Labor had previously announced that paramedics would take over from police as the first responders to triple-zero calls for mental health crises from September 1,2023.
A man has died and a two-year-old child has been admitted to the Royal Children’s Hospital after a blaze in Maryborough,about 60 kilometres north of Ballarat.
Hospitals have been told to reduce their patient offload times by 4 per cent by the end of this financial year.
The Age has obtained a recording of a meeting the Mornington Peninsula Shire council held with affected residents,at which authorities said work to identify the source of the landslide was ongoing.
Seven homes have been evacuated in the area near Penny Lane in McCrae amid warnings other properties could be in danger.
Andrew Bishop went to the aid of a paramedic who tipped his van after an 18-hour shift. The picture he took caused a public backlash for Ambulance Victoria. He’s now been sacked.
Most paramedics would get a pay rise of almost 17 per cent over four years while “experienced paramedics” get 20 per cent over the same period.
There was a shortfall of ambulance crews overnight,with Melbourne’s fleet availability dropping to 1 per cent at times,the Victorian Ambulance Union said.
Protracted industrial action by paramedics,including an indefinite pause on taking billing details from patients,is hitting the service’s bottom line.
Paramedics recently passed a vote of no-confidence in the troubled emergency service’s leadership.