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You can’t handle the truth about Victoria’s secret school cuts
What did we learn from Education Minister Ben Carroll’s appearance before budget estimates? As it turns out, quite a bit.
- Chip Le Grand
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Premier concedes soaring costs a risk to Suburban Rail Loop
Since 2021 Australia had recorded a 22 per cent increase in the cost of construction.
- Kieran Rooney and Daniella White
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- Hiring
Museum boss ‘disappointed’ at media leaks as union questions Titanic hires
The Museums Victoria chief told a staff meeting she was “disappointed” at leaks to The Age, and has defended her senior managers after an ombudsman’s probe prompted a policy rewrite.
- Clay Lucas
‘Money can be replaced’: Kennett urges Liberal Party to pay up and save John Pesutto
In a last-minute intervention, former premier Jeff Kennett has written to the Victorian Liberal Party leadership, urging them to intervene and cover Pesutto’s $2.3 million legal bill.
- Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
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- Investigations
No job ads, no interviews: Museum’s Titanic hiring spree triggers overhaul
Faced with a visitor surge, Melbourne Museum cut corners on recruitment that prompted investigations from the state’s corruption watchdogs.
- Clay Lucas
‘The entire party is imploding’: Groth, Pesutto, Deeming turning Liberal headache into a migraine
Opposition Leader Brad Battin was putting out spot fires on Friday as his deputy defended a chauffeured ride home, and a deadline was missed in the saga threatening to bankrupt a former leader.
- Rachel Eddie
Victoria’s first gas-import terminal a step closer
The project in Corio Bay has won conditional approval from the Allan government despite concerns it is too close to residential areas and will entrench the state’s use of fossil fuels.
- Kieran Rooney
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- Domestic violence
New high-security shelters for women in crisis to sit empty during family violence epidemic
Hundreds of women and children facing mortal danger will miss out on refuge housing and services as a funding stoush continues.
- Wendy Tuohy
Deeming chases colleagues, ex-Liberal premiers for Pesutto costs
Moira Deeming’s lawyers say donors who supported John Pesutto in his legal defence may be liable to pay his $2.3 million costs.
- Rachel Eddie
Just six months in, new tram contract already off the rails
The new operator has also consistently missed its reliability and punctuality targets.
- Kieran Rooney and Patrick Hatch
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