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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.

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.

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ASX dives; Behind Wall Street’s violent slump; Why Vic is so angry

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Premier Daniel Andrews and Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton:  the Victorian experience where curfews and distance limits were imposed without clear medical advice has done deep damage to public trust.

How to undo the damage Victoria’s COVID response did to public trust

Federal and state governments should adopt a uniform code for pandemic management mandating medical advice be signed and published for any restrictive measures.

February

Leon Zwier in his Melbourne office. His framed mementos are an icebreaker, he says.

Mr Fix-It: The unusual legal practice of Leon Zwier

For decades, Zwier has been the lawyer of choice for Australia’s most powerful moguls. But lately, he’s taken on a very different client.

Premier Jacinta Allan and Treasurer Tim Pallas announce his retirement on Monday.

Liberal Party is yet to heed the message sent in Werribee

State and federal oppositions will draw encouragement from the byelection result. But neither has shown voters a coherent and credible budget and economic strategy.

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Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan at the Labor function for the Werribee byelection on Saturday night.

Allan concedes safe Labor seat ‘on a knife edge’

Labor was ahead – just – in the Victorian state seat of Werribee which it has held since 1979 with half of votes counted in an important byelection.

Labor candidate for Werribee John Lister, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan and deputy Labor leader Ben Carroll at a press conference at Werribee Outdoor Pool.

Allan orders full-court press to stave off historic byelection loss

Jacinta Allan has gone chips in on the Werribee byelection, with defeat potentially spelling the end of the state Labor government, according to pollsters.

Prahran

Chapel Street will reveal Dutton’s chances in Victoria

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will be watching the Prahran byelection closely as the federal Liberals look to win back key seats in inner Melbourne.

Internally, Dutton is red-hot on any displays of hubris.

A growing weight of expectation is not what Dutton needs

A growing public sentiment that the Coalition is a shoo-in to form the next government is in need of a reality check.

January

David Abbey says he has had a gutful of the Victorian Labor Party.

Why Jacinta Allan should not take this Melbourne suburb for granted

David Abbey is a life-long Labor voter but he’s ready – almost – to turn against the premier. Peter Dutton will be closely watching two Victorian byelections.

December 2024

Tim Pallas is leaving politics with Victoria as Australia’s most indebted state.

Pallas’ disastrous fiscal legacy

Regretting not being able to spend even more money is a fittingly risible sign-off from a treasurer who lost control of Victoria’s finances.

This analysis may appear to contradict the recent audit by veteran budget watcher Saul Eslake but it does not.

The five main reasons Victoria is in this financial mess

Victoria has been the lowest-taxing, lowest-spending mainland state over the past 25 years, a new analysis shows. Its bottom line is still a disaster, but it’s not all self-inflicted.

Keith Urban: didn’t mind the cameras

The drama at Anthony Pratt’s New York party

Actor Chris Rock stormed out of the New York shindig, but singer Keith Urban got the joint jumping.

Visy’s Anthony Pratt (centre) pictured with then Victorian premier Daniel Andrews and federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek at Visy’s Coolaroo plant last year.

Dan Andrews makes Anthony Pratt’s New York party

Rich Lister Anthony Pratt has wasted no time getting settled into his new home.

November 2024

Daniel Andrews, Jacinta Allan and Tim Pallas.

How Daniel Andrews’ playbook turned sour for Jacinta Allan

The former premier’s strategy was based on massive public spending. But times have changed, Victoria’s finances are a basket case, and voters have noticed.

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​The Coalition will ramp up campaigning in Victoria in a bid to win up to five seats at the next federal election.

Coalition hopes to win up to five federal seats in Victoria

The federal Liberal Party is planning a major push into Victoria including billboard advertising that plays off the flailing state government under Jacinta Allan.

Tim Pallas would need to win Oz Lotto for 86 years to pay off Vic debt

Victoria’s treasurer has clearly been overwhelmed by premiers Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allan, and these Labor years look set to become bywords for state government dysfunction and failure.

How Victoria became a poor state (and the 16 charts that prove it)

The state’s parlous finances mean voters are bound to face a combination of cuts in government spending and increases in taxation.

Prestige property agent Monika Tu.

Inside the Birdcage at Flemington’s Derby Day

With Tabcorp focusing on customers and Lexus on models, Crown’s marquee reigned supreme as the best people-spotting location of the day.

October 2024

Second coming: people wonder why

Without trust, our institutions lose authority. Just ask Trump

In 2016 Donald Trump stormed into office on the back of a widespread voter cynicism and distrust. He is a coin toss away from doing so again.

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