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ideogramPeople often suggest that cops are bullies who are just there to defend capital, however it turns out when it comes to their workplace they're basically anarchists. Name me literally any other group who get to vote on their management. "The resignation of Shane Patton in February after he received a resounding vote of no-confidence by police union members."<a href="https://social.coop/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#auspol</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/vicpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#vicpol</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/acab" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#acab</a><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-02/rick-nugent-victoria-police-commissioner/105125270" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-02/rick-nugent-victoria-police-commissioner/105125270</a>

Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News<blockquote>Hate speech laws pass parliament as Liberals claim freedom of speech is at risk</blockquote><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/bigots-face-up-to-five-years-prison-after-stalemate-over-hate-laws-ends-20250401-p5lob9.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/bigots-face-up-to-five-years-prison-after-stalemate-over-hate-laws-ends-20250401-p5lob9.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed</a><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VicPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VicPol</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HateSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HateSpeech</a>

AJ SadauskasShameful.<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/adrian-mcmaster-in-court-heritage-damage-lake-bolac-eel-rocks/105116232" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/adrian-mcmaster-in-court-heritage-damage-lake-bolac-eel-rocks/105116232</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#australia</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstNations</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/VicPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VicPol</a>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Day three: Dutton is following a long line of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LNP</a> leaders (Howard, Abbott, Morrison) who ditched Canberra to live in Sydney. “A woman managed to get close to Dutton and unfurl a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/banner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#banner</a> calling for no new <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gas</a> or <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nuclear</a>. There’s now been about half a dozen events - mostly hosted by the Coalition - “bird-dogged” by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RisingTide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RisingTide</a>.”Duttons camp has a leak. ☢️🏭<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/VicPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VicPol</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LNP</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#liberal</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MickTsikas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MickTsikas</a>/AAP <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/mar/29/election-2025-live-updates-australia-federal-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/mar/29/election-2025-live-updates-australia-federal-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-ntwnfb</a>>

ABY BUT IN ALLCAPSI'm fucking disappointed that the Guardian isn't being better than this. I know that mainstream media is always going to be used to push political agenda, but this is just so blatantly obvious with these headlines occurring within a week of each other. Victoria isn't in a youth crime crisis. Youth crime happens - and we know the biggest contributor to crime is poverty (something governments can address, but refuse to).However, funding programs to address poverty and youth crime won't get votes. Scaring voters and then "tough on crime" rhetoric about "tightening bail laws" (which will put Aboriginal people's lives at risk!) gets votes. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Law</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Legal</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AustralianLegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AustralianLegal</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Youth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Youth</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/YouthCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouthCrime</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Vic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vic</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/VicPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VicPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Crime</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Criminology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Criminology</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalJustice</a> _____ Tyler Cawthray, an assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice at Bond University, has charted the similar narrative of a crime crisis engulfing Queensland, where the Liberal National party won government in October after campaigning on an “adult time for adult crime” policy.Cawthray said across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, youth crime has generally decreased over the last decade, including during Covid.Victoria has one of the lowest rates of youth crime in the country, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics data, with only the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia having a rate below it.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/12/bail-laws-victoria-jacinta-allan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/12/bail-laws-victoria-jacinta-allan</a>

Emma DavidsonAnyone remember that talk I did at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@everythingopen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@everythingopen</a> on open data and justice reinvestment and kids in the prison system?Today’s news says Vic govt has cut funding to youth crime prevention programs, while also looking to pass tougher bail laws because of the “youth crime wave”.We are a society paying for our inability to understand and recover from trauma in our hospitals and prisons.Anthony Carbines thinks our kids should pay, plus compound interest.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/vicpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vicpol</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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Auspol</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Vicpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vicpol</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Victoria</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LNP</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/SelfishDickheads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SelfishDickheads</a>

Ken S‘Nobody’s stopping it’: The taxpayer money trail from building sites to the underworld (Paywall) <a href="https://www.theage.com.au/national/nobody-s-stopping-it-the-taxpayer-money-trail-from-building-sites-to-the-underworld-20250311-p5liph.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theage.com.au/national/nobody-s-stopping-it-the-taxpayer-money-trail-from-building-sites-to-the-underworld-20250311-p5liph.html</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/VicPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VicPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/VicLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VicLaw</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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#VicPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ActiveTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#VicPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ActiveTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#Melbourne</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/vicpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vicpol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a> cc <a href="https://mastodon.social/@TheWarOnCars" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TheWarOnCars</a>

