Melbourne is gearing up to ring in the New Year with more than 400,000 revellers set to descend on the city for the biggest celebration ever. 

Victorian taxpayers forked out $1.3bn over the past two years to bail out WorkSafe after the Andrews government was secretly warned about the agency’s dire financial position. 

Suicides in Victoria are at a five-year high, with 686 deaths recorded so far this year. 

It was the year that we finally declared the Covid pandemic over, but 2022 was also the end of the record 70-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II. 

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