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Port Phillip Bicycle Users<p>The Victorian government is proposing new regulations banning e-bikes (and e-scooters, e-skateboards etc) from travelling on trains (and trams, buses, coaches etc). <a href="https://engage.vic.gov.au/public-transport-regulations" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">engage.vic.gov.au/public-trans</span><span class="invisible">port-regulations</span></a></p><p>We're preparing a submission (consultation closes 18 August). Question to e-device users: how would this affect you? <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/melbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>melbourne</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpringSt</span></a></p>
Tim Richards<p>Must say I don't trust the Victorian government at all on this issue. If the towers need to be demolished they should be replaced by 100% new public housing, instead of being incorporated into a bigger private complex.</p><p>'The plan to demolish Melbourne’s 44 public housing towers has been slammed as “ethnic and class cleansing” and a “land grab for developers” in explosive testimony at a parliamentary inquiry.</p><p>'Yarra City Council Mayor Stephen Jolly, a former public housing tenant, told the inquiry on Tuesday that the state government’s redevelopment project was designed to hand over prime inner-city real estate to build “high-rises for rich people”.'</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/VicPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VicPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpringSt</span></a> <a href="https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/public-housing-tower-demolition-plan-is-ethnic-cleansing-says-mayor-20250722-p5mgu5.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theage.com.au/politics/victori</span><span class="invisible">a/public-housing-tower-demolition-plan-is-ethnic-cleansing-says-mayor-20250722-p5mgu5.html</span></a></p>
sortius :Fire_Bisexual:<p>It's good people are seeing that Victoria Police just refuse to do their job, it's just sad it's over a child being abused.</p><p>I've called the cops about being run off the road on my bike, threatened, had a guy run up onto the footpath, and one stop and threaten to kill me if I was ever riding on my own street again.</p><p>Every single time, cops refuse to even proceed as "it'd be too difficult", which is shorthand for "it'd take us actually doing our job".</p><p>I can't imagine how this feels when it's your kid being abused, or you're a woman being stalked.</p><p>There needs to be drastic reform in Victoria Police, especially at a command level, as these are the pale stale males who refuse to take any case on that's not a "slam dunk":</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/23/mother-who-claims-her-daughter-was-sexually-assaulted-at-victorian-childcare-centre-told-investigations-cant-proceed-without-video-or-witness-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/jul/23/mother-who-claims-her-daughter-was-sexually-assaulted-at-victorian-childcare-centre-told-investigations-cant-proceed-without-video-or-witness-ntwnfb</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/springst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springst</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/vicpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vicpol</span></a></p>
𖢉𖥣ꛚ𖢉𖠢𖦪𖦪𖥣ꛘ<p>Wow. Train derailment in Melbourne doesn't seem to register on ABC News radar. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/springst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springst</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/vicnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vicnews</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/melbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>melbourne</span></a></p>
sortius :Fire_Bisexual:<p>The CFA's response is pretty pissweak. Senior members of the brigade were involved in this, how else were they allowed to drive the truck from Pura Pura to Melbourne?</p><p>And it's not just the "Ditch the bitch", full on cooker slogans all over it.</p><p>Until the CFA takes action, more than "having a chat", they're done in my book. I'm not the only one sick of seeing misogynists, bigots, and conspiracy theorists get away with hateful language, all because it's "political speech".</p><p>It's not, it's hate, and, in the words of Lieutenant General David Morrison:</p><p>The standard you walk past is the standard you accept</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpringSt</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
The Victorian News<p>Footscray SES to benefit from state-of-the-art facility<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AusNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VicNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VicNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SES</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpringSt</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.victoriannews.com.au/news/melbourne-news/footscray-ses-to-benefit-from-state-of-the-art-facility/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=jetpack_social" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">victoriannews.com.au/news/melb</span><span class="invisible">ourne-news/footscray-ses-to-benefit-from-state-of-the-art-facility/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=jetpack_social</span></a></p>
