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Police finalise probe into CFMEU, clear Setka over Big Build site visits
Victoria Police says it has looked into 20 allegations of criminal activity within the CFMEU, with one investigation under way, a man charged and another assessment ongoing.
- by Kieran Rooney, Rachel Eddie and Nick McKenzie
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Union movement splinters as Setka faces police probe over site visits
A large union has vowed to quit the ACTU as the CFMEU crisis exposes rifts over the treatment of the embattled union.
- by Kieran Rooney, Olivia Ireland and Rachel Eddie
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Victorian Parliament
Moira Deeming declares debt to developer previously found to have evaded donation laws
Deeming and Opposition Leader John Pesutto have each declared personal donations from supporters to help bankroll their costly defamation trial, due to begin this month.
- by Rachel Eddie
Glasgow Commonwealth Games would cost tiny fraction of Victoria’s
Commonwealth Games Scotland says it has an “innovative, cost-effective” proposal that would be almost entirely funded through Victoria’s compensation payout.
- by Rachel Eddie
‘A bit of a scare’: New Muslim group to pressure Labor in a dozen Victorian seats
Muslim Votes Matter, which will not field candidates and says it is independent, is hoping for a hung parliament at the next federal election.
- by Rachel Eddie
Latest Metro Tunnel blowout just part of mega-projects, says Allan
Premier Jacinta Allan says cost escalations on the Metro Tunnel are akin to those on other huge construction projects in Australia.
- by Clay Lucas and Rachel Eddie
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Planning
Primary places of residence exempt from Victoria’s Airbnb levy
The Allan government will also give owners corporations stronger powers to limit or ban short-stay accommodation after negotiations with the crossbench.
- by Broede Carmody and Rachel Eddie
‘Attack on one is an attack on all’: Building unions to walk off job
Tens of thousands of construction workers will walk off the job on Tuesday to protest against the Commonwealth’s takeover of the construction union.
- by Rachel Eddie
Melbourne’s $14b Metro Tunnel quietly doubles travel times between stations
Trains between new Parkville and Arden stations will take more than twice as long as promised, reaching up to five minutes.
- by Rachel Eddie
The Melbourne streets earmarked for high-rises under high-density plan
Residents will lose the power to appeal residential developments within 10 activity centres that are designed to fit an extra 60,000 apartments by 2051.
- by Rachel Eddie and Kieran Rooney
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Ambulance Victoria
Ambulance Victoria chief executive resigns amid industrial dispute
Paramedics recently passed a vote of no-confidence in the troubled emergency service’s leadership.
- by Jewel Topsfield, Lachlan Abbott and Rachel Eddie
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