Category : News

On Sunday 13 September 2026 a new bus, route 186, started running between Tarneit Station and the new West Tarneit Station, and the Premier’s office said “more than 1,100 weekly services” had been added to the Tarneit bus network. That changes a story that has been building since the Victorian Budget 2026/27 put almost $100 […]Read More

On 8 August 2025 Ingrid Stitt, then Minister for Multicultural Affairs, announced grants “of up to $2.4 million” for each of two new Indian community centres, one in Melbourne’s west and one in the south-east, with expressions of interest closing on 17 September 2025. One year later the address printed in that release returns a […]Read More

On Thursday 24 September 2026 the Crime Statistics Agency publishes recorded crime for the year to 30 June 2026, the last full-year figures before the 28 November state election. The tables it will replace, for the year to 31 March 2026 and released on 18 June 2026, already show a pattern that most coverage stops […]Read More

In 14 days the Victorian Multicultural Commission ceases to exist. An amending Act that received Royal Assent on Tuesday 15 September 2026 abolishes the Victorian Multicultural Commission on 1 October, when its members go out of office. As at Thursday 17 September the Commission’s homepage, last updated on 23 June, still describes it as “the […]Read More

On Friday 1 January 2027, 34 days after Victorians vote, the daily cap on a zone 1 and 2 myki fare goes from $5.70 back to at least $11.40. That is the full fare gazetted for 2026, before whatever the annual 1 January indexation adds, and before any decision on the 1 per cent Suburban […]Read More