Senior police have fired a major shot in the ongoing war with force command with members set to vote on a no confidence motion against Shane Patton, who is set to be handed a second term as chief commissioner.
The Prahran and Werribee by-elections this Super Saturday are so critical to both Jacinta Allan and Opposition Leader Brad Battin, but it is Allan who is in the most immediate danger.
Melbourne is set to make sporting history yet again, with a team of NBA superstars to play on Australian soil for the first time.
A deal to settle Victoria Police’s long-running pay dispute is in doubt with the workplace umpire called in to resolve a new clash.
A push to overhaul Victoria’s hate speech laws is under a cloud as the Allan government delays a debate on the new bill amid growing concern it lacks the numbers to pass it through parliament.
Premier Jacinta Allan has ordered a major review of bail laws as she concedes more must be done to tackle Victoria’s youth crime crisis.
The family of a Doncaster doctor allegedly murdered by teens in a botched home invasion says Jacinta Allan has refused to speak with them as the Premier dodged questions on why bail reforms have not gone further.
A leading credit agency has revealed Victoria risks a credit downgrade if rising operating costs and spending blowouts are not addressed raising fears about the state’s revenue.
It’s taken diabolical polling on the eve of a critical by-election to force Jacinta Allan to concede that more must be done about the state’s worsening crime crisis.
The Werribee by-election will be telling in many ways and could signal what’s to come at next year’s general election.
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