March 2024
Former Gillard adviser to become Melbourne lord mayor after Capp exits
Ex-Labor insider Nicholas Reece will take over from Sally Capp in June but will face stiff competition for the job later this year.
November 2022
Victorian parliament likely to be ‘less bizarre’ than the last term
Labor will likely have to work with a progressive bloc in the Victorian upper house including Fiona Patten, the Greens and Legalise Cannabis members.
‘Star Wars scene’: Daniel Andrews faces ‘wild’ upper house
A returned Labor government in Victoria faces a hostile and potentially unworkable parliament heavily influenced by both the religious right and green left.
November 2019
Sarah Hanson-Young wins defamation case against former senator
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has been awarded $120,000 in her defamation battle with former MP David Leyonhjelm in the Federal Court.
April 2019
Shorten a 'two-faced liar' over preferences, Clive Palmer says
Clive Palmer claims that Labor tried to gain his preferences but is now attacking him.