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James CampbellNational weekend political editor

James Campbell is national weekend political editor for Saturday and Sunday News Corporation newspapers and websites across Australia, including the Saturday and Sunday Herald Sun, the Saturday and Sunday Telegraph and the Saturday Courier Mail and Sunday Mail. He has previously been investigations editor, state politics editor and opinion editor of the Herald Sun and Sunday Herald Sun. Since starting on the Sunday Herald Sun in 2008 Campbell has twice been awarded the Grant Hattam Quill Award for investigative journalism by the Melbourne Press Club and in 2013 won the Walkley Award for Scoop of the Year.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 17: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews speaks to trhe media on June 17, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has requested the federal Australian Labor Party oversee all state and federal preselections for the next three years and suspend the voting rights of every member in the wake of branch stacking allegations in the Victorian state branch. Three Victorian MPs - Adem Somyurek, Robin Scott and Marlene Kairouz - have been sacked or resigned following a report by The Age and 60 Minutes into widespread branch stacking which was published on Sunday 14 June. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

Tensions rising in Labor over virus response

With authorities all but admitting Victoria is now in the midst of a second wave, tensions are rising inside the Labor Party, with some MPs concerned about how the coronavirus response is being handled.

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Sacked Labor MP’s explosive threat to Labor enemies

In his first interview since his sensational sacking two weeks ago, ex-Labor MP Adem Somyurek has dropped big hints he thinks a lot of people in his former party had a hand in the destruction of his political career — and he plans to expose them.

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Australian MP Daniel Andrews in Tiananmen Square, China, this month. Andrews says he believes all Victorian ministers should visit China. Photograph: @danielAndrewsMP/Twitter

MPs’ fear over Andrews’ China relations

Labor MPs in Victoria say they continue to “take on water” over the Andrews Government’s relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. Here’s what they have to say.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 14: A CFA Member works on controlled back burns along Putty Road. Crews are working hard to gain the upper hand after devastating fires tore through areas near Colo Heights. Bushfires from the Gospers Mountain bushfire continue to burn on November 14, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. An estimated million hectares of land has been burned by bushfire following catastrophic fire conditions - the highest possible level of bushfire danger. While conditions have eased, fire crews remain on high alert as dozens of bushfires continue to burn. A state of emergency was declared by NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Monday 11 November and is still in effect, giving emergency powers to Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons and prohibiting fires across the state. (Photo by Brett Hemmings/Getty Images)

Fireys’ union hard line tactics now clearer than ever

It’s not enough for the United Firefighters Union to win, their enemies have to lose and be made to feel it. And as we have seen for several years, if you give the UFU a finger, they’ll take the whole hand.

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What generous V/Line pay deal will cost taxpayers

Despite the state being in a coronavirus-induced recession, the good times continue to roll for public sector workers, with V/Line staff winning a costly new pay deal.

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What really went down in the Labor Party and why it matters

To understand where the Labor Party is going it helps to ignore the fine words coming from politicians like “reform” and “democracy” and understand how their power works and it’s all about not wanting to lose.

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Deputy Chair of Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security Anthony Byrne during a motion to establish a parliamentary inquiry into Crown Casino in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, July 30, 2019. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Inside Labor MP’s bid for control over members

Embattled Federal Labor MP Anthony Byrne boasted about the number of party members he had under his control and even sent a photo of a stack of envelopes on his desk ready to be mailed to Labor head office.

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Former Victorian Small Business Minister Adem Somyurek speaks at a media conference at Victorian parliament in Melbourne, Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Somyurek has resigned from the ministry following bullying allegations made by his former chief of staff. (AAP Image/Julian Smith) NO ARCHIVING

IBAC to join probe into Labor branch-stacking scandal

Victoria’s independent watchdog will join forces with the state’s Ombudsman to probe the conduct of sacked MP Adem Somyurek and others in the government’s branch-stacking scandal, while the axed Labor powerbroker has vowed to go after whoever secretly recorded him.

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Victorian State Parliament. Ministers arriving at the back door. Premier Dan Andrews speaking with the media at Parliament House. Picture : Ian Currie

Unions set to launch court bid against Andrews’ radical party plan

It can be revealed about 5300 of the Labor Party’s 16,000 Victorian memberships are paid in cash, including almost half in Premier Daniel Andrews’ Mulgrave seat. It come as Andrews’ plan to take over the Victorian Labor branch is set to face a court challenge.

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Stills from 60 Mins of Adem Somyurek in a meeting

Why MPs spooked by political hit on Somyurek

The secret recordings that toppled Labor warlord Adem Somyurek and ended three ministerial careers in Victoria have sent shockwaves through the Labor party. Now Labor MP Anthony Byrne, whose office was bugged, is offering full assistance to the investigation.

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