VIC
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CFA volunteer compensation claims soar
Compensation claims from Country Fire Authority volunteers soared in the past financial year following Victoria's Black Saturday fires.
October 15, 2009, 4:24 pm -
OPI accuses police of underworld links
Friendships between some Victorian police officers and criminals and the leaking of secret information continues to put lives at risk, says the OPI.
October 15, 2009, 7:10 pm -
Major Victorian hospitals 'in the red'
Some of Victoria's major hospitals are in the red, posting massive deficits despite government assurances they are in good shape.
October 15, 2009, 6:55 pm -
Report raises residents gas compo hopes
Residents of a Melbourne housing estate exposed to explosive gas could be a step closer to receiving compensation after a damning Ombudsman's report.
October 15, 2009, 6:52 pm -
Investments rip $1.5b out of TAC: report
Bad investments tore a $1.5 billion chunk out of the bottom line of Victoria's transport accident compensation body last financial year, a report says.
October 15, 2009, 5:18 pm -
Coroner to probe level crossing deaths
A Victorian coroner will investigate 29 level crossing deaths that have occurred across the state over the past seven years.
October 15, 2009, 2:27 pm -
Vic schools to close on Code Red days
Victorian government schools and children's services in high-risk bushfire areas will close on days declared a catastrophic Code Red fire danger rating.
October 15, 2009, 1:53 pm -
Mentally ill locked in Vic institutions
Almost half of patients involuntarily locked in Victorian mental institutions for eight years or more and identified last year still have not been moved.
October 15, 2009, 12:49 pm -
Grand Prix posts $40 million loss
Taxpayers have again picked up the bill for Australia's Formula One Grand Prix after the motor race posted a $40 million loss in 2009.
October 15, 2009, 12:24 pm -
Rain pushes Vic dams to overflowing
Some of Melbourne's water reserves are overflowing thanks to heavy rain over the last three weeks.
October 15, 2009, 11:15 am -
Homicide squad probes woman's 'murder'
Homicide Squad detectives have taken over the investigation into the disappearance of a central Victorian woman who has been missing since June.
October 15, 2009, 10:42 am -
Vic hospitals fail in key areas: reports
Victorians are still waiting too long for care in emergency departments despite an increase in elective surgery and more beds for patients, a new report shows.
October 14, 2009, 8:29 pm -
Red tape hinders Marysville recovery: MP
Recovery efforts in bushfire-ravaged Marysville have become entangled in red tape, federal opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey says.
October 14, 2009, 7:46 pm -
Govt doing snow job on Victorians: Libs
The Victorian government is doing a "snow job" on residents by releasing hundreds of stockpiled government reports at once, Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu says.
October 14, 2009, 7:41 pm -
Man drowns on South Gippsland farm
A man has drowned on a farm in South Gippsland.
October 14, 2009, 6:44 pm -
Chocolate drug smuggler sent to jail
An Austrian woman who smuggled drugs hidden in chocolate wrappers into Melbourne said she tried to pull out of the scheme until someone threatened to shoot her.
October 14, 2009, 5:59 pm -
Victoria posts $251m surplus
Victoria posted a $251 million surplus for the latest financial year despite the global financial crisis and a fall in stamp duty revenues.
October 14, 2009, 5:54 pm -
Police seek missing Hong Kong student
The family of a Melbourne university student from Hong Kong missing for more than a week has told of their anxious wait for him to be found.
October 14, 2009, 3:11 pm -
Trial date set over Vic cemetery killing
A trial date has been set for Peter Dupas over the cemetery stabbing murder of Melbourne woman Mersina Halvagis.
October 14, 2009, 10:53 am -
Victoria considers brown coal exports
The Victorian government has confirmed it is considering exporting billions of tonnes of brown coal from its La Trobe Valley reserves.
October 14, 2009, 10:30 am
