Largest cost is exempt from cuts
Business groups and economists have nominated Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop as the development that should be axed by the federal government as it attempts to control inflation.
Victoria Politics
State bill ensures killer will die in jail
Four months ago Daniel Andrews dismissed calls for a law naming Denyer, citing the possibility of legal challenges. Now the Allan government is introducing one.
IBAC’s Andrews probe hit by Christmas delay
Christmas fears spark further delays to IBAC’s longest running and most secret inquiry.
Is Dan Andrews teeing off on a golfing dream?
Scuttlebutt along Melbourne’s Collins St is former Victorian premier Dan Andrews, who jetted to the US, is angling for an executive gig at one of his favourite sports.
Beattie offers to educate Kennett on NRL’s supremacy over AFL
Peter Beattie has doubled down on claims that rugby league is the number one sport in Australia, and thrown a few jabs at ex-Victorian premier Jeff Kennett along the way.
Victorian Labor MP arrested over assault allegations
Will Fowles’ arrest relates to an investigation into sexual assault allegations which were first referred to Victoria Police by the office of then-premier Daniel Andrews.
Can BHP leader land in the Qantas chair?
Richard Goyder’s departure from Qantas next year has inevitably started tongues wagging about his likely successor and one name rising to the surface is the current BHP chairman.
Allan gets gold medal for denial
If there were a Commonwealth Games gold medal for hiding reality, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan would be on top of the podium.
Premier’s weak response ‘broke my heart’
The Victorian Premier verified her position after initially declining to label the violence as terrorism, drawing the ire of Jewish leaders.
Premier refuses to front Games committee
The premier has again declined to front an inquiry into the cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games despite new requests she appear.
Commonwealth Games’ crisis no secret
New Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan was told for many months that the Commonwealth Games budget was in crisis.
New bombshell in Comm Games axing
The conduct of the new Victorian Premier is under scrutiny after the first day of an inquiry into the Commonwealth Games fiasco.
Allan spruiked Games progress as costs spiralled: letter
Months before Jacinta Allan told parliament ‘tremendous progress’ was being made on delivering the Comm Games she was warned by the event’s chief of soaring costs in bombshell letter.
Games timeline exposes Allan
A new timeline will show that Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan stridently backed the 2026 Commonwealth Games bid about an hour before Daniel Andrews was warned not to bail it out.
Dan Andrews’ cheeky final post
Daniel Andrews has taken to Facebook for the final time, his post comes just a week after he resigned as Premier of Victoria.
New Airbnb tax unlikely to deter owners
With the likely adoption of a national tax on short-term accommodation income, the question is whether property owners will turn their backs on it.
Cost risk of Andrews’ political Games
Daniel Andrews’ election-year rush to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games has been linked by government event chiefs to driving ‘significant cost risks’ that sank the Games.
After ‘going berserk’, Dan’s the man for the job
Daniel Andrews has hinted at his next move. Brace yourselves. Great men such as he are ill suited to the quiet life — even with a modest $300K pension.
Allan battling crises on two fronts
Victoria’s new Premier Jacinta Allan has been engulfed by scandals over new Commonwealth Games blowout details and her bungling Treasurer.
Outrage over new land tax grab
Outrage has followed the Victorian government’s decision to slug some property owners with a shock new tax, while others are calling the move “smart”.
Aussies slugged with shock new tax
Just days after Dan Andrews stepped down, the new government has announced residents will be slugged with a shock new home tax.
June 14 revealed as D-day for Games
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has finally revealed when Daniel Andrews engaged lawyers to help the government cancel the 2026 Commonwewalth Games.
New Premier’s office blindsided by tax
Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas insists Jacinta Allan was aware of his plans to announce a new property tax, despite the new Premier’s office and the Assistant Treasurer being blindsided.
First look at Premier’s agenda
Close Andrews ally Harriet Shing will take carriage of the Allan government’s flagship housing policy.
Dan’s replacement shakes up cabinet
Victoria’s newest premier has unveiled her fresh cabinet days after her predecessor Daniel Andrews suddenly stood down.
Blowouts blowtorch on Allan ahead of reshuffle
New Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan is set to announce a reshuffle on Monday and will face renewed heat over her ministerial past.
Opportunity to move the nation forward from Dan
Albanese must resist lure of following Andrews’ authoritarian ways.
Andrews exits stage left but his influence lingers
Daniel Andrews was the puppet master whose bright red Labor convictions and policies bled through Australia, reshaping the way leaders govern – Anthony Albanese included.
Voluntary death and a trans Trojan horse: Andrews’ other wins
If the boffins in the Wuhan lab engineered Covid-19 to suit a particular kind of leader, Daniel Andrews would have been the one they had in mind.
Psychologist mayor the frontrunner for Dan’s old seat
Political strategists say that in the absence of the former Premier’s personal vote, the contest for Mulgrave could be close.
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