
Steve Vivian
Journalist and Digital Producer at ABC News (Australia)
Journalist at @abcdarwin. Contact: [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Steve Vivian
Queensland police officers will be given the power to issue on-the-spot orders to perpetrators of domestic violence. Under current laws, police can only issue a five-day protection notice before they're forced to go before a judge to get a longer-term order. Police Minister Dan Purdie said the government's proposed reforms would enable police to issue a 12-month order without having to go to court.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Steve Vivian
A beloved music festival in Victoria's south-west that has nurtured local bands and put international artists in front of intimate crowds will run for the final time this weekend. Meadow festival, held in the Surf Coast town of Bambra, was for years a success story, outgrowing its original site in a paddock to settle in a larger spot amid the area's rolling hills and bushland.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Steve Vivian |Gemma Ferguson
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is forecast to cross the south-east Queensland coast this week, bringing with it the threat of damaging winds, storms and heavy rainfall to large areas of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales. The system is expected to make landfall somewhere between Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast and Coolangatta on the Gold Coast, with the Bureau of Metereology (BOM) refusing to rule out the possibility of the cyclone intensifying to a category three.
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Dec 9, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Steve Vivian
The arson attack at the Adass Israel Synagogue in the heart of Melbourne's Jewish community on Friday has been declared by authorities as a "likely terrorist incident". "We've had significant progress, we've gained intelligence and evidence, as a result of that … we are treating this as a terrorist attack," Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton said on Monday.
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Nov 29, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Steve Vivian
COVID-19 cases are on the rise across the country, with the latest wave of the virus most advanced in Victoria. Ahead of the busy festive season, health experts are urging people to stay up to date with vaccinations and take steps to protect each other going into the summer. COVID-19 cases are increasing across the state, jumping 44 per cent in the past month. Hospitalisations have risen steeply, too.
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