21 prior DV records. A 'medium risk' rating. Then Maryam Hamka was dead.

#DomesticViolence #FamilyViolence #VictoriaPolice #MaryamHamka #AusNews #VicPol

https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-04-21-prior-dv-records-a-medium-risk-rating-then-maryam-hamka-was-dead-7b5770fd

Victoria's WFH Mandate Hits Small Business Where It Hurts Most

#WorkFromHome #VicPol #SmallBusiness #FlexibleWork #AusNews #AusPol

https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-04-victorias-wfh-mandate-hits-small-business-where-it-hurts-most-e384e4f7

RE: https://mastodon.social/@KatCopseyGreens/116168097051605581

Liberal and Labor are the same entity.

Discuss.

#AusPol #Australia #Politics #LibDem #Liberal #Labor #AusLabor #AusLiberal #Victoria #Melbourne #Greens #VicPol #VicGreens

Victoria's WFH Laws: A Bold Worker's Right or an Election-Year Gamble?

#VicPol #WorkFromHome #AusPol #AusNews #VicElection2026 #SmallBusiness

https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-03-victorias-wfh-laws-a-bold-workers-right-or-an-election-year-gamble-234e4423

Victoria's suppression order problem: mental health grounds spark calls for urgent reform

#OpenJustice #PressFreedom #VicPol #AusNews #CourtReporting #MediaLaw

https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-03-victorias-suppression-order-problem-mental-health-grounds-spark-calls-for-urgent-5121e93a

Allan Government Shuts Door on Small Business WFH Carve-Out

#VicPol #WorkFromHome #SmallBusiness #AusPol #AusNews #VicElection2026

https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-02-allan-government-shuts-door-on-small-business-wfh-carve-out-be3235fd

The ABC reports #myki replacement project has the biggest IT budget blowout of all Victorian government IT projects. ($137M on a $680M budget).

I'm betting one of the key drivers is replacing field hardware. In my experience, IT project managers cannot conceptualise how much field hardware costs to install at thousands of brownfield remote sites, especially if this drives their "bid price" when competitively bidding to upgrade a system.

A better way might be to budget for a Myki core IT systems project to provide billing and customer interaction systems as well as template for each model of reader and gate, and then have multiple civil engineering projects for the site installs.

#ITProjectManagement #melbourne #vicpol #ITProgramManagement

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-23/victorian-government-it-ict-project-budget-timeframe-increase/106310548

tough on crime policies do not impress me jnless the people who want my vote are prepared to apply the law to “the big end of town”

laura norder politics is the equivalent of a lunch money extortion racket

“In Australia, a child of ten can go to prison for shoplifting, while an executive engaged in multimillion-dollar bribery gets away with a fine.”
Aleta Moriarty with the story….

https://michaelwest.com.au/juvenile-justice-caging-children-while-corporate-criminals-go-free/

#AusPol #VicPol #ToughOnTheWrongCrime

#Auspol #Vicpol

must be an election looming — the victorian government is boasting on SBS about its tough new bail laws 🙄
“you don’t have to vote conservative — we’ll hold you back, and do a better job of it”

Pakenham MP takes swipe at Liberal leader
#ausnews #vicnews #auspol #springst #vicpol #alp #lnp #victoria #pakenham #mla #vulin

https://www.victoriannews.com.au/politics/state-politics-victoria/pakenham-mp-takes-swipe-at-liberal-leader/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social