Victoria’s plan to cull 17,250 kangaroos after population numbers grew by 40 percent has led environmental groups to fear that it could eradicate the animals in Victoria. The cull has also placed agricultural and environmentalist groups at odds with the farmers regarding kangaroos’ mobs as agricultural pests. Victorian orchard owner Gary Katerelos said kangaroos are…
Victorian Police Minister to Undergo Surgery
Victorian Police Minister Lisa Neville will undergo surgery due to her worsening condition as a result of complications associated with Crohn’s disease. The senior MP spent two-and-a-half weeks in hospital in February hoping to avoid going under the knife. However, an intensive regime of biological drugs and three weeks of convalescence has left her still…
Pacific Islanders Arrive to Help Victoria’s Fruit and Vegetable Harvest
More than 100 seasonal workers from the Pacific Islands have arrived in the Australian state of Victoria to help ease the labour shortage on the state’s fruit and vegetable farms. Up to 1,500 workers from the Pacific Islands will undergo 14 days of quarantine in Tasmania before arriving into Victoria, under an agreement between the…
Victoria Govt Rejects Proposal to Build Gas Terminal Amid Looming Shortfall
The Victorian state Labor government has rejected a plan by energy giant AGL to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal along Melbourne’s Western Port due to “unacceptable” environmental effects. This comes just weeks after an ACCC report found that new sources of gas supply and related infrastructure were needed if Australia was to…
Australian State Enacts ‘First of Its Kind’ Gender Equality Act
The Victorian government has implemented Australia’s first Gender Equality Act that will require public sector employers to “promote and advance” gender equality in the workplace. The legislation (pdf), which came into effect on March 31, will see the public sector—including local councils and universities—“close the gender pay gap, improve gender equality at all levels of…
More Than 7300 Incidents of In-Care Abuse in Victoria, Report Finds
Vulnerable teenagers placed in residential care under Victoria’s child protection service were subjected to violence in 2019-2020, with more than 700 suffering serious physical and sexual abuse, a report has found. The annual report by Victoria’s Commission for Children and Young Persons (pdf) also found that of the 7300 incidents reported for that year, eighteen…
Melbourne Public Housing Residents File Class Action Against ‘Human Rights’ Breach
Public housing residents in Melbourne are suing the Victorian government for allegations of assault and negligence that occurred during the two-week lockdown in July 2020. The claim, which was filed (pdf) in the Victorian Supreme Court on March 19, claims that residents were deprived of access to fresh air, exercise, and occupational activities during the…
New Arts Festival Aims to Revive Melbourne
Months after it was put on hold because of Melbourne’s lengthy lockdown, the Rising festival aims to boost the city as it struggles back to life. The 12-day festival from May 26 will feature more than 750 Victorian artists and a range of art, music, performance and food events around the CBD area. It was…
Boys Forced to Apologise to Girls on Behalf of Gender at Aussie School Assembly
An Australian school has apologised to parents after male students were forced to stand up in a show of compulsory solidarity at an assembly and apologise to the female students for sexism and assault on behalf of their gender. The assembly, which was held on March 24 at Brauer College, a private school in Warrnambool,…
Victoria Bracing for the Economic Impact After Second Coal Plant Announces Closure
March 19, 2021
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The Victorian government will launch an inquiry into the early closure of the Yallourn coal-fired power station in the Latrobe Valley after state MP Melina Bath called for a report (pdf) into the economic impact of the power station’s shutdown. EnergyAustralia, the owner of Yallourn Power Station, originally announced the facility would close in 2032—but on…
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