Insurers 'can't gouge over fire levy'

Key National Broadband Network (NBN) construction contractor Transfield Services has been awarded a two-year extension on the contract it secured in 2011 to build the fibre optic network in Victoria. The company will continue to design and ...

Source: Herald Sun A UNITED nations of football is gathering pace in Victoria as the AFL drives a push to attract supporters and players from emerging ethnic communities. Buoyed by the rise of Sudanese-born North Melbourne forward Majak Daw, the ...

Adrian Bayley has been sentenced to serve at least 35 years in jail for the rape and murder of ABC staffer Jill Meagher in

The Victorian Minister for Emergency Services, Kim Wells, will meet Harrietville business leaders this morning. The gathering follows a number of meetings yesterday, discussing the findings of a State Government report into the initial handling of ...

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The $A500 million fire services levy is to be scrapped in Victoria. However, insurers contend that a rise in natural disasters still makes increased premiums necessary. Alan Fels, head of the Victorian fire services monitoring committee, urges the ...

The Australian state of Victoria officially opened its trade office in Jakarta on Tuesday to further strengthen its trade relations with Indonesia, one of its important trading partners in the Asia-Pacific region. Victoria Premier Denis Vincent ...

The Fort Bend County Museum Association invites people to step back in time to the 1880s and take part in a classic Victorian Tea Party at the historic home of Congressman John M. Moore on Saturday, June 22. The festivities will be from 2-4 p.m., ...

The UK is being urged to build super-prisons like America and South Africa. A right leaning think tank says the old Victorian jails are not good enough and cost too much to maintain. VoR's Juliet