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Family violence perpetrators whose abuse is found to have triggered a partner’s suicide, and those who abandon a victim in urgent medical need, will be eligible for new charges and sentences for all sexual offences will increase significantly if the Carroll government is re-elected.

Readers react to government policy and actions on providing homes for the needy.

Dr Tim Read was a campaigner on issues such as climate change, over-incarceration, deaths in custody of Indigenous Victorians and bike safety.

Dean Hurlston hailed the County Court judgment as a win for democratic scrutiny of elected officials after Stonnington Mayor Melina Sehr was granted a court order last year.

The billionaire is among the young entrepreneurs seeking to cash in on more business-friendly policies overseas. But experts warn that the plan is not always so simple.

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