Victoria Police to engage in industrial action amid pay dispute

Victoria’s police union has declared morale is “hopeless” and its stations are “threadbare” as members escalate industrial action, targeting the state Labor government. More than 17,000 Victorian police officers have launched a new round of industrial action in a long-running and bitter pay dispute. The officers are demanding a 24 per cent pay rise and better working conditions. They have refused the state government’s previous offer of a 16 per cent increase.