Victoria
Growth, infrastructure and town planning: Cementing a sustainable future

Amidst pressing concerns for housing affordability, population growth and social inequality ...  
City of Melbourne: World's most liveable city ... unless you're homeless

The City of Melbourne's claim it "recognises the hardship" of people living on the streets i ...  
Flinders Street attack: Media and Twits pull the terrorism trigger

It didn't take long for many to conclude the car being driver into pedestrians on Flinders Street ...  
Workers unite! Government force escalates as workers take to the streets

Workers must stand with fellow workers and unionists and not acquiesce to police demands to break ...  
Alliance time? Greens unseat Labor in historic Northcote by-election landslide

A massive swing to the Greens in a Victorian by-election, in a seat Labor had held for 90 years ...  
#CashOut: Is it ever okay for journalists to protect politicians who have lied?

The Cash saga reminds that a great many journalists are content to allow politicians to repeat ...  
NEWSFLASH: Victoria's controversial euthanasia bill passes Lower House

After a marathon all-night sitting of Parliament, Victoria's contentious right-to-die legislation ...  
Voluntary assisted dying: Solving the impossible trolley problem

Bills introduced to both NSW and Victorian state parliaments argue that voluntary assisted dying ...  
Spasming vaginas, dark web news, erotic IQ? Melbourne, we have to talk!

Last week, Kerry Cue almost overdosed on Melbourne. You do need to be careful!  
Community housing in Australia: One eviction notice away from homelessness

People who rely on community housing are being forced into debt and consequent homelessness.  
News from the Sensible Centre™: A busy week for boofheads and bigots

Once again, our (native marsupial) rat in the Sensible Centre™ head office has leaked us their ...  
What the ‘female’ traffic light response reveals about how society views women

The reaction to Melbourne's installation of dress-wearing symbols on traffic lights was an ugly ...  
Essendon's fatal plane crash and the dangers of overdevelopment

The plane crash at Essendon’s DFO will likely lead to safer procedures but overdevelopment near ...  
WA election: The 'PH' factor and how the West was lost

A gutful of widespread rorting of the public purse and sneaky backroom deals equals the uncerem ...  
Malcolm Turnbull supports the independent umpire? Yeah, right!

Malcolm Turnbull's stance on penalty rates is disingenuous and the media is letting him get away ...  
Disaster at Avalon: The F-35 Strikes out

A proven cost disaster, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is proving its worth as a PR ...  
Undermining Victoria's fracking ban

Who's really behind the latest amendment to the Fracking Ban Bill and who will benefit most from ...  
Melbourne's air warfare convention: 'The ultimate family adventure'?

This week, Geelong hosts a defence industry focused jaw jaw about war war.  

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