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An aerial view of Frankston, where apartments up to 16-storeys tall have been approved.

Housing targets scaled back across Melbourne

The state government also says it is cutting back plans for medium-density development because of response from the community.

  • Rachael Dexter

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Brad Battin says he will support the government’s legislation, with one key change.

The four words blocking the government’s hate speech laws

Victorian Opposition Leader Brad Battin has offered Premier Jacinta Allan bipartisan support for proposed hate laws currently before parliament if she agrees to remove four words from the legislation.

  • Chip Le Grand
Federal Greens leader Adam Bandt and Greens candidate Angelica Di Camillo hand out how-to-vote cards in South Yarra on Saturday morning.

Learning nothing from their humiliation in Prahran, Greens will march on

If the Greens were a party with serious aspirations to govern, they would be mortified by the message from the Prahran byelection.

  • Chip Le Grand
The vote is an inconveniently timed reminder of how much Anthony Albanese’s stocks have fallen.

As it happened: Werribee, Prahran byelection; Major parties battle for crucial Victorian seats

It’s a super byelection Saturday as voters take to the polls in both Werribee and Prahran. Follow all the latest live updates.

  • Ashleigh McMillan and Broede Carmody
Voters arrive to vote at Iramoo Primary School in Wyndham Vale

‘A kick in the pants’: Voters in fed-up Werribee send a message

Crime and roads, roads and crime. These are the issues Werribee voters say matter, and they say no one has done anything about either of them.

  • Liam Mannix
Ashok Kok with wife Monika and five-year-old daughter Eva outside their Manor Lakes home.

The race for Werribee: How the west will be won (or lost)

Labor has held the seat since 1979, but with crime on the rise and traffic eating hours of residents’ days, can the party hold onto its traditional heartland?

  • Sophie Aubrey
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Liberal candidate for Werribee Steve Murphy.

Liberals unveil Werribee candidate ahead of crucial byelection

A real estate agent and former policeman and army trooper has been named as the Liberal candidate for the key seat in Melbourne’s west.

  • Henrietta Cook
Opposition Leader Brad Battin.

Businessman the first name to emerge in Liberal contest for Werribee byelection

The Victorian Liberal Party is targeting former treasurer Tim Pallas’ seat of Werribee in next month’s byelection.

  • Broede Carmody
Victorian opposition leader Brad Battin at Parliament House on Wednesday.

Who’s a conservative? Battin opens up on abortion, tax and past votes on key issues

The self-styled “bogan from Berwick” relied on his party’s right faction for support but says that doesn’t mean he’s from the party’s more conservative wing.

  • Broede Carmody
Opposition Leader Brad Battin announces his shadow cabinet on Tuesday.

Battin unveils new frontbench, with Deeming allies rewarded

Opposition Leader Brad Battin has defended John Pesutto’s shift to the backbench, insisting it was the former leader’s decision.

  • Broede Carmody

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