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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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Michael Danby .The Jewish Torah was signed in Parliament House in Canberra. Josh Frydenberg with Matt Canavan, Mark Dreyfus, Michael Danby and Richard Miles and a large jewish contingent celebrated the signing of the Torah in Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Gary Ramage

Labor courts Jewish vote

Federal Labor has pledged $5m for a study into moving the main campus of a prestigious Melbourne Jewish school.

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Stills from NINE NEWS of a fire burning near Ballarat at Bunkers Hill

Grassfire blast leaves trail of destruction

Terrifying footage of an out-of-control grassfire in Victoria shows an exploding fireball.

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Politics

Melbourne City Council meeting. Lord Mayor, Cr Robert Doyle to answer questions about credit card use. Cr Rohan Leppert. Picture: Jay Town

Greens urge scrutiny of candidates

A review of the Victorian Greens’ poor election performance has recommended an overhaul of recruitment processes.

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National Affairs

22/03/2019 Opposition leader Bill Shorten with Labor candidate for Higgins Fiona McLeod in a Malvern park.picture : David Geraghty / The Australian.

Labor’s new face for Higgins

Labor’s new candidate for Melbourne’s blue-ribbon Liberal seat of Higgins joined the party just six days ago.

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State Politics

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 02: Bernie Finn MP speaks on November 2, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. Victoria's lower house passed the historic voluntary euthanasia laws on Friday 20 October after 26 hours of debate. Victoria will be the first state in Australia to offer an assisted dying regime if the legislation is passed by the upper house. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images)

‘Petty’ stand over Lord’s Prayer

Victorian Liberal MP Bernie Finn has been accused of “pettiness” for refusing to stand for an indigenous acknowledgment.

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State Politics

Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas delivers the policy costings for the Labor party at the Park Hyatt in Melbourne, Thursday, November 22, 2018. Victorians go to the polls on Saturday. (AAP Image/Julian Smith) NO ARCHIVING

‘This is conflict of interest 101’

The Victorian Treasurer faces calls to resign over revelations he has shares in a company that stands to make $37bn in extra tolls.

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Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas speaks to the media during a press conference in Melbourne, Monday, November 5, 2018. (AAP Image/Alex Murray) NO ARCHIVING

Treasurer holds toll firm shares

Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas holds shares in the transport infrastructure company that stands to make $37.3bn in extra tolls from motorists.

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State Politics

This apartment block at 270 Centre Rd, Bentleigh has been deemed to have dangerous cladding. PICTURE : PENNY STEPHENS. 14TH MARCH 2019

Cladding list ‘a risk to security’

Andrews government warns against releasing a list of flammable buildings, despite publishing a list of affected hospitals.

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State Politics

Lord’s Prayer set for axe

Victorian parliament is considering breaking with a century of tradition to say “amen” to the Lord’s Prayer.

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State Politics

New laws that would extend CityLink tolls for a decade to help pay for the $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel are set to be introduced to State Parliament this week. Peak hour congestion on the Westgate Freeway city bound. Picture: David Caird

‘Grand Theft Auto’ revealed

Transurban will reap $37bn after investing just $4bn to build the Andrews government’s West Gate Tunnel, new analysis shows.

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