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The Victorian NewsActing top cop quits <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AusNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vicnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vicnews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vkc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vkc</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VicPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VicPol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a><a href="https://www.victoriannews.com.au/news/acting-top-cop-quits/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.victoriannews.com.au/news/acting-top-cop-quits/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social</a>

SimpleProgrammerI reckon the same could likely be said for a number of multi-billion dollar decisions made by the Andrews & Allen governments."A hasty political decision was made by the then-Andrews Labor government to support the Commonwealth Games in the proposed multi-city model, but the government did not undertake proper due diligence."<a href="https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/hasty-political-decision-final-report-slams-commonwealth-games-failures-20250331-p5lnyr.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/hasty-political-decision-final-report-slams-commonwealth-games-failures-20250331-p5lnyr.html</a><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/springst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#springst</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#auspol</a>

The Victorian NewsFixed-wing ambulance fleet connecting regional Victorians <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AusNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vicnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vicnews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambulance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ambulance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aviation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medical</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rfds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rfds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vicgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vicgov</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/springst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#springst</a><a href="https://www.victoriannews.com.au/news/fixed-wing-ambulance-fleet-connecting-regional-victorians/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.victoriannews.com.au/news/fixed-wing-ambulance-fleet-connecting-regional-victorians/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social</a>

FrankSo Brad Battin doesn't hold a hose either eh<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/18/victorian-liberal-leader-brad-battin-cruise-crime-crisis-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/18/victorian-liberal-leader-brad-battin-cruise-crime-crisis-ntwnfb</a><a href="https://masto.nu/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Auspol</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Vicpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vicpol</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Victoria</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LNP</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/SelfishDickheads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfishDickheads</a>

The Victorian NewsCalls for a new Whittlesea police station <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AusNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vicnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vicnews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vkc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vkc</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whittlsea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#whittlsea</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#development</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a><a href="https://www.victoriannews.com.au/news/melbourne-news/calls-for-a-new-whittlesea-police-station/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.victoriannews.com.au/news/melbourne-news/calls-for-a-new-whittlesea-police-station/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social</a>

Jesse"The Victorian Government is committed to improving safety for people walking, bike riders and micromobility users, and has invested significantly in active transport as part of a $20.7 million investment in the 2024-2025 State Budget for critical public and active transport."$20 million...That's just 1% of the $1.1 billion in state road maintenance funds in that budget year.How do they expect to transport 25% of the people for 1% of the budget?<a href="https://aus.social/tags/VicPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VicPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ActiveTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActiveTransport</a>

JesseThe Victorian Government released the their response to the "Inquiry into the impact of road safety behaviours on vulnerable road users report" last week. It's 6 months late.I'm having a read. An interesting thing that popped up in the first page was "Victoria’s Climate Change Strategy sets a target of net zero emissions by 2045. To help achieve this the Transport Sector Emissions Reduction Pledge aims to increase active transport mode share to 25 per cent by 2030."If the Victorian Government wants active transport to make up 25 per cent of transport in 2023 then in 2030 they should be investing at least 25 per cent of the transport budget in to active transport and they should be investing more than that in the next 5yrs so as to get the active transport network up up to the point where it can support 25 per cent of trips.<a href="https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved/inquiries/roadsafetybehaviours/reports" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved/inquiries/roadsafetybehaviours/reports</a><a href="https://aus.social/tags/VicPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VicPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ActiveTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActiveTransport</a>

Tim RichardsI think the Victorian government is doing the right thing in promoting neighbourhoods with fewer cars; impossible to keep increasing congestion alongside housing density.<a href="https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/a-tortuous-path-the-push-to-get-melburnians-to-ditch-their-cars-20250306-p5lhkt.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/a-tortuous-path-the-push-to-get-melburnians-to-ditch-their-cars-20250306-p5lhkt.html</a><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Melbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Melbourne</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/vicpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vicpol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a> cc <a href="https://mastodon.social/@TheWarOnCars" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@TheWarOnCars</a>

JesseIt was great to see the Infrastructure Victoria report acknowledge that building more roads doesn't fix traffic and that we need to stop trying to do that.Building more roads to fix traffic is a weird fringe idea that has 60yrs of data to show that it doesn't work. Building freeways is an ideological and political position that has never been supported by data.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/VicPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VicPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CarsRuinCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CarsRuinCities</a><a href="https://www.infrastructurevictoria.com.au/resources/draft-30-year-strategy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.infrastructurevictoria.com.au/resources/draft-30-year-strategy</a>

Daniel BowenShadow Roads Minister on a proposal for 30kmh limits on local residential streets: "I think it's somewhat of a nanny state solution".My dude, the number of lives lost on the roads is up 18% on last year. If you've got better ideas, let's hear them. <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-04/infrastructure-victoria-plan-public-transport-social-housing/105004250" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-04/infrastructure-victoria-plan-public-transport-social-housing/105004250</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Victoria</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a>

JesseVictoria is apparently going to have a gas shortage in the next few years...but that's actually fake because there is a only a shortage because we're exporting gas we could be using locally.But it's also fake because it's only a shortage if we keep using so much gas which we shouldn't and can avoid.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/VicPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VicPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GasIsWorseThanCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GasIsWorseThanCoal</a><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-02/conocophillips-approved-to-drill-for-gas-in-the-otways/104998638" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-02/conocophillips-approved-to-drill-for-gas-in-the-otways/104998638</a>

