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New LNG terminal would need major dredging, rival warns
Royal Vopak has released a technical review by maritime experts DNV containing warnings about the environmental impact of the proposed facility.
The real story behind Jacinta Allan’s horror week
If Labor goes badly in Victoria in the federal election, the state’s scandal-prone premier will be blamed. Then it will be game on, insiders say.
‘Basket case’: Why Victoria is ground zero for Labor
Labor could be heading for an electoral disaster in Victoria where the party’s brand is “in the toilet” and the economy is in a parlous financial state.
Victorians warned to expect energy shortages and higher prices
Victorians face a catastrophic risk of energy shortfalls and more than doubling of prices over the next 10 years, according to modelling released by Infrastructure Victoria.
Allan told to get SRL money into Melbourne’s west, or else
The controversial $100 billion Suburban Rail Loop was thrust back into the spotlight after Labor’s primary vote collapsed in the Werribee byelection.
February
Victoria’s byelection shows we need two-party system more than ever
Minor parties and independents lack the experience and ability to govern when it comes to serious policy issues facing Australia.
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.
Labor’s worst fears confirmed, Greens get another reality check
If the Werribee swing was replicated uniformly in Victoria at the federal election, Labor would lose about 11 seats.
Victoria byelection results could be terminal for Albanese
If state Labor and the Greens can’t hold state seats such as Werribee and Prahran in Victoria, things are looking terminal for the Albanese government.
Victoria’s byelections pave Dutton’s path to The Lodge
Former Victorian leader Jeff Kennett says if Labor loses the safe seat of Werribee in Melbourne’s west, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan’s leadership is at risk.
Victoria on blackout alert amid south-east heatwave
A three-day heatwave across south-east Australia is expected to push Victoria’s energy grid to the limit with experts urging the government to secure gas supplies.
January
All of a sudden, Allan is running out of time in Victoria
New polling that reveals a record slump in support for Victorian Labor will have Prime Minister Anthony Albanese worried too.
Three lessons for Liberals to win in Victoria
New state party leader Brad Battin must offer a clear alternative to Labor’s high-tax, high-debt governance.
December 2024
Former cop Brad Battin to challenge for Victorian Liberal leadership
A spill vote against embattled Opposition Leader John Pesutto is slated for Friday, but a ballot will first decide if absent MPs can vote remotely.
‘Jacinta’s Christmas present’: Liberal anger as Vic chaos rolls on
The party remains in turmoil after a meeting to reinstate ousted MP Moira Deeming was split 14-all, ensuring the internal row continues into next year.
‘Darn sensible’ Labor states outcompete Victoria, says top Liberal
Shadow treasurer Brad Rowswell has been in Britain looking at how the state might get in on the AUKUS action, and ruing the salesmanship of rivals NSW and SA.
October 2024
AGL, EnergyAustralia coal power deals with Victoria kept secret
The Victorian Labor government has been slammed for keeping secret the cost of deals to underwrite the state’s two coal-fired power plants.
The secret plan to bring a floating LNG terminal to Melbourne
The Victorian government is examining a floating liquefied natural gas terminal in the southwest of Port Phillip Bay.
September 2024
Neo-Nazis boasted of protecting rally Deeming helped plan, court told
Social media posts made by a neo-Nazi leader have been read out to a court during MP Moira Deeming’s defamation trial against Liberal leader John Pesutto.
‘Grab the popcorn’: Vic Liberal civil war goes prime time
In one sense, ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming’s defamation case against John Pesutto is about free speech. But it threatens to engulf Peter Dutton’s federal opposition.
August 2024
Auditors warned against Vic government’s $37m space balloon bet
Auditors expressed “substantial doubt” about the financial viability of a space exploration start-up, a year before Breakthrough Victoria placed a huge bet on the US company.
October 2023
Virtual Labor-CFMEU partnership shows up on Victoria’s bottom line
Victorians deserve better than to be governed by a ruthless political machine in partnership with a renegade union at great cost to the state’s public finances.
August 2023
Liberals retain Warrandyte in Victorian byelection
Nicole Werner is on track to secure 60 per cent of the primary vote in the state seat, a result Opposition Leader John Pesutto says is warning to Daniel Andrews.
June 2023
Business lobby groups captured by Andrews: insider
Former Victorian Property Council head Danni Hunter says groups like the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry are “compromised” by their reliance on grants.
Andrews’ inner circle urges him to stay on
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is being urged to stay on by his inner circle, amid growing speculation he may be preparing to hand over to a successor.