August
Uncover Jewish chat group doxxers or risk violence, Labor elders say
Former Labor MP Mike Kelly says if the people responsible for doxxing Jewish creatives were not held accountable, they would be emboldened to take further action.
- Gus McCubbing
Dan Andrews’ second secret Blackstone meeting
Dan Andrews met the US parent of Crown Resorts twice, part of undisclosed business dealings of the powerful former premier.
- Mark Di Stefano
- Opinion
- Australian economy
RBA returns serve on inflation
The RBA’s take down of government spending is reverberating loudly in Canberra and can only undermine Labor’s key argument that its fiscal policy complements monetary policy.
- Jennifer Hewett
Allan urged to resist foreign student crackdown ahead of India trip
Melbourne University has urged the Victorian premier to push back against the federal government’s crackdown on international students ahead of her trip next month.
- Gus McCubbing
July
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Labor’s ‘shocked and appalled’ act on CFMEU scandal is a joke
As the billions pouring into Victoria’s Big Build rose, so too should have the accountability. Premier Jacinta Allan must explain how the CFMEU gained sway over this honey pot.
- James Thomson
June
Labor insider Sabina Husic snapped up by TikTok
The ByteDance-owned video app needs friends in Canberra, turning to Sabina Husic in a new lobbying role.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
King’s Birthday honours come to political chums at remarkable speed
Daniel Andrews locked down Melbourne for longer than it took to approve his AC honours.
- Hannah Wootton
‘An insult’: Andrews reignites fight over plaudits for politicians
There are calls for former Victorian leader Daniel Andrews to be stripped of the nation’s top honour.
- Andrew Tillett and Gus McCubbing
May
Governments ‘should report cost blowouts just like companies do’
State governments should be held to the same reporting standards as ASX-listed companies when it comes to major projects, Marion Terrill says.
- Gus McCubbing
‘I’m disgusted’: premier blasts pro-Palestine activists
Pro-Palestine protesters have stormed a Labor state conference in Melbourne amid heightened tensions over the Israel-Hamas war.
- Updated
- Callum Godde
- Exclusive
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Go8 Universities agree to combat racism, uphold free speech
Australia’s oldest and most prestigious universities have set out five principles, as Deakin University prepares for a showdown with campus protesters.
- Patrick Durkin and Julie Hare
Schools sweat on election funding promises as Victorian debt rises
Melbourne’s Hampton Primary School fears the Victorian government won’t follow through on a promise made on eve of the 2022 election.
- Gus McCubbing
April
‘What Paula wants, Paula gets’: Lindsay Fox’s $152m birthday surprise
A high-profile birthday singalong broke out on billionaire Lindsay Fox’s birthday at the official opening of new $152 million Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre in Melbourne on Friday.
- Patrick Durkin
Mourners pay tribute to Bondi victims as shopping centre reopens
People have gathered at Westfield Bondi Junction in the eastern suburbs to pay tribute to the six people murdered last weekend. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing and Andrew Hobbs
Russia bans Daniel Andrews and 234 other Aussies
The former Victorian premier is one of the most high-profile of the MPs across the political divide who have been banned from Russia.
D’Ambrosio gas claim debunked after outburst against Labor’s King
In another Victorian clash over gas with the Albanese government, Lily D’Ambrosio accused Madeleine King of behaving like “a Coalition minister”.
- Jacob Greber and Gus McCubbing
March
Break or breakthrough: the red flags at Victoria’s VC fund
Breakthrough Victoria was formed after its now-chairman, John Brumby, called for the establishment of such a fund.
- Myriam Robin
‘Legacy of fear’: government watchdog fires parting shot at Andrews
Victoria’s outgoing ombudsman Deborah Glass has warned about the ‘dangerous impact of creeping ‘politicisation’ on the state’s public service.
- Gus McCubbing
- Exclusive
- Energy security
The high-profile team for Labor’s electricity commission is gone
It counted some of the country’s sharpest minds on energy. And now the Victorian State Electricity Commission’s six-person expert panel has officially wound up.
- Samantha Hutchinson and Patrick Durkin
Allan, Andrews ‘overstated’ Commonwealth Games blowout by $2b
Victoria’s auditor-general says Labor’s Commonwealth Games debacle cost taxpayers $589 million for “no discernible benefit”.
- Gus McCubbing