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Big Build Watch
Carroll flags royal commission into Big Build governance
New Premier Ben Carroll has signalled a royal commission into Victoria's infrastructure program, promising scrutiny of contracts, costs and oversight.
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Big Build Watch
Big Build, Big Problems: How Union Claims Threaten Labor’s Legacy
Allegations of organised crime links and CFMEU influence on Victoria's $100bn Big Build are piling pressure on the state government.
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Courts
What Is Diversion? How Victoria’s Magistrates’ Court Second Chance Works
An explainer on the Magistrates' Court diversion program in Victoria — who can apply, what conditions apply, and why it…
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Policing in Victoria
Inside Crime Command: how Victoria Police builds a taskforce
How Victoria Police's Crime Command decides when to stand up a taskforce, how intelligence-led policing works, and what happens when…
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Big Build Watch
Administrator says ‘idiots’ in Victoria stalled CFMEU reform push
The CFMEU’s administrator has flagged legal action over former officials’ conduct and called for tougher regulation of the construction sector.
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Regional Victoria
Inside Victoria’s high country search and rescue network
How Victoria Police, SES, Ambulance Victoria and ski patrols coordinate rescues across the alpine region, and why the terrain changes…
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Missing Persons
Inside the system that tracks Victoria’s missing
How the National Missing Persons Coordination Centre works with Victoria Police on long-term cases, DNA matching and the annual awareness…
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Community Safety
Graffiti to Criminal Damage: Victoria’s Laws Explained
From a tagged laneway to a torched car — how Victorian law treats graffiti and property damage differently, and what…
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Public Safety
How Victoria’s Firearms Licensing System Actually Works
An explainer on firearms licence categories, the genuine reason test, storage laws and the registration system Victoria Police administers across…
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Crime
Retired officers rejoin the ranks as Victoria Police plugs gaps
Hundreds of former officers have applied to return to Victoria Police under a scheme aimed at freeing up desk-bound officers…
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