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2026-09-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics

Big Build royal commission LIVE: Opening hearing to lay foundations for probe into alleged corruption on government building sites

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2026-10-03 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Health

Path to ruin: How Victoria’s mental health watchdog was stripped of its power

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2026-10-02 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Health

Mental health watchdog secretly puts a line through vital investigations

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2026-09-27 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Health

Paramedics to lead mental health emergencies, as police take back seat

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2026-09-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Other

Zoo redundancies leave staff worried about safety during animal escapes

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2026-09-23 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics

‘Not good at nuance’: Former minister reveals autism diagnosis in retirement speech

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2026-09-22 · Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News

🔮 Projects already under way or which have lodged planning applications will be unaffected by them – including a data centre about 60 metres from homes. assertive

2026-09-22 · Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News

🔮 Premier Ben Carroll revealed last month that former South Australian chief justice Chris Kourakis would lead today’s royal commission into the building industry. mixed

2026-09-23 · Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News

🔮 Entertainment zones protecting live venues from residential noise complaints will be rolled out across Melbourne if Labor is re-elected in November, in a pledge it says will ensure the city’s pubs and clubs don’t stop the music. Creative Industries Minister Vicki Ward on Wednesday committed to a package of reforms and grants aimed at protecting and encouraging the state’s live music venues. assertive

2026-09-23 · Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News

🔮 Shing once organised and paid for what may be the only drag story time event parliament’s history – because libraries around the state had cancelled their own events after receiving threats. assertive

2026-09-25 · Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News

🔮 Workers were promised no frontline roles would be affected – but the definition of frontline was unclear, sparking concerns for jobs across administration, conservation and education. assertive

2026-09-27 · Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News

🔮 Police will take a back seat during mental health emergency callouts and allow paramedics and health specialists to lead responses under a new agreement intended to better safeguard thousands of highly vulnerable people. assertive

2026-10-02 · Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News

🔮 Internal records from that meeting, seen by The Age, reveal the commissioners and executives discussed their diminishing capabilities and how they would reprioritise the issues they would continue to scrutinise, and those that would instead be placed on a watch list or ignored altogether. assertive

2026-10-03 · Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News

🔮 A trove of leaked documents reveal how the state’s mental health watchdog was put on a path to ruin by the state government, with its powers, budget, staff and independence slashed to such an extent it could barely perform its safeguarding and oversight roles. assertive