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Matt JohnstonMajor Projects Editor

Matt Johnston is major projects editor at the Herald Sun. He is a former state political editor who has covered local, state and federal politics since 2008. He is a three-time Quill award winner and a Walkley Awards finalist.

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Opinion

Hazelwood fallout a worry for Alcoa

WITH the closure of Hazelwood and the likelihood of higher power prices, concern is rising for Alcoa’s Portland smelter and its workers, writes Matt Johnston.

VIC News

Jane Garrett is a candidate for the ALP national presidency.

Outpouring of support for MP Jane Garrett

UPDATE: COMMUNITY leaders and colleagues led an outpouring of support for Jane Garrett after the Labor MP revealed she is fighting breast cancer.

VIC News

Ex worker outside Hazlewood Power plant.Dave Swainsbury l.Picture:Rob Leeson.

‘Another kick in the guts for the Valley’

LATEST: CLOSE to 500 workers in the Latrobe Valley are set to be out of a job after the announcement that the Hazelwood power station will shut down forever in March.

Spring Racing Carnival

Spring Carnival Oaks Day preview photo. Oaks favourite Yankee Rose trained by David Vandyke with actress Zoe Ventoura at the Chiquita Lodge Flemington. Picture: David Caird

Sun to shine on Oaks Day thrills and frills

FASHION and fillies take centre stage as up to 65,000 people flock to Flemington for the penultimate day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. And Metro is assuring extra services will be run to get punters to Flemington.

VIC News

Announcement about Bosch driverless car in Melbourne. Sensors are seen in the bumper. Picture: Mark Stewart

Our driverless car laws lagging

LAWS allowing for driverless cars on our roads should be introduced in Victoria given the pace at which the technology is developing, according to the RACV.

VIC News

(FILES) This file photo taken on April 20, 2016 shows a marijuana plant and its buds at Alternative Solutions, local medical marijuana producer in Washington, DC. Voters in the US state of Florida appear overwhelmingly inclined to legalize medical marijuana in a referendum November 8, a new poll out October 11, 2016 shows. Some 77 percent of likely voters in the southeastern state have said they will cast ballots in favor of Amendment 2 -- which would change the state's constitution to legalize cannabis for medicinal use -- according to the survey conducted by the Public Opinion Research Laboratory (PORL) at the University of North Florida. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski

Cannabis could be cash bonanza for Victoria

GLOBAL drug and research giants are eyeing Victoria to grow cannabis crops on the back of federal laws allowing for medicinal marijuana products to be developed.

Opinion

How Dan really can end dogs saga

DANIEL Andrews claimed that Steve Herbert repaying taxpayer money spent chauffeuring his dogs between homes was the end of the matter. But there’s only one way he can bring the matter to an end.

VIC News

‘I’m amazed he is still there’: PM on dog MP

UPDATE: MALCOLM Turnbull can’t believe the Victorian minister who used a taxpayer-funded chauffeur for his dogs still has a job, with more state government embarrassment as the story goes global.

VIC News

Payne and Weir defend beach rights for horses

MELBOURNE CUP-winning jockey Michelle Payne and top trainer Darren Weir could be forced to quit Warrnambool if racehorses are banned from working on beaches.

VIC News

Looking EAST Traffic. Calder Closed Into Peak Hour, shot from Bulla rd near Essendon DFO. Picture: Jason Edwards

Would you pay $5 to drive into the city?

A RADICAL scheme of proposed road tolls and charges that could include slugging motorists $5 to enter the Melbourne CBD has been rejected by Daniel Andrews.

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