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May 28, 2025

Ambulance response times improve as critical cases decline

PARAMEDICS and first responders across Victoria arrived at Code 1 emergencies an average of 17 seconds faster between January and March this year compared...

May 27, 2025

Call for Victorian Early Years Awards nominations

A SEARCH for the state's best early years teachers, educators, organisations and educational programs has begun as part of the 2025 Victorian Early Years...

May 21, 2025

Call to endorse volunteers

NOMINATIONS are now open for the 2025 Victorian Volunteer Awards, which recognise the individuals and organisations who go above and beyond to support their...

May 19, 2025

Education Week to celebrate diversity

SCHOOLS across the state are being encouraged to celebrate the importance of cultural diversity in education as part of this year's Education Week, which...

May 14, 2025

More places benefit from neighbourhood batteries

NEW battery locations taking in 65 sites have been announced as part of round two of the State Government's $42 million Neighbourhood Battery Program. Neighbourhood...

May 7, 2025

Clinic breaking barriers for regional women

A NEW free mobile women's health clinic operating in partnership between BreastScreen Victoria and the State Government is providing access to free women's healthcare...

April 30, 2025

Scam alert as election looms

BENDIGO Bank has warned customers to be vigilant in the lead-up to the Federal election, cautioning that calls and texts from apparent campaign representatives...

March 4, 2025

Call out for Youth Fest event ideas

GRANTS of up to two thousand dollars are now open to schools, local councils and community organisations teaming up with young people aged 12...

December 25, 2024

Free help for struggling mortgagees

A FREE service dedicated to helping homeowners stay in control of their finances has been expanded statewide after a successful pilot in Melbourne's western...

December 25, 2024

Extra industrial infrastructure for the regions

MORE industrial land is expected to become available across regional Victoria after the announcement of a ten-million-dollar State Government funding package for trunk infrastructure...

December 24, 2024

New bush kinders for nature-loving children

NEW funding from the State Government will help establish 150 more bush kinders around the state via one-off $6000 grants to help kindergartens buy...

December 17, 2024

Reforms reign in pokies harm

NEW reforms have been introduced into the Victorian Parliament that will give poker machine players more control over how much they spend. The Gambling Legislation...

December 4, 2024

Financial boost for regional hospitals

VICTORIA'S regional health services have been encouraged to apply for their share of the seventy-five-million-dollar available in funding as part of the ninth round...

December 4, 2024

Grants available for community sports infrastructure

APPLICATIONS are now open for the Victorian Government's Regional Community Sports Infrastructure Fund (RCSIF) and the 2024-25 Local Sports Infrastructure Fund (LSIF). There are five...

December 3, 2024

L and P plate licences go digital

VICTORIAN drivers on their learners' permit and probationary licence can add their digital licences to their Service Victoria app or myVicRoads app for the...

November 27, 2024

Updated mental health program prompts food for thought

SEVERAL new programs have been added to the State Government's two-hundred-million-dollar Schools Mental Health Menu, the Minister for Education has announced. The Menu is designed...

November 27, 2024

Talent boost for regional partnerships

MORE than forty new nominees have been appointed to Victoria's nine Regional Partnerships economic development territories, bringing the total to sixty-seven people and reflecting...

November 20, 2024

Zero emission buses to be rolled out

Minister for Public and Active Transport Gabrielle Williams has announced that Victoria's diesel bus fleet will be phased out and replaced by zero emission...

November 19, 2024

Cash prizes offered for road safety film ideas

VICTORIAN filmmakers and content creators between the ages of 18 and 30 are invited to submit "attention-grabbing concepts" for future road safety campaigns aimed...

November 12, 2024

Pill testing trial a first for Australia

VICTORIA will become the first state in Australia to trial pill testing after the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Pill Testing) Bill 2024...

November 12, 2024

Push to improve safety on local roads

ALMOST eighty local governments around the state have been granted as much as two million dollars each to improve their roads over the next...

November 6, 2024

Tougher penalties for drink-drivers

NEW drink-driving laws have been introduced in Victoria where every offender, even at the lower end of the scale, will now face a compulsory...

November 6, 2024

Availability of opioid addiction treatment method to expand

AS much as thirty Community Health Services around the state will share a total of $8.4 million in grants to increase the availability of...

November 6, 2024

Grants for emerging female sports leaders

MORE than one hundred women working in sporting organisations have been announced as recipients of grants of up to $10,000 to access professional development...