Highly sensitive data from the Victorian government has been published on the dark web after the information was stolen during a cyber attack on an affiliated law firm. HWL Ebsworth, a top Australian law firm, said it became a target of cyberattack by a Russian hacking group earlier this year when a threat actor identified…

At an early morning toolbox meeting, Kevin de Hoedt’s boss assured his sawmill team they had work for the next six years. By lunchtime, he broke the news their industry would be gone in six months. The Victorian government announced on May 23 it would phase out harvesting native forests by next year, shocking the…

Victoria’s truth-telling inquiry will be delayed due to the state government’s failure to produce the requested documents on time. During last week’s hearing, lawyers for the government conceded the delays would affect the commission’s ability to provide an interim and final report within its own deadlines. On Tuesday morning, Victorian Lieutenant Governor James Angus issued…

Australia’s manufacturing union is calling on the government to examine the amount of white paper available in the country after timber shortages put a halt to production at Australia’s last white paper mill in Victoria. The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) on Thursday called for an audit, raising concerns about a drop…

Premier Daniel Andrews has pledged to make free tampons and sanitary pads widely available in the Australian state of Victoria as part of his government’s bid to win over female voters. The move comes as the incumbent centre-left Labor government faces a major challenge from independent candidates and the left-wing Australian Greens to win over…

Commentary Many are starting to realise that Victoria’s economy is a house of cards built on a foundation of printed money; the question is, for how much longer can this be denied? CommSec’s October quarter State of the States report finds that Victoria is the second worst performing state in the nation, “bested’ to the…

The government of the Australian state of Victoria’s massive health budget is not delivering a positive outcome for workers, the state’s peak doctors’ union says in its Victorian election statement ahead of the Nov. 26 poll. The Victorian branch of the Australian Medical Association says healthcare staff burnout continues to remain unaddressed in the post-pandemic…

More than 10,000 budding nurses and midwives will have their university degrees paid off in full to ease workforce pressures on the Australia’s state of Victoria’s stretched health system. The nurses and midwives will be recruited and trained for free from next year as part of a A$270 million (US$186 million) initiative announced by the…

Commentary The state of Victoria has the most extensive natural gas network in Australia and the highest consumption due to cold weather and the use of gas for domestic heating. Yet the state is able to meet its own needs with gas production while supplying some gas also to Tasmania, South Australia, and New South…

Victorian Labor MP Jane Garrett has died from breast cancer at the age of 49. The former emergency services minister, an MP since 2010, was diagnosed with the disease in 2016 and announced late last year she would not stand for re-election in the 2022 state poll. Garrett, who served as member for Brunswick and…