Oceania ElectsAustralia (Victoria): Former Deputy Leader of the Victorian Liberals (LIB, Centre-right) has announced his resignation from the regional parliament, causing a by-election.
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Augustus Brown 🌈It seems a chap, who may not be very nice, will shortly be released from prison.
No paywall: https://archive.md/DXeBx
JesseEmergency services were called to reports a car had struck a 68-year-old man near the intersection of Richelieu Street and Ballarat Road about 12.15pm on 29 January. The man was transported to hospital with critical injuries where he has since died.
Ballarat Rd is a four lane 60km/h road. Being hit by a car at 60km/h is almost guaranteed death.
Richelieu St is 320m from a pedestrian crossing to the west and 382m from a pedestrian crossing to the east.
Someone was always going to die here because this road was designed to kill people.
https://maribyrnonghobsonsbay.starweekly.com.au/news/pedestrian-dies-following-maidstone-collision/
Pedestrian dies following Maidstone collision
A man has died following a collision in Maidstone last month. Emergency services were called to reports a car had struck a pedestrian near the intersection of Richelieu Street and Ballarat Road about 12.15pm on 29 January. The pedestrian, a 68-year-old Maidstone man, was transported to hospital with critical injuries where he has since died. [...]
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Antoinette PittI will always stand to keep church & state separate. There are already a too many in #springst who will happily lean into theocracy when deciding the fate of a population that is 40% no religion
I will always make decisions based on #evidence #ethics & #empathy
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Matthew RimmerSecond-term Greens MP Tim Read will not contest the Victorian election in November, revealing he was diagnosed with metastatic cancer about three months ago. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-29/brunswick-greens-mp-tim-read-reveals-cancer-diagnosis/106278032
But the Member for Brunswick says he will use his remaining time in parliament to fight the state government's planned closure of VicHealth.
The Allan government unveiled plans to absorb the independent health agency into the broader health department as a cost-cutting measure late last year. #Springst #health #cancer #victoria
Australia (Victoria): Brunswick MP Tim Read (GRN, Green) will retire from politics in the upcoming Victorian election, after a metastatic cancer diagnosis.
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Australia (Victoria): Caulfield MP David Southwick has been elected as the Deputy Leader of the Victorian Liberals (LIB, Centre-right), following the resignation of Sam Groth. Southwick served as the party’s deputy leader from 2021 to 2024.
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"The free travel, which will run until February 1, has seen an average of over 2 million trips per weekend, a 23% increase compared to the same period last year."
23% is the expected one-off boost to public transport patronage that you can expect from making it free.
If they provided a break down of trips I reckon much of those trips are short trips that people might have walked or ridden before (although some might be longer short trips that don't make sense to spend $11 on).
Improving service frequencies and the area serviced in the only sustainable and cheapest way to actually increase public transport patronage.
The Metro Tunnel was supposed to deliver service upgrades across the network but those upgrades are yet to materialise.
Free weekend travel boosts patronage on Melbourne’s new Metro Tunnel
Since the opening of the Metro Tunnel on 30 November, Victorians have taken advantage of free weekend travel, with over 13 million free trips across trains, buses, and trams. The free travel, which will run until February 1, has seen an average of over 2 million trips per weekend, a 23% increase compared to the [...]
@deepfryed that's literally how it works. All properties pay it via rates. We just don't have massive properties in the city, so don't pay for the same acreages.
Farmers just don't want to pay their fair share, and that much was obvious when they marched on parliament to demand the levy not be increased.
Sorry, but what you're saying is bullshit, and the corrupt UFU fuckwits, and farmers cosplaying firefighters, on parliament steps, wanted to neuter that levy