sortius :Fire_Bisexual:<p>Honestly, the CFA can play hide and go fuck themselves, and I'm going to make sure they know it when they're down at Coles or Woolworths asking for donations; they're there this week, too.</p><p>This kind of shit is expected from Battin, but from supposed "emergency services", this is beyond the pale.</p><p>Maybe they should focus on doing their jobs rather than protesting levies:</p><p>‘Disgusting’ slogan apparently directed at Victorian premier seen at rally attended by Brad Battin and union boss</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/15/disgusting-slogan-apparently-directed-at-victorian-premier-seen-at-rally-attended-by-brad-battin-and-union-boss-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/jul/15/disgusting-slogan-apparently-directed-at-victorian-premier-seen-at-rally-attended-by-brad-battin-and-union-boss-ntwnfb</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpringSt</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a></p>
The Victorian News<p>State funding for Kinglake Memorial Reserve<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AusNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VicNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VicNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kinglake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kinglake</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Murrindindi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Murrindindi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpringSt</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.victoriannews.com.au/local-council-news/murrindindi-shire-news/state-funding-for-kinglake-memorial-reserve/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=jetpack_social" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">victoriannews.com.au/local-cou</span><span class="invisible">ncil-news/murrindindi-shire-news/state-funding-for-kinglake-memorial-reserve/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=jetpack_social</span></a></p>
sortius :Fire_Bisexual:<p>I wonder if we'll get changes to laws like Zionists have?</p><p>What about the PM spending time with the LGBTQIA+ community?</p><p>Or even a statement from the PM?</p><p>Nope? Yeh, didn't think so.</p><p>Nazis can attack my people, and all we get is platitudes.</p><p>Nazis mount antisemitic attacks on Jewish places, then it's change of law, and attacking pro-Palestinian protestors who had nothing to do with it.</p><p>When we talk about a double standard, this is it</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpringSt</span></a></p>
sortius :Fire_Bisexual:<p>Why the fuck does a genocidal maniac get any say in what happens here?</p><p>The man who has made Jewish people less safe in this world wants "action" on antisemitism.</p><p>The man who has demanded that Judaism and Zionism are the same thing.</p><p>The man who has killed thousands of kids without so much as a thought.</p><p>Want someone to blame for antisemitism being on the rise? Look at Netanyahu, and openly blame him.</p><p>That won't happen, though. Protest will be curtailed, leaders will grovel at the feet of genocidal Zionists, and Jewish Australians will continue to be less safe.</p><p>Want to help end antisemitism in Australia? Ban Zionist lobbying organisations, and designate the IDF and Knesset as terrorist organisations</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/springst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springst</span></a></p>
sortius :Fire_Bisexual:<p>As much as I think Australia's gun laws need tightening up, we really need to interact with well trained hunters to deal with feral animals in Australia.</p><p>I get that people want to look for other ways, but there's few ways that don't end with collateral kills of native, potentially endangered, fauna.</p><p>Needs to be a national effort, as we'll start to see more of this stuff happen:</p><p>Feral donkey concern after herd spotted in Victoria's Big Desert State Forest</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-04/donkey-herd-spotted-in-victorian-state-forest/105493382" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-07-04/don</span><span class="invisible">key-herd-spotted-in-victorian-state-forest/105493382</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/springst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springst</span></a></p>
Augustus Brown 🌈<p>Road rule requiring drivers to slow to 40 km/h past stopped emergency vehicles with lights/siren active has been expanded to include incident response and roadside assistance vehicles. </p><p><a href="https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/new-road-worker-safety-laws-now-effect" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">premier.vic.gov.au/new-road-wo</span><span class="invisible">rker-safety-laws-now-effect</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpringSt</span></a></p>
Matthew Rimmer<p>Australian-first truth-telling inquiry rewrites Victorian history, calls for redress and transfer of power <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-01/yoorrook-truth-telling-recommendations-tabled/105479118" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-07-01/yoo</span><span class="invisible">rrook-truth-telling-recommendations-tabled/105479118</span></a> The Yoorrook Justice Commission's expansive final report was tabled in Victorian Parliament on Tuesday. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auslaw</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/springst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springst</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Victoria</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/IndigenousIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousIP</span></a></p>
