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: Victoria's childcare regulators are failing to keep kids safe due to poor information sharing, legal constraint, chro...
20/08/2025

: Victoria's childcare regulators are failing to keep kids safe due to poor information sharing, legal constraint, chronic underfunding and a system that places the privacy of educators and the pursuit of profits over child safety, a rapid review has found.

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Victoria's childcare regulators are failing to keep kids safe due to poor information sharing, legal constraint, chronic underfunding and a system that places the privacy of educators and the pursuit of profits over child safety, a rapid review has found.

Several former Goodstart educators claim the childcare giant told them not to talk about allegations of child sexual abu...
19/08/2025

Several former Goodstart educators claim the childcare giant told them not to talk about allegations of child sexual abuse at a Ballarat-region childcare centre.

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Former childcare workers at a centre where a man is alleged to have sexually assaulted two children speak out about a culture of secrecy in the centres.

WARNING: This article includes racist, violent and offensive language.In a statement to a Victorian court, WA Senator Fa...
19/08/2025

WARNING: This article includes racist, violent and offensive language.

In a statement to a Victorian court, WA Senator Fatima Payman said the abusive emails left her "deeply unsettled" and afraid to travel to the state.

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In a statement to a Victorian court, WA Senator Fatima Payman said the abusive emails left her "deeply unsettled" and afraid to travel to the state.

A male staff member at Goodstart Early Learning Centre has been accused of sexually assaulting two children and "potenti...
18/08/2025

A male staff member at Goodstart Early Learning Centre has been accused of sexually assaulting two children and "potentially grooming" a third child he was a foster carer for.

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A regional Victorian childcare worker is facing allegations of sexually assaulting two children and grooming a foster child, an ABC investigation reveals.

An energy expert says the $7.9 billion Victorian Transmission Plan could cost three times as much as the government is s...
17/08/2025

An energy expert says the $7.9 billion Victorian Transmission Plan could cost three times as much as the government is saying.

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An energy expert says the $7.9 billion Victorian Transmission Plan could cost three times as much as the government is saying.

Desmond Jones, a stoker and last survivor of HMAS Canberra will be given a naval farewell in Mulwala today on Victory in...
15/08/2025

Desmond Jones, a stoker and last survivor of HMAS Canberra will be given a naval farewell in Mulwala today on Victory in the Pacific Day.

Mr Jones was onboard the Canberra when it was attacked by Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands in 1942.

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The last survivor of the HMAS Canberra is farewelled on Victory in the Pacific Day, which marks the end of hostilities in the Pacific region during World War II.

As bushfires raged in the Grampians/Gariwerd National Park last summer, nearby zookeepers were working to protect their ...
15/08/2025

As bushfires raged in the Grampians/Gariwerd National Park last summer, nearby zookeepers were working to protect their animals.

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As bushfires raged in the Grampians/Gariwerd National Park last summer, nearby zookeepers were working to protect their animals.

Months after New South Wales became the first state to reform the "outdated" law banning people from being laid to rest ...
15/08/2025

Months after New South Wales became the first state to reform the "outdated" law banning people from being laid to rest with their pets, advocates are urging the Victorian government to catch up.

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Months after New South Wales became the first state to reform the "outdated" law banning people from being laid to rest with their pets, advocates are urging the Victorian government to catch up.

Darren Misquitta, former boss of Genius Childcare, has pleaded guilty to dealing with property reasonably suspected of b...
14/08/2025

Darren Misquitta, former boss of Genius Childcare, has pleaded guilty to dealing with property reasonably suspected of being the proceeds of crime.

A court heard he received $120,000 in suspected proceeds of crime from a business associate.

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The former boss of Genius Childcare, which owes creditors millions of dollars, has pleaded guilty to dealing with proceeds of crime.

Homicide Squad detectives have charged a man over the death of Castlemaine woman Samantha Mizzi in St Kilda more than 30...
14/08/2025

Homicide Squad detectives have charged a man over the death of Castlemaine woman Samantha Mizzi in St Kilda more than 30 years ago.

The 67-year-old man was arrested in Ararat on Thursday and has been charged with murder and two counts of r**e.

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Police arrest and charge a 67-year-old man over the 1994 murder of 24-year-old Castlemaine woman Samantha Mizzi.

The Victorian government plans to cut around 350 jobs as part of a restructure to its Department of Energy, Environment ...
14/08/2025

The Victorian government plans to cut around 350 jobs as part of a restructure to its Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA).

The losses are expected to affect public sector workers in a variety of areas, including Agriculture Victoria, Solar Victoria, the First Peoples group and bushfire and forest services.

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A Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action restructure is expected to affect 350 jobs in agriculture, solar, bushfire and forest services.

More Victorians died of drug overdoses in 2024 compared to any other year in the past decade, a new Coroners Court of Vi...
11/08/2025

More Victorians died of drug overdoses in 2024 compared to any other year in the past decade, a new Coroners Court of Victoria report shows, with a 16 per cent increase in deaths since 2015.

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More Victorians died of drug overdoses in 2024 compared to any other year in the past decade, a new Coroners Court of Victoria report shows, with a 16 per cent increase in deaths since 2015.

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