel Andrews’ balancing act: the politics of targeting taxes at big business and ‘landlords’

This is not the first time the Victorian government has targeted taxes at specific groups in its budget to help fund reforms

The Guardian - AU

Caring for country and people: Victorian yabby farm first step in ambitious Indigenous agriculture venture

Djarra is aiming to farm 15 tonnes of crayfish a year in what will be the biggest yabby farm in the southern hemisphere

The Conversation

Victoria bites $117 billion bullet, begins the long march of land tax reform

The Andrews government’s ninth budget is its toughest. The bill from Victoria’s COVID experience, as well as the state government’s ambitious infrastructure spending, has finally come due.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Government grilled over Kathryn Campbell’s $900k job; Victoria to end native timber logging; and Qantas’s record profit

Native forests one of the winners from a tough Victorian state budget

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