Jesse<p>"Travel times across key spots in Melbourne's east would be up to 40 minutes faster under a completed first section of the Suburban Rail Loop project, data calculated by government transport planners suggests."</p><p>Of course because this is a rail project these are actual real time savings that will still be there in 50yrs. Instead of road projects that promise faster travel times but never deliver them at all.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpringSt</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PublicTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransport</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/melbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>melbourne</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-29/completed-suburban-rail-loop-east-travel-times-revealed/105472642" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-06-29/com</span><span class="invisible">pleted-suburban-rail-loop-east-travel-times-revealed/105472642</span></a></p>
National Secular Lobby<p>VIC's inquiry into abuse and coercive control within cults and fringe groups "welcome acknowledgement of the damage that can flourish under the guise of faith, and the unquestioning obedience to authoritarian leaders in religious groups." <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/springst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springst</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a><br><a href="http://bit.ly/4kfLNeA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/4kfLNeA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Augustus Brown 🌈<p>The Age reports that the Metro Tunnel won't open for peak hour operation until 2026. It suggests out of peak services may run through the tunnel from November 2025. </p><p><a href="https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/metro-tunnel-s-promise-to-commuters-pushed-out-to-2026-20250627-p5mavb.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theage.com.au/national/victori</span><span class="invisible">a/metro-tunnel-s-promise-to-commuters-pushed-out-to-2026-20250627-p5mavb.html</span></a></p><p>No paywall: <a href="https://12ft.io/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/metro-tunnel-s-promise-to-commuters-pushed-out-to-2026-20250627-p5mavb.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">12ft.io/https://www.theage.com</span><span class="invisible">.au/national/victoria/metro-tunnel-s-promise-to-commuters-pushed-out-to-2026-20250627-p5mavb.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpringSt</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GeneralNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralNews</span></a></p>
sortius :Fire_Bisexual:<p>Hopefully Minns isn't an idiot, and implements the recommendations of the report. This will build pressure on Allen to do the same down here:</p><p>NSW politicians say cannabis decriminalisation inevitable after report points to unequal system</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/27/nsw-politicians-say-cannabis-decriminalisation-inevitable-after-report-points-to-unequal-system" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/jun/27/nsw-politicians-say-cannabis-decriminalisation-inevitable-after-report-points-to-unequal-system</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NSWpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSWpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpringSt</span></a></p>
Augustus Brown 🌈<p>Court action against assassination of koalas by shooters from helicopters (that has already been carried out).</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-26/koala-shooting-budj-bim-national-park-lawsuit/105462686" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-06-26/koa</span><span class="invisible">la-shooting-budj-bim-national-park-lawsuit/105462686</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpringSt</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GeneralNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralNews</span></a></p>
Jesse<p>After missing the 2022 deadline to make all tram stops accessible the Victorian government has set a 2032 deadline.</p><p>But that requires them to upgrade 166 tram stops every year for the next 7 yrs. A 16x increase in the current rate.</p><p>That means upgrading more tram stops every year than they have over the entire last decade.</p><p>The Labor government has upgraded 98 tram stops in the last decade but has slowed to only doing 18 in the last 5yrs.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/VicPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VicPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpringSt</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PublicTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransport</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a></p>
Jesse<p>"An Allan government spokesperson said the Labor government had upgraded 98 tram stops since coming to power a decade ago, and delivered 50 accessible E-Class trams."</p><p>That's less than 10% of the tram stops that needed upgrading in that decade.</p><p>"A 2020 Victorian Auditor-General’s Office report found the Transport Department had estimated the cost of upgrading all tram stops in the network to level-access would cost at least $2 billion."</p><p>That's an absolute bargain.<br>Clearly it's not a cost problem, but a problem of political will. Shameful.</p><p>They know installing accessible trams stops requires taking some space away from cars so they don't want to do it.</p><p><a href="https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/fares-aside-hailey-pays-a-physical-cost-for-each-trip-on-melbourne-s-old-trams-20250612-p5m6xf.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theage.com.au/national/victori</span><span class="invisible">a/fares-aside-hailey-pays-a-physical-cost-for-each-trip-on-melbourne-s-old-trams-20250612-p5m6xf.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/VicPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VicPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpringSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpringSt</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PublicTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransport</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a></p>