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Liberal Party
‘My biggest fans are gay people and trans people’: New secret recording aired in Deeming case
In audio played to the Federal Court, Opposition Leader John Pesutto is heard opening a meeting by saying: “We’ve got a huge problem.”
- by Rachel Eddie
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Investigations
Union official claims ‘Asmar gang’ created slush fund to influence Labor appointments
The damning claims about union secretary Diana Asmar and her close associates have been made by a senior union official.
- by Nick McKenzie
The unique soccer club that may not survive public housing tower knockdowns
The Fitzroy Lions Soccer Club allows nearly 300 public housing estate kids to play soccer for free. But with 44 towers earmarked for demolition, it’s feared the club won’t survive.
- by Hannah Hammoud
AFP says waving Hezbollah flag at protest not enough for arrest
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke threatened visa cancellations after a small group of Hezbollah flag-waving protesters gatecrashed a peaceful protest in Melbourne.
- by Roy Ward and Cassandra Morgan
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Education
Funding review ordered for Melbourne private school swimming in federal cash
The Commonwealth will review its funding of a top private school after The Age revealed the school was splashing $85 million on a new sports complex.
- by Noel Towell
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Metro Tunnel
Metro Tunnel blowout to cost taxpayers extra $840 million
Transport Infrastructure Minister Danny Pearson announced the state had reached a deal with the project’s builders to cover ballooning construction costs.
- by Patrick Hatch and Kieran Rooney
Damning IBAC report exposes influence of Peter Marshall and firefighters union
Marshall asked staff at the Metropolitan Fire Brigade to gather sensitive information for him, and the union exerted unprecedented influence over the running of the fire service, report finds.
- by Kieran Rooney
As it happened: Moira Deeming, John Pesutto defamation case: Opposition leader cross-examined for first day in Federal Court
Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto has started giving evidence in the defamation trial ousted MP Moira Deeming launched against him.
- by Rachel Eddie, Annika Smethurst and Broede Carmody
Private medical and police record searches would be free under FOI shake-up
A parliamentary committee has found Victoria’s freedom of information system is failing to live up to its purpose, with people sometimes waiting a year to access their own documents.
- by Broede Carmody and Rachael Dexter
After a year as premier, Jacinta Allan looks back – and forward
Jacinta Allan is still banking on Big Build projects to secure the state’s – and her party’s – future, despite the escalating debt.
- by Kieran Rooney, Annika Smethurst and Broede Carmody
Deeming didn’t want to assume saluting, black-clad men were Nazis
The ousted Liberal says she found it very difficult to believe there were “actual, real Nazis in Melbourne” and didn’t want to accuse them if she wasn’t sure.
- by Rachel Eddie
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