VICTORIA

Construction of a major new housing development near Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market is expected to begin next year after receiving federal government approval. The project, called Gurrowa Place, will transform the precinct with thousands of new homes, including student accommodation and affordable…

Shock and grief struck the Mount Waverley community in Melbourne after the discovery of the bodies of 39-year-old Athena Georgopoulos, a pregnant Greek-Australian woman in her fifth month, and her partner Andrew Gunn, aged 50. Their lifeless bodies were found late Monday…

The Allan government is weighing five new tax and levy options to plug an $11.5 billion shortfall in funding for Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop (SRL), including a new car park levy in suburban areas and a tax on rezoned land. While the…

Hundreds of internal Labor policy proposals have been leaked ahead of this weekend’s Victorian ALP state conference, revealing a radical shift in the party’s direction with sweeping social reforms, new taxation proposals, and a push toward government-run industries. Obtained by the Herald…

Victoria’s new Chief Commissioner of Police, Mike Bush, has laid out an ambitious vision for a law enforcement overhaul—promising to get more officers on the streets, weed out protest extremists, and crack down hard on gang leaders behind the state’s illicit tobacco…

A new analysis has revealed that the Victorian government has spent at least $382 million since 2016 on negotiating a statewide Indigenous treaty—with the final agreement yet to be signed. The expenditure includes the establishment of the Treaty Authority, an independent body…

A former senior executive at Ambulance Victoria has made a stunning call for the struggling emergency service to be placed into administration, declaring that the organization has reached its worst state in history. Mick Stephenson, the former Executive Director of Clinical Operations,…

More than 30 mayors and councillors from 22 Victorian municipalities will gather today at Moonee Valley Racecourse in an urgent attempt to derail what they describe as a “tax grab” by the Allan government—an increase to the Emergency Services and Volunteer Fund…