Based on advice from Victoria’s Chief Health Officer, learner permit and licence testing including drive tests will progressively resume from Monday 15 June.
The first priority under the staged resumption will be to re-book tests for those whose appointments were postponed due to coronavirus restrictions.
An army of public hygiene and land maintenance workers employed to help slow the spread of coronavirus has been bolstered in a major push backed by the Victorian Government’s Working for Victoria fund.
Dear fellow residents and supporters,
I hope my letter finds you and your loved ones well and coping with the new conditions as best you can, as we all are.
Although some of our leaders talk of “snapping back” and otherwise returning to normal – no one has any idea of what the ”new” normal will, in fact, be like.
Victorian Certificate of Education examinations will start in early November and results will be available by the end of the year, giving certainty to thousands of students whose studies have been interrupted by coronavirus.
Local councils made up of publicly elected members used to hold extensive powers over property development approvals.
But in recent years, the two major parties’ state governments have stripped much of this power from them and concentrated it in the hands of (unelected) ‘planning panels’.
The latest example comes from the amalgamated Central Coast Council in NSW.
Supporting Casual Workers During Coronavirus-6th May 2020
The Victorian Government will support thousands more Victorians who have lost work due to coronavirus and ensure they are redeployed doing jobs our community needs to stay safe and rebuild from the pandemic.
The Victorian Government is providing more support for Victorian businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic to get to the other side of the crisis.
The Victorian Government is extending the $20,000 First Home Owner Grant for people buying or building a new home in regional Victoria for an extra 12 months, in another measure to support Victorians through the coronavirus pandemic.
New modelling released by the Victorian Government shows the devastating and unprecedented impact the coronavirus pandemic will have on the state’s economy across the rest of the year and into 2021.
Women experiencing or at risk of family violence will continue to get access to the services they and their children need, with a two-year funding package for women’s health services across Victoria.
The Victorian Government will put aside an additional $24.5 billion in emergency funding to fight coronavirus, support jobs, and set Victoria up to recover from the pandemic over the next two years.
The Victorian Government will bring urgent legislation to the Parliament in line with decisions of the National Cabinet to support tenants and landlords through the coronavirus pandemic by reforming residential and commercial tenancy laws.
The Victorian Parliament will be recalled two weeks early for a one day emergency sitting on Thursday 23 April 2020 to pass vital legislation to assist the ongoing response to the coronavirus pandemic.
