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Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese and Labor Senate leader Penny Wong at the official campaign launch in Perth.

‘Dumping ground’: Labor Senate team under spotlight for being union-heavy, minister-light

Labor must recruit future MPs from more diverse backgrounds to remain relevant, two federal MPs argue, as the party’s primary vote sits at historic lows.

  • Paul Sakkal and Kieran Rooney

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Former health minister Jill Hennessy, with Premier Daniel Andrews in 2018.

IBAC probe uncovers a troubling picture

Operation Daintree is not about political figures or union officials with their snouts in the trough. It is about something more commonplace and insidious.

  • Chip Le Grand and Paul Sakkal
State Labor MP Mark Gepp

Backbencher Mark Gepp sixth Victorian Labor MP to resign in two weeks

The member for Northern Victoria has not revealed what prompted his decision to step away from politics.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
Lara MP John Eren will not seek re-election in 2022.

Fifth MP resigns as Andrews flags more potential retirements

Mr Eren is the fifth senior Labor MP to announce he will not be seeking re-election in Victoria’s 2022 state election in the past 48 hours.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola and Paul Sakkal
Former Victorian Attorney-General Jill Hennessy.

‘Life is short’: Former attorney-general Jill Hennessy won’t contest 2022 election

The member for Altona said committing to another four-year term was incompatible with other priorities in her life.

  • Cassandra Morgan and Marta Pascual Juanola
Dan Andrews

Andrews’ injury prompts colleagues to question his future as premier

While the experts might be pleased with the premier’s’ recovery after a fall, politics is brutal and there is speculation about his eventual successor.

  • Annika Smethurst
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Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas.

Labor contest heats up for Hennessy’s cabinet seat

Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas has firmed up as favourite to replace Jill Hennessy, who announced her resignation as Attorney-General this week.

  • Noel Towell
Too hard on the family: Attorney-General Jill Hennessy has resigned.

Jill Hennessy the most significant loss yet to the Andrews government

That Hennessy has gone citing the collision between work and family once again spotlights the exacting nature of political life, and women politicians are the ones who frequently find its balancing act hardest to sustain.

  • Paul Strangio
Jill Hennessy with her daughters Lily Rosa (L) and Ginger

Attorney-General Hennessy quits to spend more time with her children

Minister will step back from her cabinet role so as to be more involved in the lives of her two daughters as they move through last years of high school.

  • Noel Towell
A cleaner mops the floor at a Novotel in Southbank on Friday.

Attorney-General says hotel quarantine has 'strong, accountable leadership'

Most workers in Victoria's revamped hotel quarantine program who got infected with coronavirus were cleaners for contractor Spotless, Chief Health Officer says.

  • Ashleigh McMillan and Marissa Calligeros

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