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Shannon DeeryState Politics Editor

Shannon Deery is the Herald Sun’s state political editor. He joined the paper in 2007 and covered courts and crime before joining the politics team in 2020.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Alex Ryvchin, Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, left, mourns in front of the Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach on December 15, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. Police say at least 10 people, including one suspected gunman, were killed and more than a dozen others injured when two attackers opened fire near a Hanukkah celebration at the world-famous Bondi Beach, in what authorities have declared a terrorist incident. (Photo by George Chan/Getty Images)

Deery: Victoria’s dangerous habit of ignoring Jew hate must finally end

Victorian authorities have for too long turned a blind eye to anti-Semitism, dismissing hate on our streets as no more than heated protest. Bondi shows us the danger of this approach — we must crush Jew hate, not manage it.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, SEPTEMBER 11, 2025. Public school staff protest at the office of Glen Waverley MP John Mullahy over $2.4 billion school funding cuts. Australian Education Union (AEU) Victoria President Justin Mullaly. Picture: NewsWire / Josie Hayden

Nation’s ‘lowest-paid’ teachers set to walk off job as pay fight ramps up

Victorian teachers could go on strike just as students are set to return to classrooms in 2026 as negotiations stall over an escalating pay dispute.

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Hospital beds could be closed in union escalation.

Pay war explodes: 1 in 4 hospital beds could close in Victoria

The Allan government’s election campaign may be derailed by a pay dispute that could see one in four public hospital beds closed across the state as rooms are left filthy and surgeries like heart valve replacements delayed.

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Secret ministerial briefings hidden from MPs voting on the Treaty reveals that Indigenous Victorians will be able to seeksupercharged reparations through the contentious new body.

Secret $100m bombshell: Allan govt fought to hide Treaty payouts

The Allan government fought to keep ministerial briefings secret from MPs voting on a Treaty — originally prepared for former premier Dan Andrews — supercharging reparations to Indigenous Victorians.

Opinion

Opposition Leader Jess Wilson with HWU members at a rally at state parliament

Deery: This photo should scare the hell out of Jacinta Allan

The image of a smiling Jess Wilson surrounded by hundreds of paid up healthcare worker union members is proof low paid, largely female voters are turning their backs on the Premier.

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Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance paramedics stand out front of Treasury Place in Melbourne as they threaten to stand down in protest of working conditions.

Full ListVictoria

Which jobs will be hit as axe swings on public sector

As the Allan government pledges to save $1bn a year in a major overhaul of the public sector, the 29 government entities which will be abolished or merged have been revealed.

Opinion

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 20: Victorian Treasurer Jaclyn Symes delivers her budget speech in Victorian Parliament on May 20, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. Victoria's 2025Ã¢â¬â26 state budget was delivered today, with Treasurer Jaclyn Symes pledging there will be no new taxes introduced this year. The budget is expected to project a $600 million operating surplus, focus on easing cost-of-living pressures for families, and continue a more moderate approach to infrastructure spending amid ongoing efforts to stabilise state debt. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

Deery: The Allan government’s numbers just don’t add up

The festive, ribbon-tied public sector cut promises handed out by Jacinta Allan and Treasurer Jaclyn Symes on Thursday are equally as impressive as they are implausible.

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