Ex-premier Jeff Kennett has clashed with former political adversary Steve Bracks over mounting state debt in an interview for a new Herald Sun podcast series, Face Off, and says infrastructure project blowouts could offer “ingredients” for a 2022 state election.
Liberal and Labor giants Jeff Kennett and Steve Bracks have united on the 20th anniversary of the election battle which ended Mr Kennett’s run as Victorian premier, and the pair has warned some dangers loom for Australia. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
Embattled Liberal MP Gladys Liu promised she would write references for foreign students — which could lead to permanent residency — in return for volunteering on her campaign at this year’s federal election.
More than 120,000 Victorian households are on track to save between $310 and $430 a year on their power bills under government changes to pricing rules introduced in July.
Embattled Liberal MP Gladys Liu has failed to declare almost $40,000 in a donation to the Liberal Party’s Victorian division — and it could be a major breach of disclosure laws.
The Liberal party was warned of security concerns posed by Gladys Liu’s Chinese Communist Party links prior to her preselection, senior MPs say.
Melbourne Liberal MP Gladys Liu has refused to call China’s actions in the South China Sea “theft” and repeatedly claimed in a gaffe-prone interview she couldn’t remember being a member of organisations linked to the Chinese Communist Party.
Labor MP Cesar Melhem is set to avoid court, despite being subject to a four-year investigation and admitting to breaching union membership laws while state secretary of the Australian Workers’ Union.
Welfare recipients blamed their drinking or drug taking for failing to look for work or attend appointments more than 5000 times over the past year.
Draft legislation on religious freedom has been released by the Morrison Government allowing employees who work for big business to have their right to express religious views protected unless their employers can show it will cost them money.
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