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Alex WhiteState politics reporter

Alex White is an award winning member of the state rounds team reporting on daily political stories as well as long-term investigative projects. Before the Victorian Parliament she was based in Melbourne as the state security reporter and has accumulated a decade of journalistic experience at News Corp papers.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 5 2025Beach goers and locals attend a rally at Inverloch Surf Life Saving Club where sand is rapidly eroding from the beach (they've apparently lost about 70m of beach already). The state government was supposed to release a report late last year determining their plans for the beach, but held it (expected to drop in January now). the government is seriously considering letting the surf beach and the facility just be washed away instead of intervening. Picture: Brendan Beckett

Anger at state government as erosion puts surf club at risk

Hundreds of people have rallied at the Inverloch Surf Life Saving Club to call on the Allan government to “act now” after years of planning and consultation.

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Co founder of KAIJU! Beer Brewery Callum Reeves. Picture: Tony Gough

Why Victorians will soon be hit with even higher alcohol prices

Victorians are being warned to brace for one of the biggest alcohol price rises in years as the cash-for-container scheme fee increase and the higher alcohol excise hit at the same time.

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East Gippsland fires Mallacoota township. Destroyed homes in the township. Jessica Tregellas aged 12 and her sister Emily aged 15 walk their dog amongst burning NBN cable rolls. Picture: David Caird

Promised rebuilds not delivered five years on from Black Summer fires

Residents in the bushfire-hit towns of Mallacoota and Marlo are pleading with the Allan government to get moving on promised construction work still not delivered since the devastating fires of 2019-20.

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First baby born at 12:16am at Joan Kirner Women's and Children's Hospital. New mum Ngan Bui with baby daughter Hannah Nguyen born 12.16am weighing 4.5kg. Picture: David Caird

Victoria’s first babies of 2025 mark the start of a new generation

Baby Hannah, who was born at 12.16am at Joan Kirner’s Women and Children’s Hospital, is potentially Victoria’s first Generation Beta baby – and her proud parents couldn’t be more delighted.

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New laws that would extend CityLink tolls for a decade to help pay for the $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel are set to be introduced to State Parliament this week. Peak hour congestion on the Westgate Freeway city bound. Picture: David Caird

All the price rises looming for Victorians from January 1

Victorian households are about to be slugged with more hip-pocket pain, including price rises for transport, inner-city parking, short-stay acommodation and more. See what will cost more in 2025.

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2025 New Years Eve fireworks From Southbank looking over the Melbourne CBD. Picture: Jason Edwards

Let’s thrive in 2025: Victoria cleans up after massive New Year’s Eve celebrations

The morning-after clean-up has been carried out after hundreds of thousands of revellers partied in Melbourne to celebrate New Year’s Eve, although festivities were marred by two stabbings on the Mornington Peninsula and close to 300 incidents of illegal fireworks.

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