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Victorian Government 100 Neighbourhood Batteries Program Reduces Energy Costs for Local Communities

Victorian Government 100 Neighbourhood Batteries Program Reduces Energy Costs for Local Communities

Science & Environment The Wire

The Allan Labor government has launched its third round of grant funding through the 100 Neighbourhood Batteries Program. The initiative...

Shadow Minister for Education and Early Learning on the Safety of Our Childcare Centres

Shadow Minister for Education and Early Learning on the Safety of Our Childcare Centres

Education Politics & Economy The Wire

The following story contains reference to child sexual abuse, which some listeners may find distressing.  The alleged child sex offender,...

Young Farmers Scholarship Program supports emerging Farmers in Victoria’s Agriculture Sector

Young Farmers Scholarship Program supports emerging Farmers in Victoria’s Agriculture Sector

Education Science & Environment The Wire

Ongoing droughts have worsened conditions for Victorian farmers, seeing an increase in cost and production difficulty. In an effort to...

Victoria’s ban on machete sales “distracts attention away” from causes of crime

Victoria’s ban on machete sales “distracts attention away” from causes of crime

The Law The Wire 28 May 2025

The Victorian government has made history today as the first Australian state to totally ban the sale of machetes. It...

Smear Campaign Waged Against Australia’s Independent Politicians

Smear Campaign Waged Against Australia’s Independent Politicians

Politics & Economy The Wire

The Australian Electoral Commission has confirmed a probe into teal independent Monique Ryan’s alleged communist ties. The Kooyong MP claims...

Flesh Eating Buruli Ulcer hits Batemans Bay

Flesh Eating Buruli Ulcer hits Batemans Bay

Health The Wire

Two cases of the flesh-eating Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection) have been found in Batemans Bay on the south coast...

‘Regulate It?’: new campaign calls Victorians to rethink safe cannabis regulation

‘Regulate It?’: new campaign calls Victorians to rethink safe cannabis regulation

Health The Law The Wire 5 December 2024

80 percent of Australians think possessing a small amount of cannabis shouldn’t be a criminal offence – that’s according to...

Continued calls for QLD Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry as uncertainty remains

Continued calls for QLD Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry as uncertainty remains

Politics & Economy Social Justice The Wire

First Nations people and organisations from across the country continue calls for the new Queensland government to reverse their decision...

Victoria extends order for lethal control of dingoes in state’s east

Victoria extends order for lethal control of dingoes in state’s east

Science & Environment The Law The Wire

Pest, predator or in need of protection? The national dingo debate remains a point of controversy, but earlier this week...

Health experts warn of HIV spike amid PrEP shortage in Australia

Health experts warn of HIV spike amid PrEP shortage in Australia

Health The Wire 12 September 2024

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has announced shortages of several HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medications, raising concerns among healthcare professionals....