• New High-Tech Cameras To Target Speeding
  • Victoria to Phase Out Diesel Freight Vehicles by 2040
  • Free Meningococcal B Vaccine For Students
  • One Nation's Anti‑Abortion Turn
  • Deal Reached to End Iran War
800 new build-to-rent homes approved across inner Melbourne

Melbourne continues to cement its position as Australia's leading build-to-rent market, with approval granted for almost 800 new rental homes across two inner-city developments. Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny has signed off on the projects in Melbourne, delivering a combined 797 apartments in Docklands and Fitzroy.

$535m Monash Medical Centre Project Construction Commences

Main construction works have officially started on the $535 million expansion of the Monash Medical Centre in Clayton, marking a major milestone in boosting healthcare capacity for Melbourne's south east. The Allan Labor Government says the project will help bring care closer to home and improve access to essential hospital services for growing communities.

 

State Funeral Announced For Former Victorian Minister Robert Knowles AO

A State Funeral for The Hon. Robert Ian Knowles AO will be held in Ballarat next week, recognising his decades of service to Victoria through parliament, health reform and community leadership. The service will take place at 10.30am on Friday 15 May at the Cathedral Church of Christ the King on Lydiard Street South and will be open to the public.

Fox to buy streaming pioneer Roku in a $22 billion deal

Fox Corp. has agreed to buy the streaming pioneer Roku in a cash-and-stock deal valued at approximately $22 billion, including debt.

Oil and gas supplies could take months to return to normal after Iran deal

NEW YORK (AP) – High oil and gasoline prices and energy supply problems won’t be solved overnight, despite an agreement to end the Iran war and open the Strait of Hormuz announced Sunday.

UK to impose teen social media ban that goes further than Australia's

LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to announce a social media ban for young teenagers Monday, designed to protect children from harmful content and excessive screen time.

Deal is reached to end Iran war and Trump stops US naval blockade

ISLAMABAD (AP) - The United States and Iran have reached an agreement to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, offering relief to the global economy more than three months since fighting began. Details of the deal were not immediately available. Key mediator Pakistan said the signing will be Friday in Switzerland.

Trump heads to G7 summit with wind at his back

EVIAN-LES-Bains, France (AP) – President Donald Trump is heading to the French Alps on Monday to meet with fellow world leaders at the Group of Seven summit after announcing an agreement that he says will bring an end to the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran.

UK to impose teen social media ban that goes further than Australia's

LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to announce a social media ban for young teenagers Monday, designed to protect children from harmful content and excessive screen time.