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The Leader of the Victorian Opposition Michael O'Brien has joined State MPs Neil Angus and David Southwick in thanking the leadership of the Jewish community in Melbourne which has been working tirelessly with the Department of Health to contain the spread of a local outbreak,
Luxury Australian brand found selling fur from often-tortured raccoon dogs
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A luxury Australian clothing brand is selling fur labelled as raccoon that testing has identified as raccoon dog, an unrelated species which is often mistreated in the international fur trade.
Forensic testing conducted by British textile analysis firm Microtex showed Alexandra Australia is selling coloured fur cuffs made from the fur of raccoon dogs, which are often electrocuted, bludgeoned to death or skinned alive.
A raccoon dog in a cage at a fur farm in China.
Liberal rift deepens over bill banning gay conversion therapy
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A decision by the shadow cabinet of the Liberal Party to ultimately support a bill banning gay conversion therapy has exposed divisions in the Victorian opposition.
A leaked email, obtained by
The Age and sent to MPs on Monday afternoon, outlines the Liberal Partyâs strategy to deal with the controversial proposal. They will, in effect, support the change by choosing not to oppose it in State Parliament but will move amendments during Thursdayâs upper house debate.
In a tense meeting of shadow ministers on Monday, the majority of frontbench MPs supported the plan, knowing the amendments, such as asking for the proposal to be scrutinised by a parliamentary committee, were doomed to fail.