Senior Victorian Liberal David Southwick says there are valuable lessons from Saturday’s results and he says the party has to step up its game if it wants to win the 2026 state election.
Liberal MP Tim Wilson has defeated teal Zoe Daniel in the seat of Goldstein as more than half a dozen Victorian seats remain too close to call. See the latest results here.
The state’s top health adviser has warned poisonous mushrooms are now in season and urged Victorians to be extremely cautious when foraging this autumn; as the mushroom murder trial continues in the state’s east.
A mum whose newborn died says she was denied a c-section for hours, recounting the horrifying moment she screamed for help in a Victorian hospital.
Victorian farmers have banded together to map out 600,000ha of land where solar fields, wind farms and battery storage are not welcome in a bid to halt a controversial government project.
Victoria will fire up its seldom used desalination plant for the first time in three years as Melbourne’s water storages drop more than 10 per cent below over the past year.
Ratepayers will need to be stung with higher levies by councils or have their services slashed as a growing number of local governments face financial woes, a worrying new report reveals.
The Allan government leads the country in taxing its residents and clocking up the highest debts of any state, new analysis finds.
The housing crisis does not appear to be impacting Victorian MPs, with parliament full of homeowners, landlords, and even property moguls, prompting experts to warn that a deepening class divide could alienate voters.
A peak Victorian farming body has warned “an outrageous new tax” on the state’s food producers will inevitably be passed on to struggling Victorian families, making fruit, vegies and meat even more expensive at the checkout.
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