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Rachel BaxendaleVictorian Political Reporter

Rachel Baxendale writes on state and federal politics from The Australian’s Melbourne and Victorian press gallery bureaux. During her time working for the paper in the Canberra press gallery she covered the 2016 federal election, the citizenship saga, Barnaby Joyce’s resignation as Deputy Prime Minister and the 2018 Liberal leadership spill which saw Scott Morrison replace Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister. Rachel grew up in regional Victoria and began her career in The Australian’s Melbourne bureau in 2012.

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Daniel Andrews at the official opening of $5.5 million Highton Child and Family Centre. Jointly-funded by council and State. Picture: Alan Barber

Warning on energy offer

Daniel Andrews won’t guarantee lower prices under his government’s default energy market offer.

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14/04/2019 Chisholm Liberal candidate Gladys Liu delivers speeches and answer questions from Chinese voters at a function in Glen Waverley.picture : David Geraghty / The Australian.

Lib candidate blames nerves for ‘error’

Gladys Liu claimed she was an AFL multicultural ambassador during two public debates.

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16/04/2019 Julia Banks speaks to voters in the electorate of Flinders at the Dromana Community Hall.picture : David Geraghty / The Australian.

Banks campaign hits hurdle

The Liberal-turned-independent candidate has been forced to pulp her how-to-vote cards.

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Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas is seen during a press conference held with Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, Labor Member for Bundoora Colin Brooks, Labor Member for Ivanhoe Anthony Carbines and Labor Member for Eltham Vicki Ward beside the Metropolitan Ring Rd (M80) in Greensborough in Melbourne, Monday, November 26, 2018. Builders for Victoria's $16 billion North East Link toll road are being sought as the first order of business for the re-elected Andrews Labor government. (AAP Image/ Stefan Postles) NO ARCHIVING

Pallas hints at new taxes

Treasurer Tim Pallas has refused to rule out new taxes in his state budget, which was due to be handed down today.

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John Tiger Casley, independant for Goldstein.

ALP hate club preferences pulped

Labor has pulped how-to-vote cards following revelations it preferenced a candidate who runs a fan club for an anti-Semitic lecturer.

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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews (left) speaks to the media while State Transport Minister Jacinta Allan watches on during a rail announcement at Dandenong Train station in Melbourne, Monday, November 5, 2018. (AAP Image/Valeriu Campan) NO ARCHIVING

Vic carparks ‘for Lib seats’

Twenty-four of the Coalition’s 28 proposed Melbourne train station carparks are in Liberal held seats.

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21/5/18 Former One Nation senator Rod Culleton (left) leaves the financial services royal commission in Melbourne. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Section 44 ‘still a problem’

Successful nomination of two undischarged bankrupts highlights the AEC’s inability to ensure compliance with Section 44.

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Chetnik Serb Nationalists are surrounded by police in Melbourne on 25th April 2019, claiming that they were prevented from marching because of alleged links to the Christchurch shootings.

Anzac ban irks marchers

Melbourne’s Serbian community is upset after police prevented descendants marching on Anzac Day.

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Queensland senator Fraser Anning addresses the media during a press conference at the The Picnic Bay Surf Life Saving Club, Townsville, Thursday, April 18, 2019. Fraser Anning has announced Fraser Anning?s Conservative National Party?s Queensland Senate Candidates for the upcoming election. (AAP Image/Michael Chambers) NO ARCHIVING

Bankruptcy ‘illegal’: candidate

Fraser Anning’s candidate for the seat of Bendigo says she has been “illegally declared bankrupt”.

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Anning candidate ineligible

Anti-mosque campaigner Julie Hoskin is ineligible for the federal election.

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