Premier Jacinta Allan has drawn a line under the debate about a second injecting room in Melbourne by going against an expert report to say it will never be built.
Labor committed $850 million to upgrade at least 89 schools in 2022,but more than half failed to secure funding to put shovels in the ground in last year’s state budget.
Parkland,affordable housing and commercial office spaces earn developers bonuses to build in Melbourne’s CBD. The code was meant to be reviewed but it hasn’t been touched.
Party members and MPs currently have a 50-50 say in deciding the Labor leader. But a proposed change to party rules would cut the membership’s voting rights.
A 2022 cyberattack that hobbled the fire service’s dispatch system delayed crews rushing to burning buildings and forced them to use a manual back-up scheme for eight months.
The Allan government has sought more time to address major reforms requested by the Yoorrook Justice Commission to child protection,justice and police oversight.
Parliament’s efforts to have the report into a second injecting room made public have come to nothing,as integrity experts voice concern over a culture where the rules aren’t respected.
More people in Victoria rely on the arduous freedom of information regime to access records than in any other jurisdiction in the country,with increasing delays and redactions prompting calls for an overhaul.
The Allan government has removed the board of the Victorian Building Authority after failures to oversee building insurance and claims of a toxic workplace.
Bureaucrats gave the government the green light to host the Games despite significant and unresolved concerns and a business case that overstated the benefits,the auditor-general has found.
The government has been accused of betraying Aboriginal youths and walking away from its commitments after dropping the plans.