November 2024
Grand prix has cost Victoria nearly $700m in the last decade
This year’s grand prix held at Melbourne’s Albert Park enjoyed a record attendance but cost a record $102.3 million to run.
- Gus McCubbing and Zoe Samios
September 2024
‘Beautiful chaos’: Iconic Melbourne power diner owner calls time
Simon Hartley has hosted every prime minister since Gough Whitlam at his CBD restaurant Becco. But on Friday, he held the last supper.
- Gus McCubbing
April 2024
Luke Sayers is done with the PwC scandal. It’s not done with him
Unethical behaviour “ignored”. “Implausible”. “Scarcely credible”. How can this assessment be any worse?
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
March 2024
Australian politicians mob Alastair Campbell
As a way for a veritably antique ex-politico to pay the bills, this sure must beat lobbying.
- Myriam Robin
October 2023
- Exclusive
- Victorian Parliament
Uni in the mix as Andrews plots next career move in NYC
Dan Andrews was spotted at JFK Airport in New York and sources confirm the former Victorian premier has been in talks over his next role.
- Patrick Durkin
August 2023
- Analysis
- Commonwealth Games
PwC scandal casts secrecy shadow over Commonwealth Games inquiry
Witnesses before an inquiry into Victoria cancelling the Commonwealth Games were quick to explain why they had to remain silent.
- Patrick Durkin
EY stands by Games advice, refuses to say how much it was paid
EY consultants have told a federal inquiry they stand by the work that put the cost of the 2026 Commonwealth Games at $2.6 billion, before the Andrews government cancelled the event citing a cost blowout up to $7 billion.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing
January 2022
The movers and shakers at Rafael Nadal’s long night
It takes stamina to play tennis for five and-a-half hours. But have you tried networking for that long?
- Myriam Robin
November 2021
Melbourne Cup caps super spring for racing’s gang of four
Verry Elleegant’s stunning Melbourne Cup win was the third Spring Carnival triumph in as many weeks for four owners united by business and racing.
- James Thomson
September 2021
Regional Victoria reopening fails pub test
Colac publican Sam Benjamin says that with just 10 people allowed inside his 400-capacity pub it is still not viable for him to reopen.
- Patrick Durkin
July 2021
Claims of NSW bias are ‘nonsense’, says PM
Data furnished by the federal government shows Victoria received more financial assistance than NSW over the past year due to its longer and more restrictive lockdowns.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey and Patrick Durkin
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Plenty of political blame to share as Australia’s luck runs out
While Victoria bickers over the Commonwealth’s financial assistance to NSW, it too might get to test the new funding package if it can’t control a new outbreak of virus cases.
- Jennifer Hewett
Melbourne to lose Formula One’s first race
Melbourne has been dealt a multimillion-dollar blow with the Australian Grand Prix being cancelled for the second year in a row.
- Patrick Durkin
February 2021
Dignitaries among the hoi polloi at Australian Open men’s final
While Djokovic defeated Medvedev in straight sets, the corporate world’s most dependable hosts put on the best show they could.
- Myriam Robin
Victoria offers relief to businesses hit by snap lockdown
Victoria has moved to quell business complaints about the lack of warning to its snap lockdown, launching grants of up to $4500 for affected small businesses.
- Tom Burton
January 2021
F1 horsepower comes to Melbourne in the spring
Hopes the rescheduled Australian Formula One grand prix may be the series decider have excited officials keen to promote Melbourne's major event credentials.
- Tom Burton
December 2020
Victorian tourism to take a 78pc hit
Victoria's trade minister says tourism will suffer a major decline worth more than $20 billion in the wake of bushfires and COVID-19, with a hit from the China row also expected.
- Patrick Durkin
September 2020
Mask crackdown mad, health experts warn
Health experts say there is a much greater chance of being hit by lightning in Melbourne than contracting the virus in the community.
- Patrick Durkin and Natasha Boddy
Victorian government doesn't stint on legal representation
Of 45 lawyers who appeared before the Quarantine Inquiry representing witnesses, 25 were hired by the government, its agencies or ministers.
- Myriam Robin
Retailers sound Christmas supply warning in lockdown talks
Woolworths boss Brad Banducci has warned that shortages caused by Victoria's lockdown restrictions could see shoppers move between stores and spread the coronavirus.
- Tom McIlroy and Patrick Durkin