Victorian Government and Public Service

2+ hour, 54+ min ago   (645+ words) September 15, 2026 — 5:00am Victoria is spending more than any other state on cost-of-living relief, but some of the government’s biggest schemes are delivering more than twice the savings to high-income households as the state’s lowest earners, a new analysis has found. New…...

17+ hour, 45+ min ago   (201+ words) governmentnews.com.au Legislation to expand the authority of Victoria’s anti-corruption agency has been introduced to parliament. The new laws will grant the Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission “follow-the-money” investigatory powers to trace misappropriated public funds and investigate private and third-party…...

20+ hour, 35+ min ago   (437+ words) Victoria has become the latest state to decriminalise begging, after Legalise Cannabis MP Rachel Payne's amendment passed both houses of parliament. On Thursday, the Victorian Government passed legislation decriminalising the act of begging. Legalise Cannabis MP Rachel Payne introduced the…...

19+ hour, 56+ min ago   (546+ words) The Cook Labor Government has again proven powerless to influence its federal colleagues, as two major Canberra reforms threaten investment in Western Australia’s resources sector. Shadow Minister for Mines, Petroleum and Exploration Lachlan Hunter MP said WA Labor has talked…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (534+ words) This moment in Victoria’s history could not be more critical. With about 70 days until the most pivotal state election ever, no amount of ‘NFL hoopla’ can mask the underlying truth that Victoria is headed for the rubbish heap of history…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (414+ words) Every candidate One Nation has named for the 2026 Victorian state election on one page: state president Warren Pickering, sitting MP Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell, eight upper house ticket leaders and 30 lower house candidates, updated as names are added before nominations close on…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (51+ words) AFR Amber-Jade Sanderson was a matter of hours away from becoming Western Australia’s 31st premier. Within a day of Labor firebrand Mark McGowan’s shock resignation in May 2023, Sanderson won the critical support of the state’s dominant left union to replace him....

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (714+ words) There’s a quote I remember from my Sunday School days that has been brought to mind by this week’s news headlines and political hit jobs: “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.” Those words were spoken by…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (464+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am Local government councillor may be one of the worst-paid jobs in NSW. The lowest level of authority, local government, the tier closest to the people, used to be mainly concerned with roads, rates and rubbish but now delivers economic…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1042+ words) For 40 years, Victor Macri has spent five days a week cutting hair at Fernando’s Hair, the business his father started in Marrickville in 1960. A dispute with local councillors over a building matter prompted Macri to run as an independent for…...