June
‘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
Pallas vows to prove rating agencies wrong
Treasurer Tim Pallas has fended off warnings Victoria could face a third credit rating downgrade since 2020.
- Gus McCubbing and Patrick Durkin
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
‘We’ve gone soft’: Labor old guard backs Keating
Chairman Tony Shepherd has backed Paul Keating’s sentiment that “we have gone soft” but billionaire Gerry Harvey says Keating is living in the past.
- Patrick Durkin
February
Why Kennett thinks Dunkley can change politics
Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett rates the Liberals a 50-50 chance of upsetting Labor in Saturday’s byelection in Dunkley and predicts the result will have massive reverberations for both sides of politics.
- Patrick Durkin
Ad man Harold Mitchell was living large to the end
Harold Mitchell helped reinvent how advertising is bought and sold in Australia. Giants of Australian industry shared their thoughts after his surprise passing.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
January
- Opinion
- Supermarkets
The cost-of-living crisis is real – so is supermarket competition
The Emerson review must not make findings for the political sake of having been seen to have done something.
- Jeff Kennett
Rate cut hopes dashed; Red Sea woe spreads; Forrest’s Trump verdict
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Coles names new arbiter as Jeff Kennett resigns from post
As renewed scrutiny comes to the grocery sector, Coles has appointed experienced lawyer Jenny Linsten to the role dealing with supplier disputes.
- Carrie LaFrenz
- Exclusive
- Liberal Party
Kennett backs Millennial renewal for Liberals in Kooyong, Goldstein
Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett says the Liberal Party needs renewal, backing two young women in key seats ahead of the next federal election.
- Ronald Mizen
November 2023
Only just over half of Melbourne has returned to the office
The return to office of workers in the Victorian capital remains slower than other CBDs, new occupancy figures show.
- Campbell Kwan and Patrick Durkin
October 2023
- Exclusive
- Working from home
Bosses plan to pay staff less for working at home: survey
One in three employers think working from home is a privilege and are planning to pay remote workers differently than their office colleagues.
- David Marin-Guzman
September 2023
- Updated
- Political leadership
Business cheers as divisive Andrews bows out early
The outgoing Victorian premier’s shock resignation blindsides rival factions allowing his handpicked deputy, Jacinta Allan, to take the reins.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing and Patrick Durkin
May 2023
Liberal Party heavyweights gather to farewell Tony Staley
Tony Staley was a kingmaker in conservative Australian politics and a cabinet worth of Liberal Party heavyweights joined his friends and family for his funeral.
- Gus McCubbing
April 2023
- Analysis
- Government Observed
The risks (and rewards) of Minns’ public service shake-up
The new Labor government’s redesign of ministries marks a decisive shift back to a more centralised flatter structure, but there are still risks to navigate.
- Tom Burton
March 2023
AFL succession drama could stretch to June, club presidents fear
Gillon McLachlan announced his departure from the top job almost 12 months ago. Despite an extensive interview process, his successor is yet to be named.
- Mark Di Stefano and Patrick Durkin
Jeff Kennett aims to spearhead juicy turnaround
The company which owns Australia’s No.3 juice brand, Original Juice Co, is in for a shake-up with the ex-Victorian Premier as chairman.
- Simon Evans
December 2022
Kennett’s era ended at Hawthorn AGM
Hawthorn premiership player Andy Gowers was expected to secure victory in the club’s bitterly contested presidential election, ousting outgoing president Jeff Kennett’s preferred successor, a club source said.
- Patrick Durkin
- Analysis
- Government Observed
Why Victoria is vulnerable to grey corruption risk
Under an all-powerful premier, the state’s sprawling bureaucracy is no longer the cream of the Australian public sector.
- Updated
- Tom Burton
November 2022
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Liberals the party of lost souls
Victorians cast out the ghost of ScoMo; These independents aren’t Labor-lite; Crypto carnage follows familiar trajectory; Retirees will cushion family mortgage woes; Even grammar can be a political weapon.