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The MotoGP in Phillip Island in 2019.

Victoria set to lose Phillip Island Motorcycle Grand Prix

The MotoGP’s owners want to move the race to Albert Park, in inner Melbourne. If the state government does not cave, the race could end up in Adelaide.

  • Cameron Houston and Lachlan Abbott

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Trees burn in the Longwood bushfire

Allan facing bush revolt, One Nation challengers as farmers and fireys fume

One Nation recruit Barnaby Joyce is to meet with angry farmers and volunteer firefighters in the aftermath of Victoria’s bushfires.

  • Chip Le Grand, Rachel Eddie, Angus Delaney and Kieran Rooney

The angry moment that could define Jacinta Allan’s response to the fire disaster

If we think of voter grievance as fuel on the forest floor, there is a point in any long-term government where the build-up reaches combustive levels.

  • Chip Le Grand
Premier Jacinta Allan was heckled by angry locals before a press conference in Alexandra on Tuesday.

Jacinta Allan calls for calm as CFA says fireys ‘are hurting’

After being heckled by a community member and leaving through the back door, the premier says she accepts people are grieving and traumatised.

  • Rachel Eddie, Kieran Rooney and Isabel McMillan
The road at the edge of Longwood on Sunday.

‘That’s hazardous, without a shadow of a doubt’: Long grass beside the Hume Freeway before Longwood fire

Taller, dry grass was seen on the verge along the Hume near Longwood. Fire authorities said the conditions were so catastrophic it was unlikely to make any difference.

  • Rachel Eddie and Kieran Rooney
Max Hobson died in the Longwood bushfire at the weekend.

Cattle farmer identified as person who died in Longwood bushfire

Maxwell Hobson moved to regional Victoria after a long engineering career in Australia and South America. On Sunday, police found his remains on a scorched patch of road.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola and Isabel McMillan
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Australians think their local councils do better than state or federal governments - but also think they should be the first to go.

Australians love their councils – but still want to get rid of them

We rely on them for roads and rubbish collection – and a new poll shows people think councils are our best level of government.

  • Shane Wright
Wandong Fire Brigade night shift crew at the Longwood fire overnight.

‘There’s no chance of controlling this fire’: Homes destroyed as catastrophic conditions loom

Emergency warnings have been issued for towns east of Seymour and for a bushfire burning east of Wodonga in the state’s far north-east.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola, Liam Mannix and Angus Delaney
Premier Jacinta Allan announces the opening of the West Gate Tunnel project.

As new year unfolds, we will celebrate Victoria’s successes and speak plainly of its flaws

As we enter this election year, there is no shortage of intractable issues facing Victoria.

  • The Age's View
The premier-elect of Victoria Joan Kirner on August 9, 1990. Kirner was the first female premier of Victoria. In this photograph Kirner is on the phone and surrounded by congratulatory flowers.

Parallels between modern Victoria and the Cain-Kirner era hold lessons for Allan – and Wilson

History is full of patterns, and it’s easy to see the problems of our time in the issues of the 1980s and early 1990s.

  • Kieran Rooney

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