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1710 calls for emergency assistance overnight - Emerg Management Commissioner Nugent says it could’ve been a lot worse.

State Control Ctr briefing after a night of wild winds in Vic. The SES has had 2800 calls from 7pm yesterday 180,000 was peak of power outages - now about 120k still off. Premier Allan says “the advice is still .. avoid unnecessary travel whereever possible.”

Bureau of Meteorology promising “more pleasant weather tomorrow” for Vic…  Then.. “another cold front Friday.”

Hail remnants at the train station. 🥶🥶🥶

airbnb campaign begins:

John Setka turns up at an Allan Govt building site to address Allan Govt approached for comment. Allan Govt Media Unit goes silent. Weird.

Baffling to me that it’s cheaper to fly to Fiji and back from Canberra than it is for me to go to Tasmania for a weekend 😑

** to address union members….

And then.. at a minute or two to 6pm….. Quotes attributable to a government spokesperson: We have asked the lead contractor for an explanation and sought assurances this does not happen again.

Great Ocean Road is closed in both directions between Princetown Road and Fords Road, due to significant flooding. The detour is in excess of 130 kilometres and will likely add up to two and a half hours additional travel time. Detour u… go.vic.gov.au/3XxArcD #VicTraffic

Police pay fight ramps back up in Vic from tomorrow as promised. Back to writing on vehicles, and flashing lights at speed cameras..

And the poll results are both entertaining and unsurprising all at the same time: Majority of Melburnians said more bike lanes would make it harder to drive around the city.. and make them much less likely to visit CBD.

Breaking: Former Labor leader Bill Shorten is about to announce his retirement from politics. theage.com.au/politics/feder…

Bill Shorten to announce today his retirement from politics at the next election.

Premier Allan says John Setka’s attendance at govt worksites yesterday and today was unlawful. And has been referred to police. “I want to be clear - there is no place on vic big build worksites for John Setka.”

It appears the only crime would be trespass.. and that would only be applicable if he was asked to leave and refused. It doesn’t look like anyone was asking him to go.

Breaking: The Communications, Electrical, Plumbing Union representing more than 100,000 workers is meeting to vote on whether to disaffiliate from the ACTU, opening up a dramatic split in the union movement. The Australian theaustralian.com.au/nation/communi…

CFMEU administrator Mark Irving has suspended eight union organisers and launched investigations into purported kickbacks to officials. Three more organisers quit on Friday. Also met Fair Work to address delay in EBA approvals. theaustralian.com.au/nation/adminis…

Carlton fans will not be fun to be around tonight.. or tomorrow.