
Judd Boaz
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Richard Willingham |Judd Boaz
Custody for youth offenders will no longer be a last resort and community safety will be made the priority principle in all bail decisions under a dramatic legal shake-up in Victoria designed to mete out tougher punishments and conditions for people committing serious crimes. Premier Jacinta Allan's government has been under immense pressure to reform the laws amid rising crime rates and a spate of repeat offenders terrorising homes armed with weapons, including machetes.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Judd Boaz |Richard Willingham
The Victorian government will ban machetes across the state as part of a package of law changes aimed at stamping out serious offending, the ABC understands. The new laws — to be announced tomorrow morning by Premier Jacinta Allan — will target serious offending, including home invasion and carjacking. Ms Allan and her government have been under pressure both politically and from the community to address such crimes.
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2 months ago |
abc.net.au | Judd Boaz |Ahmed Yussuf
The cabin crew of PSA Airlines Flight 5342 prepared the plane for landing. Sixty passengers had taken the two-hour, 45-minute flight from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, DC. Among them were young figure skaters returning from a national championship and a development camp, accompanied by their parents and coaches. American Airlines, which owns PSA, operates this route six times a week. But as the CRJ 700 aircraft descended into DC, disaster struck.
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Jan 17, 2025 |
abc.net.au | Judd Boaz
About 2,000 people in Australia are affected by Huntington's disease, a fatal and incurable condition that affects the nervous system that results in the death of brain cells.
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Dec 26, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Judd Boaz
Brad Battin will be the next leader of the Victorian Liberal Party, following a tumultuous few weeks that saw John Pesutto booted as opposition leader. The Liberal Party will now seek to reunify, following a long legal battle between Mr Pesutto and exiled MP Moira Deeming. The bruising conflict created divisions inside the party room, including the resignation of MP Sam Groth from the front bench in protest at the way Ms Deeming was treated.
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