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.
Labor angst at the Coalition’s recovery in the polls should be tempered by the knowledge that the weight of lead in Peter Dutton’s saddlebags continues to grow.
A drover’s dog could probably win the next Victorian state election, but I’m not sure about John Pesutto.
John Pesutto launched a Hail Mary bid to save his leadership on Sunday – but it’s too late.
Hard-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.
Masks, balaclavas, ropes, chains, locks and even glue would all be banned from public demonstrations in one state as part of an astonishing crackdown.
After 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’.
Victorian 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.
The Victorian Premier met with community leaders inside Melbourne’s Adass Israel Synagogue and was shown the destruction from its firebombing.
Visy 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.
Jacinta 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.
Mike Burgess said on Monday that politically motivated violence is now a ‘principal security concern’, as the national terrorism threat level ‘remains at probable’.
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan will consider a ban on protests at places of worship, after Josh Frydenberg blasted her for failing to attend a vigil on Sunday and called for the introduction of a permit system.
Given Tim Pallas’s failure to manage a secretive investment slush fund operated by his office, his inability to pay down Victoria’s soaring debt and fix problems that have made the state the worst place in the nation to do business is no surprise.
The state’s dismal budget performance and anti-competitive policies have put Australia’s second biggest jurisdiction behind the pack, according to a new report.
The eventual cost of budget repair will be long-lasting and painful.
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan says if a young person has a pill in their hands at a musical festival ‘they’re intending to use it’.
No plan and no idea — ten years of Labor adds up to a budget nightmare for Victorians.
Five Victorian Premier cricketers, including impressive Melbourne recruit Farzan Chowna, are ready to take on the world’s best in a new T20 tournament in Guyana.
Police, the Victorian Premier and business have slammed the pro-Palestinian group that forced Myer to cancel its Christmas windows opening event.
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