In this series of weekly live blogs, we take an in-depth look at the election campaign and the issues that matter to voters in the key Victorian electorates of Goldstein, Wills, Kooyong and Bruce.

Moreover, what if working Americans don’t want sweatshop jobs — or even manufacturing jobs? There’s an average of 500,000 open manufacturing jobs on any given month. Less than 8 percent of ...

Cross-factional discussions have focused on forcing her to resign if Labor loses three or more Victorian seats on May 3. A potential breakaway group of MPs from the party’s left are being ...

In another viral AI video, this one created by a Chinese TikToker, Americans are portrayed as grossly overweight while toiling in grim, sweatshop-style factories, all set to a backdrop of traditional ...

An annual report detailing Victorian Government activities and programs that support diversity in our community. Each year the Victorian Government releases a report with details of departments, ...

An AI-generated video mocking downcast American workers in a post-tariffs world has been circulating on Chinese social media. The video features an overweight man using a sewing machine in a factory.

A man has drowned at a beach on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula, near Geelong. (Nine) Emergency services were called to Thirteenth Beach Road in Barwon Heads just before midday, where a man was ...

“I’d stopped eating, and I wasn’t getting nutrients,” he said, adding that he was later diagnosed with scurvy, a Victorian-era disease. Even though the condition is common, it is said to be rare in ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

That's the question Stephanie and Paul Ryan grappled with when the opportunity arose to buy a rundown Victorian-era house in Prahran, in inner-city Melbourne, on one of the area's main thoroughfares.

One of the most shared clips shows American workers in sweatshop-like factories, paired with Chinese-style music in the background. It’s an AI-generated video that many found both hilarious and a ...

A Chinese AI generated video mocking downcast American workers has been circulating on Chinese and US social media amid a growing tariff war between both countries. The video shows overweight and ...