JesseNIMBYs object to building apartment buildings without any car parking on the basis that people will just get cars anyway' and park on the street. That might be a reasonable concern for a single small apartment building but gets ridiculous if you've got more apartment buildings without car parking.On-street parking is very low capacity so once you've got more than 30 apartments on a street it's no longer even physically possible for people in the apartments to get cars and park on the street.But if you do build car parking in apartment buildings then you've got to deal with traffic and traffic that gets worse with every additional apartment building.Building apartment buildings with no car parking is the only way to address the housing crisis.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/vicpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vicpol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/HousingCrisisAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HousingCrisisAustralia</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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/VicPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VicPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CarsRuinCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarsRuinCities</a><a href="https://www.infrastructurevictoria.com.au/resources/draft-30-year-strategy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.infrastructurevictoria.com.au/resources/draft-30-year-strategy</a>

Bin Chicken 🗑𓅠Frankston Millionaire Environmental Vandal has Whiny Flounce After Being Told "No" <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-04/frankston-beach-seawall-melb-council-permit-construction/105008372" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-04/frankston-beach-seawall-melb-council-permit-construction/105008372</a>Frankston City Council issued a stop work order to business tycoon, Gene Neill, who bought a $9.25 million seaside home in Frankston in December 2024. He was building an (allegedly illegal) structure on a public beach, and admitted he deliberately didn't seek a building permit. He made the dubious assertion that he was actually improving the land: "I have to stabilise the property. That's all I'm trying to do."In 2015, Gene Neill acted in a similar way: he illegally berthed his $7 Million 35-metre superyacht in Docklands New Quay marina, disputed the right of marina management to cut-off electricity to the craft, and then had the entitlement and audacity to claim he and his monstrosity were improving the appearance of the marina.After public outcry over his land-grab and environmental vandalism of a sensitive foreshore, Gene Neill had a sook to a multitude of media sources about suffering the indignity of hearing people ignoring how rich he is and telling him "No". The thin-skinned jerk dealt with 24 hours of ingratitude from his lessers by stating: "We'll put the house on the market and move out."<a href="https://rants.au/tags/Frankston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Frankston</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/VicPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VicPol</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/Melbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Melbourne</a>

Ken SIdiot. Of all the engineering solutions that he could have done, he went for the most expensive and unlawful option. <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/it-s-gonna-cost-me-home-owner-says-he-had-no-choice-but-to-illegally-build-seawall-on-beach-20250303-p5lgia.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/it-s-gonna-cost-me-home-owner-says-he-had-no-choice-but-to-illegally-build-seawall-on-beach-20250303-p5lgia.html</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/VicPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VicPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/BeachErosion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeachErosion</a> 🪡🧵

JesseThe Victorian state government wants to redevelop the car park at Footscray Station into apartments. This would be a great use of that land which is on a lovely street right next to the station and removing the car parking would improve the surrounding streets.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/footscray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#footscray</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/melbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#melbourne</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/HousingPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HousingPolicy</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/vicpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vicpol</a><a href="https://engage.vic.gov.au/planning-for-a-new-housing-development-on-transport-land-at-footscray" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://engage.vic.gov.au/planning-for-a-new-housing-development-on-transport-land-at-footscray</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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpringSt</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/VicPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VicPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GasIsWorseThanCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-02/conocophillips-approved-to-drill-for-gas-in-the-otways/104998638</a>

Jesse"This is not a solution for the housing crisis in Victoria," the Opposition spokesperson for housing said."Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, regional Victoria — not mentioned once as a solution for the housing crisis," he said.Why do people keep pretending the Liberal Party is good at economic management? Federal Liberals are proposing to increase your electricity bills by building nuclear power, and Victorian State Liberals want to build housing where there aren't any jobs.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/vicpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vicpol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-27/melbourne-activity-centres-25-new-locations/104991310" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-27/melbourne-activity-centres-25-new-locations/104991310</a>

Nando161Bombshell Documents obtained under Freedom of Information Act from Victoria Police have revealed that Victoria Police Command knew that Nazi Protestors were planning to join “in support of the Let Women Speak group” almost an hour prior to their now infamous Nazi Salute “in support of” Kellie-Jay Keen on Parliament Steps in 2023. Raising serious questions about the intention of Victoria Police in dealing with the threat of <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extremism</a>.<a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-156929564" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://substack.com/home/post/p-156929564</a><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/acab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acab</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/moiradeeming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moiradeeming</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/vicpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vicpol</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a>

Ferdi Magellan<a href="https://aus.social/@patten" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@patten</a> Welcome! Now is the best time to join the fediverse. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Auspol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Vicpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vicpol</a>

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