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Lindsay Fox poses for a selfie with Mark Vincent during Fox’s birthday party.

Tartan party! Lindsay Fox throws another men-only birthday bash

The billionaire trucking magnate rented out Crown Resorts’ flagship restaurant for his birthday shindig, where tartan, kilts and whisky flowed freely.

  • Stephen Brook

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How people power, John Clarke and Julian Assange saved Fitzroy Pool

Thirty years ago, a Herculean community effort led by an unlikely band of campaigners stopped the site from being turned into a block of flats.

  • Rachael Dexter
Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett has apologised for calling a woman a “bitch” at a Young Liberal event.

Jeff Kennett apologises for derogatory jibe at woman

The former Liberal premier has apologised for a sexist remark directed towards a woman at a Young Liberal function at the weekend.

  • Benjamin Preiss
John Pesutto, Moira Deeming and Jeff Kennett

Jeff Kennett receives legal warning from Moira Deeming

The former Liberal premier confirmed a letter he received appeared to argue he had made comments that discouraged witnesses in the defamation trial ousted MP Moira Deeming launched against John Pesutto.

  • Rachel Eddie and Kieran Rooney
Opposition Leader John Pesutto and wife Betty arriving at the Federal Court on Wednesday.

‘A very unusual situation’: Pesutto shared defamation settlement efforts with Kennett

Opposition Leader John Pesutto also conceded he’d drafted a statement on a possible resignation for Moira Deeming hours before she was brought in to explain her actions to the leadership team.

  • Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
John Howard favours a ban on gambling ads.

‘It’s too much’: Howard urges tobacco-like ban on gambling ads

The former prime minister and sports fan says the spread of gambling and the social harm from it is a serious issue for our country.

  • Paul Sakkal
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‘That’s just Alastair’: Jeff Kennett’s candid assessment of ‘firecracker’ coach Clarkson

The former Victorian premier and ex-Hawthorn president weighs in on the controversy the Hawks can’t shake. Plus, an Aussie surprise at Comic-con in San Diego.

  • Mathew Dunckley and Michael Idato
Victorian parliament dress code

Crocs in the chamber? Politicians test boundaries of parliamentary dress code

Some state MPs are ditching their collared shirts, voting in their activewear and even wearing Crocs. But certain limits remain.

  • Broede Carmody
Composite image of Victorian Liberals Kim Wells, Moira Deeming and John Pesutto.

Liberal MP says former premiers are dividing the party by helping Pesutto

Former Victorian treasurer Kim Wells says the three former Liberal premiers who donated to John Pesutto’s legal fund are “taking a side”.

  • Kieran Rooney
Despite several attempts at mediation, Deeming and Pesutto have not resolved their differences.

‘Looks like intimidation’: Moira Deeming hits back over Pesutto legal fund

The former Liberal backbencher has questioned the wisdom of three former Liberal Victorian premiers donating to Opposition Leader John Pesutto’s legal defence.

  • Bianca Hall and Kieran Rooney

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