Justice system failing Indigenous Victorians

Victoria’s justice system is failing, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities over-represented in the prison system. Today’s State of Incarceration report shows that since 2012, Victoria’s incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has recorded a 91 per cent increase, higher than Western Australia, New South Wales and the Northern Territory. It is…

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Labor letting small businesses pick up its tab

Small businesses which helped protect regional Victorian towns have been left to bear the cost as the Andrews Labor Government delays paying its bills. Despite promising to pay invoices from small businesses within 10 days, businesses in northern Victoria have been waiting more than 90 days for the State Government to pay bills of up…

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor, Transparency and accountability in government are key to ensuring that every community has equitable access to services, no matter their postcode. Our crumbling roads need ongoing investment rather than reduced speed limits and our regional health services need adequate funding to ensure regional Victorians can have better care closer to home – in…

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New parliament, same old Labor

We are only a matter of weeks into sittings of the 60th Victorian Parliament, yet Daniel Andrews and Labor are already tangling themselves in a web of issues surrounding dishonesty, transparency and accountability. Victorians deserve a government that is accountable to the public and has their best interests at heart. The Andrews Labor Government’s decisions…

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor, The numbers are in, with reports Victorians will now be slapped with annual energy bills of up to $4000, mounting more stress on families in the midst of a cost of living crisis. This is nothing groundbreaking, many have been experiencing this increasing financial pressure for months. Despite struggling now, Victorians are being…

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR – Re: Roads

Dear Editor, The Andrews Labor Government is touting $165 million in funding for Victoria’s flood-damaged roads, yet it is currently leaving regional councils to foot the bill for damaged local roads. Councils are responsible for tens of thousands of kilometres of roads that are vital to businesses and communities, which were already in a state…

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor, Communities in regional Victoria are still reeling from the floods which inundated their homes and businesses. Towns worked tirelessly to sandbag as the water levels rose and took with them homes, livelihoods and businesses on which their communities relied. But now – months after the water has receded – for communities which have…

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