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Renewables
State’s wind-power plans rocked as key hub quietly delayed by two years
The delay to the offshore hub at the Port of Hastings could force turbines to be assembled interstate and puts Victoria at risk of missing legislated targets to replace coal-fired power.
- by Kieran Rooney and Bianca Hall
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Building Bad
Fatima Payman to speak at event supporting scandal-plagued CFMEU
Former Labor senator Fatima Payman has joined forces with CFMEU rebels fighting the union being put into administration, prompting the government to demand she rule out taking money from embattled construction figures.
- by Paul Sakkal and Kieran Rooney
Call to pull federal funding from Suburban Rail Loop has Liberals in a twist
Victorian Coalition MPs fear they have been hung out to dry after their federal colleagues called for the $35 billion project to be axed.
- by Annika Smethurst and Kieran Rooney
More free school breakfasts – and lunches – on the table as food crisis bites
A parliamentary inquiry has called for an expansion of Victoria’s school breakfast program and a “minister for food” to help tackle rising costs and food insecurity.
- by Kieran Rooney
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Victorian budget
$1b in red and going backwards: Victorian hospital cash-crunch revealed
Analysis of dozens of annual reports dumped in parliament on Thursday found some of Victoria’s busiest hospitals failed to meet their target for available cash.
- by Broede Carmody, Rachel Eddie, Carla Jaeger and Kieran Rooney
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Political leadership
John Pesutto chalks up a first-time victory over Jacinta Allan in latest Resolve poll
The opposition leader has won a psychological victory over the premier despite Liberal leadership rumblings and a high-profile court battle.
- by Kieran Rooney
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Victorian environment
Rubbish rebels: Labor MPs, ministers blast waste incinerator plans in their seats
The minister who first introduced Victoria’s waste-to-energy policy is opposing an incinerator, as the Allan government takes friendly fire from Labor MPs.
- by Bianca Hall and Kieran Rooney
Streamlining ‘torturous’ townhouse rules will help, but won’t solve state’s housing crisis
Experts say the state government’s plan to fast-track subdivisions and encourage townhouse developments won’t lead to a rush in affordable and attractive housing.
- by Rachel Eddie and Kieran Rooney
Touch-on stand-off: State government in dispute with US firm over myki upgrade
The Victorian government and the company building its $1.7 billion new public transport ticket system are locked in an acrimonious legal stand-off which has threatened to derail the rollout of a long-awaited myki replacement.
- by Patrick Hatch and Kieran Rooney
Consumers in firing line as state building insurer looks to fix battered budget
The agency in charge of domestic building insurance has been canvassing premium hikes and ways to cut claims in an effort mend its finances.
- by Kieran Rooney
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Victorian budget
More than a quarter of Victoria’s water projects delayed
The blowout in timelines prompted the essential services regulator to warn that water providers were failing to properly forecast costs.
- by Rachel Eddie and Kieran Rooney
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