Rachael Ward
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Scalpel taken to hospital ‘back office bureaucracy’
Victorian hospitals will be overhauled but not forced to merge following a scathing review finding the health system no longer fit for purpose. The state government has accepted all but one of …
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No punishment for hotel quarantine deaths as trial axed
The families of 800 people who died during Victoria’s COVID-19 wave linked to a fatally flawed hotel scheme would be “gobsmacked” criminal charges have been dropped. Spiros Vasilakis, whose mother …
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‘Leave early’: thousands warned to flee wild bushfires
Thousands of Victorians have been told to leave their homes as the state braces for catastrophic bushfire conditions. Residents in communities surrounding the Bayindeen bushfire, northwest of Ballarat, are being …
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Labor gathers to pick leader after Andrews calls time
Victoria could have its first female premier in more than three decades as Daniel Andrews heads for the door. Labor MPs are gathering at parliament to discuss a new leader …