Victoria

Minor parties pushing to win over Victorian Labor heartland

Minor parties pushing to win over Victorian Labor heartland

Communications & Culture Politics & Economy The Wire

The federal election campaign has entered its third week. Both major parties are pushing their own responses to cost-of-living pressures,...

Bird flu hits Victorian egg farms

Bird flu hits Victorian egg farms

Health The Wire 11 February 2025

A new outbreak of H7N8 avian influenza has been detected at an egg farm in northern Victoria, just weeks after...

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...

New project boosts educator confidence in teaching consent

New project boosts educator confidence in teaching consent

Health The Wire 10 December 2024

The Consent Matters project is making a big impact in Victoria, helping educators boost their confidence in teaching young people...

New report shows Victorian public housing wait times have skyrocketed

New report shows Victorian public housing wait times have skyrocketed

Politics & Economy The Wire

Victoria’s Department of Families, Fairness and Housing have released their annual report and it has shown public housing wait times...

Otway Basin community wins fight against seismic blasting ocean project

Otway Basin community wins fight against seismic blasting ocean project

Science & Environment Social Justice The Wire

Coastal communities from the Otway Basin are celebrating victory against the largest seismic blasting project in history. Last Friday, energy...

Exports up but Victoria out of gas

Exports up but Victoria out of gas

Politics & Economy Science & Environment The Wire

Woodside Energy has announced a new 10 year deal with Japanese company JERA for 6 shipments of LNG per year. ...

Food insecurity amongst young Victorians: report

Food insecurity amongst young Victorians: report

Health Politics & Economy The Wire 16 August 2024

A report compiled by the Centre for Youth Policy and Practice at Monash University has revealed the growing levels of...

Homelessness body urges Victoria to build 60,000 homes

Homelessness body urges Victoria to build 60,000 homes

Social Justice The Wire

“A catastrophe in housing provision for First Nations people” is how the leader of Victoria’s Peak Body to end homelessness,...

RACV survey highlights growing concerns over regional road safety

RACV survey highlights growing concerns over regional road safety

The Wire

RACV released the results of its My Country Road survey, with over 7,000 Victorians providing data on regional road safety....