Augustus Brown 🌈I'm liking a lot of the planning reforms being put forward by Vic Gov at the moment.<a href="https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/car-park-requirements-slashed-near-melbourne-transport-hubs-20250228-p5lfy2.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/car-park-requirements-slashed-near-melbourne-transport-hubs-20250228-p5lfy2.html</a>No paywall: <a href="https://12ft.io/https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/car-park-requirements-slashed-near-melbourne-transport-hubs-20250228-p5lfy2.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://12ft.io/https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/car-park-requirements-slashed-near-melbourne-transport-hubs-20250228-p5lfy2.html</a><a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GeneralNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GeneralNews</a>

Augustus Brown 🌈Property near Melton dug up and stripped of vegetation in defiance of state and Commonwealth environmental laws mandating its preservation.<a href="https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/from-grasslands-to-moonscape-dismay-anger-over-illegal-clearing-in-melbourne-s-west-20250222-p5le8u.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/from-grasslands-to-moonscape-dismay-anger-over-illegal-clearing-in-melbourne-s-west-20250222-p5le8u.html</a>No paywall: <a href="https://12ft.io/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/from-grasslands-to-moonscape-dismay-anger-over-illegal-clearing-in-melbourne-s-west-20250222-p5le8u.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://12ft.io/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/from-grasslands-to-moonscape-dismay-anger-over-illegal-clearing-in-melbourne-s-west-20250222-p5le8u.html</a><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GeneralNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GeneralNews</a>

JesseThe Victorian Government's major projects seen an $11 billion cost increase since last year.This article provides a breakdown of which projects have gone over budget and by how much. Weirdly the article avoids calling out that $10.57 billion of the blowout is just the North East Link road tunnel project which increased in cost by almost 50% last year.Victoria doesn't have a budget problem is has a road problem, we're building too much expensive road.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Vicpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vicpol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NorthEastLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NorthEastLink</a> <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-19/vic-suburban-rail-loop-metro-tunnel-budget-cost-increases/104954180" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-19/vic-suburban-rail-loop-metro-tunnel-budget-cost-increases/104954180</a>

Daniel BowenSometimes the ABC's alt text really captures the essence of the photo. This time it's Transport Minister Gabrielle Williams facing questions about the Auditor General's report on infrastructure cost blowouts: "A woman with mid-length red hair looks serious." <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a> <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-19/vic-suburban-rail-loop-metro-tunnel-budget-cost-increases/104954180" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-19/vic-suburban-rail-loop-metro-tunnel-budget-cost-increases/104954180</a>

JesseIf the fine is a magnitude less than the profit that will be made then what is the point of the fine?The fine should be that we repossess the land<a href="https://aus.social/tags/springSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#springSt</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/vicpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vicpol</a><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-18/fine-native-vegetation-truganina-court/104952222" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-18/fine-native-vegetation-truganina-court/104952222</a>

Daniel BowenBlog: Some thoughts on the Werribee by election: Fixing buses is a big opportunity for government to help the outer suburbs. <a href="https://danielbowen.com/2025/02/18/werribee-by-election-thoughts/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://danielbowen.com/2025/02/18/werribee-by-election-thoughts/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a>

Tim RichardsI'm very dubious about the concept of demolishing the public housing towers and replacing them with a mix of public and private. Hardly increases the numbers of public homes, when we actually need loads more. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/vicpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vicpol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a> <a href="https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/classic-daniel-how-the-ex-premier-s-housing-gambit-created-labor-schism-20250202-p5l8yu.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/classic-daniel-how-the-ex-premier-s-housing-gambit-created-labor-schism-20250202-p5l8yu.html</a>

Port Phillip Bicycle Users(... continued...) action on this seems to have stalled, so it's great to see the Greens amplifying the community calls for a crossing<a href="https://greens.org.au/campaigns/make-glen-huntly-road-safe" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://greens.org.au/campaigns/make-glen-huntly-road-safe</a>This has also been taken up by local MP James Newbury<a href="https://jamesnewbury.com.au/constituency-question-glen-huntly-road-pedestrian-crossing/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jamesnewbury.com.au/constituency-question-glen-huntly-road-pedestrian-crossing/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@KatCopseyGreens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@KatCopseyGreens</a><a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a>

Port Phillip Bicycle UsersThe Elwood community has been asking for a safe crossing on Glen Huntly Road for 15 years. We took the local councillors to look at the crossing in 2018. It would allow kids to safety reach the school grounds out hours when the crossing supervisors attend, and help all users of the popular canal path.<a href="https://www.ppbug.org/bug-blog/2018/3/8/councillors-tour-of-bike-infrastructure-in-the-canal-ward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ppbug.org/bug-blog/2018/3/8/councillors-tour-of-bike-infrastructure-in-the-canal-ward</a>(The primary school kid in the photo below is now at university)(continued)<a href="https://aus.social/tags/melbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#melbourne</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CityOfPortPhillip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CityOfPortPhillip</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Elwood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Elwood</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cycling</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/walking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#walking</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a>

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