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1 week ago | 
dailytelegraph.com.au | Clare Armstrong |Samantha Maiden |Carly Douglas
Mr Plibersek, appearing on Sunrise, was asked by host Natalie Barr to explain why the Prime Minister had rejected her hug, which the Environment Minister struggled to answer. It comes after Mr Albanese and Peter Dutton racked up a combined $25bn in promises across the weekend, with first home buyers and family budget the big winners.
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3 weeks ago | 
geelongadvertiser.com.au | Carly Douglas |Regan Hodge |Brendan Kearns |Jordan McCarthy
The family of Avalon aerobatic pilot Glenn Collins was last night by his bedside in hospital after the terrifying crash that almost killed him on Friday. The veteran pilot was in a stable but critical condition last night as experts said he had been lucky to escape almost certain death.
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2 months ago | 
news.com.au | Grace Frost |Carly Douglas |Jordan McCarthy
Firefighters are battling five out-of-control fires in Victoria’s west as the state braces for more dangerous hot and dry conditions. Residents in Glenisla, Strachans and Victoria Valley were on Tuesday night told to leave their homes immediately and warned emergency services may not be able to reach them if they chose to stay. Dry lightning started a fire at the Little Desert National Park in the early afternoon on Monday, which razed more than 69,000ha of land within hours.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
townsvillebulletin.com.au | Carly Douglas
Stamp duty will be slashed for all apartments, units and townhouses bought off-the-plan under a bold push by the state government to turbocharge the housing market. The tax concessions will be announced on Monday as part of a week-long government roll out of new measures to fix the state’s housing crisis. The move will see stamp duty reduced for thousands of buyers, incentivising Victorians to enter the market and stripping back a major barrier for developers.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
cairnspost.com.au | Carly Douglas |Mitch Clarke
Victorians found guilty of vilifying offences would face up to five years in jail under newly proposed anti-vilification laws released by the state government. Two new criminal offences would also be introduced which will remove the requirement to prove both incitement and threat, making it easier to prosecute offenders.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
townsvillebulletin.com.au | Carly Douglas |Mitch Clarke
Victorians found guilty of vilifying offences would face up to five years in jail under newly proposed anti-vilification laws released by the state government. Two new criminal offences would also be introduced which will remove the requirement to prove both incitement and threat, making it easier to prosecute offenders.
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Mar 7, 2024 | 
news.com.au | Samantha Landy |Carly Douglas
Bolstering drug and alcohol education for high school students and first aid requirements at events will help reduce “catastrophic outcomes” at music festivals, Victoria’s leading first aid provider says. On the eve of a scorching hot weekend packed with events, St John Ambulance Victoria chief executive Gordon Botwright urged the development of “a care system for festival goers that prevents and minimises harm” that would also trial pill testing.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
news.com.au | Timothy Cox |Mitch Clarke |Carly Douglas |Regan Hodge
A bushfire near Ballarat has grown to over 21,000h and destroyed six homes as authorities encourage the evacuation of a broad area of the state’s west before extreme conditions on Wednesday. About 200 locals and representatives from emergency agencies attended a meeting at Beaufort on Tuesday, where deputy incident controller Paul Bates and others outlined plans for battling the nearby Bayindeen-Rocky Rd fire, burning since last Thursday.
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Feb 23, 2024 | 
goldcoastbulletin.com.au | Timothy Cox |Sarah Perillo |Carly Douglas |Olivia Jenkins
Homes in more than a dozen additional towns are under threat after a wind change steered a raging bushfire further north, prompting warnings to evacuate immediately. Those living in Amphitheatre, Elmhurst, Eversley, Glenlofty, Glenlogie, Glenpatrick, Glenshee, Green Hill Creek, Landsborough, Mount Cole, Mount Lonarch, Nowhere Creek, Percydale and Warrenmang were urged to leave their properties Friday morning after a bushfire started between Mount Cole and Raglan.
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Feb 23, 2024 | 
townsvillebulletin.com.au | Timothy Cox |Sarah Perillo |Carly Douglas |Olivia Jenkins
Homes in more than a dozen additional towns are under threat after a wind change steered a raging bushfire further north, prompting warnings to evacuate immediately. Those living in Amphitheatre, Elmhurst, Eversley, Glenlofty, Glenlogie, Glenpatrick, Glenshee, Green Hill Creek, Landsborough, Mount Cole, Mount Lonarch, Nowhere Creek, Percydale and Warrenmang were urged to leave their properties Friday morning after a bushfire started between Mount Cole and Raglan.
