Mergers might be a good thing for Victoria’s cash-strapped hospitals,even if Jacinta Allan and the health minister won’t talk about their plans.
The opposition leader had three defamation cases brought against him,but now he’s down to just one.
More than 100,000 Victorians have downloaded the new licences,but they can’t be used everywhere.
The development comes a week after a Greens MP was asked to leave the chamber for refusing to take off her keffiyeh scarf,commonly worn to show support for Palestine.
Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas has flagged the state is considering amalgamating Victoria’s 76 health services because they are spending money competing against each other.
The City of Melbourne on Tuesday unveiled its $781 million draft budget,which crept into surplus for the first time in five years.
Opposing posters have gone up on a major St Kilda street as locals face off over a $9.3 million plan to build a separate bike lane that would slash more than 100 car parking spaces.
The Allan government’s tough talk has again stoked fears that Victoria’s hospital funding shake-up will lead to amalgamations and erode patient care.
Victoria’s pokies are due to close six hours a day starting later this year,but the state budget still tips annual gambling losses – and tax revenue – will rise.
Influential construction unions have joined more than 30 Labor branches in contesting the Allan government’s plans to redevelop Melbourne’s 44 public housing towers.
Realising the gravity of what he’d lost helped Matt become a reformed family violence offender. Now back with his daughter and with a new life ahead of them,he wants support for others to change.