‘A bit of tension’: Treasurer quits parliament after 18 years as state bogged down in debt
Tim Pallas has stepped down after delivering his 10th budget, which left Victoria with a forecast net debt of $187.8 billion and gave Labor a hit in the polls.
- by Kieran Rooney, Annika Smethurst and Carla Jaeger
Latest
‘I’ve always been a team player’: Ben Carroll on the VCE exam crisis and what drives him
The deputy premier knows the government is under pressure, but insists they are doing what needs to be done to turn things around.
- by Annika Smethurst
Opinion
Political leadership
Bland and fake: Why the electorate has given up listening to politicians
Nobody should take tips from a politician, but after a decade spent watching them get more and more bland, I have some suggestions.
- by Annika Smethurst
Premier plays tour guide to give glimpse inside West Gate Tunnel
Vehicles can now travel the full length of the long-awaited alternative to the West Gate Bridge, but the opening date and the price motorists will have to pay remain unknown.
- by Annika Smethurst
Greens choose environmental engineer for Prahran byelection showdown
Angelica Di Camillo was originally picked to run in the now-abolished federal seat of Higgins. She will now run for the state seat following the resignation of Greens MP Sam Hibbins.
- by Kieran Rooney and Annika Smethurst
Opinion
ALP
Labor has given up on Prahran. It’s an astonishing act of political cowardice
Jacinta Allan has ruled out running a byelection candidate in Prahran, where it has regularly won 25 to 30 per cent of the vote.
- by Annika Smethurst
Exclusive
Victorian budget
‘Strain’ at the top as Victoria looks for ways to improve battered budget
Sources say budget repair has increasingly become a point of contention among key figures in the Allan government, which has considered new fees and offloading Melbourne’s wholesale fruit and vegetable market to reduce state debt.
- by Annika Smethurst and Kieran Rooney
Ex-Green quits parliament, claims Spring Street office hit with ‘offensive graffiti’
Sam Hibbins, who quit the Greens three weeks ago after admitting he had an affair with a staff member, said he would resign as the member for Prahran.
- by Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
State’s financial watchdog slams ‘reactive’ budget with no long-term plan
The auditor-general has warned that prolonged operating losses and cash deficits are not financially sustainable following a review of the state’s reports for the past financial year.
- by Kieran Rooney and Annika Smethurst
Opinion
Public transport
Two inconvenient truths plague the Suburban Rail Loop, and Victoria’s leaders
The political fight over the SRL is heating up as Jacinta Allan and John Pesutto try to find a politically advantageous way through the divisive project.
- by Annika Smethurst
Exclusive
Greens
A scrapped preselection and resignations: Greens in ‘severe’ turmoil in Melbourne’s north-east
The Victorian Greens are without a candidate for the federal seat of Jagajaga, just months out from the federal election, as an internal rift deepens.
- by Annika Smethurst and Broede Carmody
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