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Barnaby Joyce is preparing to announce his new ministerial team as soon as Friday, with casualties expected to include Veterans’ Affairs Minister Darren Chester and Regional Health Minister Mark Coulton.

Regional leaders call for lighter restrictions in rural areas We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Regional communities are urging the state government to ease restrictions in parts of Victoria with no cases or exposure sites to reduce the social and economic impact of the latest lockdown. The state government is set to announce later this week whether the seven-day lockdown will continue to apply across the state. ...

‘We’ve broken the cycle’: Life-changing program needs funds to survive We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Cassie Turner had little idea what to do after she gave birth to her first child. She comes from a “broken background” with little parental guidance growing up, so becoming a mother was at times a bewildering experience. The early childhood support program in Benalla has proven...

The teachers at the school are disputing claims of staff racism and say stress and overwork is leading to a teacher shortage.

‘Powerful conflict’: Potential casino royal commission law firm worked for Crown We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement A major law firm bidding to assist Victoria’s royal commission into Crown casino also advised the casino operator on its Barangaroo casino project in Sydney, along with working for Crown’s second-largest shareholder. It has prompted the Victorian opposition and a prominent...

When the chips are down, can Andrews walk away from Crown’s table? We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement In the three decades since Crown opened its first casino in Melbourne it has hedged its bets on both sides of politics. The mates network it has built, stronger than perhaps anything the state’s body politic has ever seen, has helped grease the wheels in Victoria since the day Labor’s Joan K...

The Crown royal commission will not scrutinise Victoria’s gambling laws or the gaming watchdog in a move the Opposition and anti-gambling advocates say is a missed opportunity to fix the state’s failed regulatory system.

Victorian Opposition target Crown Casino Royal Commission 23/02/2021|3min The Andrews government is facing criticism over its decision to launch a Royal Commission into Melbourne’s Crown Casino – with one Opposition member arguing the government was shamed into holding the inquiry. The Victorian government on Monday called for a Royal Commission after a New South Wales inquiry into Crown’s flagship Sydney casino found evidence of money laundering and links to organised crime. Opposition...

‘Protection racket’: Victoria isolated after WA acts on Crown findings We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Victoria is growing increasingly isolated in its tepid response to evidence that organised crime syndicates infiltrated Crown Melbourne and used the casino’s bank accounts to launder drug money, after Western Australia launched an independent review of the group’s casino licence. Th...

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