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Tunnel-boring machines construct the Metro Tunnel under the Yarra River.

Quicksand and the potential to swallow St Paul’s: The $15b engineering battle beneath Melbourne

The Metro Tunnel had many “heart-in-mouth” moments for its engineers, but as it prepares to open, it has been hailed as a triumph.

  • Kieran Rooney

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Brad Battin was rolled less than a year into the job.

Liberal leadership: The participation award for everyone in class

Leading the Victorian Liberals is like winning a participation award at state school: everyone gets one. Jess Wilson deserves an encouragement certificate, too.

  • Tony Wright
Composite image of Victorian Liberals Kim Wells, Moira Deeming and John Pesutto.

Liberal MP says former premiers are dividing the party by helping Pesutto

Former Victorian treasurer Kim Wells says the three former Liberal premiers who donated to John Pesutto’s legal fund are “taking a side”.

  • Kieran Rooney
Despite several attempts at mediation, Deeming and Pesutto have not resolved their differences.

‘Looks like intimidation’: Moira Deeming hits back over Pesutto legal fund

The former Liberal backbencher has questioned the wisdom of three former Liberal Victorian premiers donating to Opposition Leader John Pesutto’s legal defence.

  • Bianca Hall and Kieran Rooney
Opposition leader John Pesutto.

Former Victorian Liberal premiers donate to Pesutto’s legal fund

Jeff Kennett, Ted Baillieu and Denis Napthine have donated to Opposition Leader John Pesutto’s defamation legal fund.

  • Neil Mitchell
In the last 20 years, Victoria’s premiers have presided over a huge growth in police numbers, and Daniel Andrews is no exception.

Cuff love: The politics and power of Victoria’s law and order addiction

The state now has the largest police force in the country, with one observer saying major parties are locked in a law-and-order “arms race”.

  • Royce Millar and Chris Vedelago
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Daniel Andrews holds a press conference to announce the removal of the Edithvale level crossing.

Pipeline of projects delivers long-term pain for taxpayers

Election strategists will tell you that promising roads and train lines gives political parties the best chance on polling day, but voters should be wary.

  • Annika Smethurst
Black Caviar in 2013.

Faster than Black Caviar? It’s time for a timing change

An outdated tracking system which once clocked a horse running faster than Black Caviar has been replaced, with the new system to be launched across metro Melbourne.

  • Damien Ractliffe
Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett

Kennett to seek bloodless transition in return to state politics

Jeff Kennett will meet next week with Victorian Liberal Party president Robert Clark to discuss a friendly takeover of the party’s administration.

  • Chip Le Grand
Michael O’Brien easily wins a leadership challenge.

From such a small pool, it’s very hard for the Liberals to think big

When it comes to leadership, the Victorian Liberals have few decent options. And that’s because there are so few MPs.

  • Shaun Carney

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