‘frank and fearless’NationVictorian Premier Jacinta Allan has been engulfed in a worsening crisis over her management of police command, after an ousted deputy police commissioner filed a complaint against her to the state’s anti-corruption agency.
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Much of the campaign against golf is driven by the idea it is an elite sport – yet it is not the elite private clubs that are being targeted, because they own their own land. What a tragedy if it became a sport only for the rich.
LAST POSTLettersI enjoyed the thought-provoking article by Henry Ergas on Donald Trump’s hubris. I read a chunk to my dear wife, only to learn that she thought I was talking about Daniel Andrews. Fellow Victorians will understand.
CricketYoung fast bowler Luke Destito did not bowl a ball last season. Now he’s making up for time lost to injury, taking wickets at a head-turning rate for St Kilda in Victorian Premier Cricket.
EXCLUSIVEPoliticsAnthony Albanese’s top immigration official Emma Cassar, who ran Daniel Andrews’ quarantine system, has quietly departed the Home Affairs department weeks out from the election.
Media DiaryMediaAfter conceding he picks up the prime ministerial pooch’s poo, the PM then arked up after being pushed by Melbourne broadcaster Neil Mitchell on his continuing closeness to ex-Victorian premier Daniel Andrews.
chief commissioner’s exitPoliticsVictorian Premier Jacinta Allan has defended Police Minister Anthony Carbines as the opposition calls for him to be sacked.
UPDATEDNewsWireVictorian Premier Jacinta Allan said a crushing vote of no confidence in the state’s top cop “could not be ignored”, following Shane Patton’s resignation on Sunday night.
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CricketRichmond top-order player Jonathan D’Rozario credits his defence with his rapid rise up the Victorian Premier Cricket run charts this season. He’s hit three centuries and is hungry for more.
Werribee backlashPoliticsJacinta Allan says Labor’s Werribee by-election wreck was made worse by global cost of living crisis.
Damon Johnston and Lily McCaffrey Politics NowPoliticsThe Victorian Liberals have claimed victory in the inner-suburban seat of Prahran over the Greens, but a source tells The Australian they fear they haven’t done enough to take Werribee from Labor.
Lily McCaffrey and Damon Johnston EXCLUSIVEPoliticsA company linked to a deregistered international student kingpin scored a quick $22m profit in a land deal that has left elderly hobby farmers feeling they were paid ‘relative peanuts’ for the site.
By-electionPoliticsJust days out from a crucial by-election, and with polls looking dicey, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has ordered a review of the state’s bail laws.
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Politics NowPoliticsFive current and former mayors have urged Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan to permanently boost the police presence in Glen Eira, saying a long-term solution is needed to ensure the community’s safety after a spate of anti-Semitic attacks.
EXCLUSIVEPoliticsAnthony Albanese was the star attraction at a private dinner in a Melbourne mansion at which he sat next to a wealthy foreign student kingpin whose international college has been deregistered after federal investigators uncovered ‘significant noncompliance’.
CricketA change of clubs and a new, aggressive approach have taken Shobit Singh to the top of the Victorian Premier Cricket run charts this season. Now he’s been selected for the state Second XI.
’hurt on both sides’NationVictorian Premier Jacinta Allan has been praised by Jewish groups for her ‘leadership’ after urging an end to pro-Palestinian protests nationwide.
Politics NowNationVictorian Premier Jacinta Allan has called for an end to pro-Palestinian protests across the nation, saying if ‘the guns can be silenced in Gaza’, the disruption to local streets can also stop.
exclusiveDefenceJeff Kennett says the Shrine of Remembrance’s new commercial deal with catering and events company Peter Rowland Group is ‘totally inappropriate’.
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POLITICSNationMoira Deeming has missed out on a spot in the Victorian Liberal Party shadow cabinet but newly elected leader Brad Battin says she will play an important role in the party’s campaign for the seat of Werribee.
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social media attackPoliticsJacinta Allan says she is ‘sure’ the Victorian ALP will be reviewing its processes to ensure a social media attack on Peter and Kirilly Dutton ‘doesn’t happen again’.
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Scared for his own leadership, John Pesutto now wants Moira Deeming back in the party room. His calling for another meeting to enable that vote smacks of putrid desperation. He must be bereft of principles.
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AnalysisJohn Pesutto launched a Hail Mary bid to save his leadership on Sunday – but it’s too late.
‘extreme and radical’NationHard-line activists will be banned from hiding their face under law reforms announced by Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan, a move that was criticised by one leading Palestinian group.
UPDATEDNewsWireMasks, balaclavas, ropes, chains, locks and even glue would all be banned from public demonstrations in one state as part of an astonishing crackdown.
Politics NowNationAfter Victoria’s longest serving Treasurer Tim Pallas announced he was quitting politics, Opposition Leader John Pesutto said his legacy would be one of ‘enormous debt that Victorians in the present … and future generations will be saddled with’.
John Ferguson and staff writers ’ignored warnings’NationVictorian Premier Jacinta Allan is set to introduce a suite of reforms aimed at fighting ‘evil’ anti-Semitism sweeping the state, as the opposition slams Labor for acting too late.
EXCLUSIVENationThe Victorian Premier met with community leaders inside Melbourne’s Adass Israel Synagogue and was shown the destruction from its firebombing.
VictoriaPoliticsVisy chair Anthony Pratt, Herald & Weekly Times chair Penny Fowler and AFL CEO Andrew Dillon will form part of the newly established Victorian Premier’s Business Council.
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Melbourne terrorist attackPoliticsJacinta Allan has defended her failure to attend a vigil at the firebombed Adass Israel synagogue on Sunday, saying she had visited the sight of the attack on Friday in the hours after the incident.