Yesterday
Victoria police reject Allan’s claim about CFMEU crackdown advice
Jacinta Allan said it was the acting police commissioner’s fault that she said a nine-month-old operation against thuggery in the construction industry was new.
This Month
Dutton attributes poll slump to Labor mud-slinging
Peter Dutton says Labor has targeted him with a $2 million campaign while also accusing the Victorian government of a “wet lettuce” response to CFMEU revelations. How the day unfolded.
Debt-laden ‘poor state’ Victoria to get GST bailout
Victoria will become a “mendicant state” next financial year, receiving a $3.9 billion boost in GST as Queensland suffers a $2.4 billion reduction in funding.
Is Bailey Smith the David Beckham of the AFL?
The young Geelong star has the looks and swagger to become a brand unto himself, just like footballer turned fashion icon David Beckham, marketing experts say.
‘America can no longer be trusted’: AFR readers back Ukraine peacekeeping
A poll of The Australian Financial Review readers shows strong support for the possibility of Australia contributing troops to a peacekeeping force in Ukraine.
Iconic beaches stripped of sand could stay that way for months
Shorelines in tourism hotspots such as the Gold Coast and Byron Bay have been denuded by giant waves caused by the cyclone, and could take months to recover.
What to do when a cyclone blows away your flagship game
Brisbane Lions president Andrew Wellington says running an AFL premiership-winning team is all about long-term strategy, teamwork and putting safety above everything else.
Everything you need to know about Cyclone Alfred
The reason the massive storm off Queensland is not called Anthony, and other facts about tropical cyclones.
Offshore wind exposes split among Climate 200-backed independents
Sydney MP Zali Steggall says community independents should show greater political courage in defence of the troubled offshore wind energy rollout.
The Climate 200 candidate who won’t commit to wind power
Independent candidate Alex Dyson famously launched his political career with a viral video backing wind farms via interpretive dance. Now, he says, it’s more complicated.
February
Office tower to apartment block: Inside the new push to fix housing
Planning reforms in Australia’s two biggest states have sparked political backlash, but will buyers and developers fill in the missing middle?
Melbourne’s ‘biggest eyesore’ could be targeted in housing blitz
Victorian Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny says a disused former Cancer Council building in the heart of Melbourne could be cleared for development into new homes.
PM heaps praise on SRL East but promises money elsewhere
Anthony Albanese has called the controversial Suburban Rail Loop Melbourne’s “missing link” amid tensions between the state and federal governments over the project.
Victoria must give up ‘ideological attachment’ to apartments: Metricon
Victoria will continue to miss housing targets until it realises Millennials and migrants want detached homes, not inner-city apartments, Metricon chief executive Brad Duggan says.
Labor stand-off threatens $100b offshore wind rollout
At the heart of the dispute is where to develop the port facilities that would support the assembly and servicing of a field of huge turbines off the Gippsland coast.
Business backs Victoria plan to slash 3000 public service jobs
Premier Jacinta Allan and Treasurer Jaclyn Symes say “several billions of dollars” in savings will be found after announcing a review into the public sector.
Vic Labor acting like it’s ‘above reproach’ after $12b blowout
Victoria’s former integrity watchdog has slammed Labor’s attack on the state auditor-general after it detailed nearly $12 billion in major project cost blowouts over the past year.
In the mortgage belt, rate cut offers little comfort for Albanese
Chai Sharma, a 39-year-old tech worker paying off a $1 million mortgage on his first home in Sydney’s north-west, welcomed some rate cut relief but won’t launch into a spending spree anytime soon.
Allan denies making police chief the scapegoat for rising crime
The Victoria premier says her government had no choice but to move on Chief Commissioner Shane Patton after 87 per cent of union members voted against him.
Allan told to get SRL money into Melbourne’s west, or else
The controversial $100 billion Suburban Rail Loop was thrust back into the spotlight after Labor’s primary vote collapsed in the Werribee byelection.