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Big Build Watch
Victoria’s Whistleblower Laws, Explained in Plain English
If you work in the public sector and suspect corruption or misconduct, Victoria's PID Act may protect you — but…
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Community Safety
Inside Victoria’s School-Based Gang Intervention Push
From embedded youth outreach workers to council partnership pilots, Victoria is trialling a new model to steer young people away…
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Community Safety
Fines, bans and licence conditions: how Victoria polices its venues
When a Melbourne bar is fined or stripped of its licence, a long regulatory chain sits behind that decision. Here…
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Public Safety
What coroners keep telling Victoria about firefighter deaths
Burnover incidents, failing escape routes and fractured command decisions keep appearing in Victorian coronial findings on rural firefighting fatalities. Tom…
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Policing in Victoria
Five Years of PCOs: How Victoria’s Custody Officers Changed Policing
Victoria's Police Custody Officer program turns five. Jack Renton examines station coverage, detainee welfare and whether sworn officers are feeling…
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Courts
Sentenced as an Adult for Crimes Committed as a Child
When a person is charged as an adult for offences allegedly committed before they turned 18, Victorian courts must balance…
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Policing in Victoria
Victoria’s Public Order Response Team: What PORT Actually Does
Victoria Police's Public Order Response Team is trained for crowds, protests and riots — but who are they, how are…
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Crime
Guns handed in, guns still hidden: what Victoria’s amnesties achieve
Victoria runs both permanent and one-off firearms amnesties. We look at the surrender figures, what happens to the weapons collected,…
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Policing in Victoria
The Weight of the Job: How Victoria Supports Police Mental Health
From peer-support officers to landmark PTSD legislation, VCN examines the systems designed to help Victorian police cope with the psychological…
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Public Safety
Volunteer Army: How the CFA Prepares Victoria for Fire Season
With more than 50,000 volunteers across roughly 1,200 brigades, the CFA remains one of the world's largest volunteer fire services.…
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