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Opposition Leader John Pesutto, leader in the upper house Georgie Crozier and deputy leader David Southwick.

Pesutto says he’s staying as rebels squabble over a replacement

Many in the Victorian Liberal Party want John Pesutto to go. If only they could decide who they want to replace him.

  • Kieran Rooney, Chip Le Grand and Rachel Eddie

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Smile Squad worker Jacqui Pistone is among the dental and oral health therapists, mostly women, seeking a pay rise from the Victorian government.

Frown force: Schoolchildren the secret weapon in dental workers’ better pay push

Dental therapists say they’ve been left with no choice but to get their small patients to ‘dob the government in’ to mum and dad as part of an industrial campaign.

  • Broede Carmody

Deeming v Pesutto: Here’s what we now know about key state Liberals

There were covert recordings, private emails, text messages and colour-coded spreadsheets, but we learned plenty more in court about the key figures in the defamation case that ousted Liberal Moira Deeming brought against Opposition Leader John Pesutto.

  • Rachel Eddie
Moira Deeming arriving at court on Thursday.

‘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.”

  • Rachel Eddie
Balmoral Bush Nursing Centre president Tom Silcock.

‘Scorched earth’: What the state’s health funding squeeze means for rural health

Health outcomes for people in regional areas are already poorer than the city. Here’s why they may get much worse.

  • Benjamin Preiss
Northern Hospital in Epping.

‘No one wants to be sharing this message’: Major hospitals confirm budget squeeze

Two of Victoria’s largest health services have imposed hiring freezes in response to government demands for huge savings, causing stress for health workers.

  • Jewel Topsfield and Henrietta Cook
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Anti-amalgamation signs near Mansfield.

‘Hands off our hospital’: Victorian towns fighting to keep health services

Victoria’s auditor-general has been asked to investigate the true financial state of the health system as the government prepares for amalgamations.

  • Annika Smethurst
Victoria announced a major “catch-up” plan after the elective surgery waitlist soared during the pandemic.

Ambitious surgery goal ‘unlikely’ as Victoria considers reform

Victoria is facing a massive challenge to deliver its COVID catch-up plan as documents show the state is yet to hit the 20,000 monthly elective surgeries needed.

  • Kieran Rooney
The latest health performance data shows a record number of Victorians presented to an emergency department over the past year.

‘Crumbling system’: More sick Victorians endure 24-hour waits in emergency

The latest health performance data shows a rise in the number of people languishing in emergency departments as they wait for a bed.

  • Henrietta Cook
Greens leader Samantha Ratnam (right) is yet to confirm the party’s position on the opposition’s motion to establish a parliamentary inquiry into the cancellation of the Commonwealth Games.

Commonwealth Games inquiry bid sparks argy-bargy over government scrutiny

The Greens are making a bid to reduce Labor’s control of parliamentary committees amid negotiations over a possible inquiry into the scrapping of the Games.

  • Rachel Eddie and Broede Carmody

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