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Kieran Rooney

Kieran Rooney

Kieran Rooney is a Victorian state political reporter at The Age.

Premier Jacinta Allan has conceded Victoria is not immune to escalating global pressures but maintains the state is on track to deliver an operating surplus this year.

‘The last thing you want’: Victorian budget, credit rating threatened by Iran war

Cost blowouts are expected on Victoria’s Big Build, according to analysts and ratings agencies, as the global fuel shock triggers widespread economic fallout.

  • Daniella White, Patrick Hatch and Kieran Rooney

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Premier Jacinta Allan refused to say how many times she had been warned about criminal behaviour on government building sites.

North East Link builders told government CFMEU was holding up construction

The Spark consortium raised complaints in 2023 about CFMEU obstruction on the $26 billion project, a revelation that puts further pressure on premier Jacinta Allan.

  • Rachel Eddie, Sumeyya Ilanbey, Kieran Rooney and Nick McKenzie
Victoria’s top infrastructure official Kevin Devlin is said to have repeatedly warned Jacinta Allan about problems with the CFMEU before the Building Bad expose.

Infrastructure boss ‘warned’ Allan as CFMEU ran rampant

Sources say the Big Build’s top public servant repeatedly raised concerns in private about industrial trouble on the government’s sites.

  • Nick McKenzie, Sumeyya Ilanbey and Kieran Rooney
Premier Jacinta Allan and Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas

A bitter pill: Tension between premier and minister over contentious health plans

Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas liked a scathing social media post about the state government, drawing attention to internal friction over two big policy calls.

  • Henrietta Cook and Kieran Rooney
A construction site for the Suburban Rail Loop at Clayton

Infrastructure Australia’s green light for Suburban Rail Loop cash boost

The independent agency has previously questioned the project’s business case, but now says it is deserving of further federal support.

  • Kieran Rooney and Shane Wright
The contraceptive pill will be available at Victorian chemists without a script.

Contraceptive pill will become available without a script in Victoria

Women will be able to see a pharmacist instead of a doctor to access the pill, but the move has doctors worried.

  • Kieran Rooney and Henrietta Cook
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Mick Gatto wearing a shirt with an M Group logo in 2017.

Officer of Gatto-linked company obtained labour hire licence despite strip club scandal

The state opposition has continued to question the premier over companies linked to the gangland figure.

  • Kieran Rooney
Mick Gatto at Caulfield Racecourse on Wednesday.

Victorian watchdog moves to ban Gatto-linked labour hire company

The Labour Hire Authority is acting to strip the licence of a company closely linked to the underworld figure.

  • Nick McKenzie, Matt Dennien and Kieran Rooney
Pit lane at Albert Park during the 2024 race.

Grand Prix redevelopment blows out by $115m after asbestos find

Taxpayers are facing a hefty bill to pay for works to clean up and expand the Formula 1 pit facilities at Albert Park.

  • Patrick Hatch and Kieran Rooney
Premier Jacinta Allan again rebuffed calls to expand the corruption watchdog’s powers.

Watchdog lashes Victoria’s Big Build agency over ‘poor’ records

Asked to investigate allegations of misconduct, the ombudsman was stymied by lax record-keeping around spending at the agency managing the state’s $100 billion infrastructure program.

  • Nick McKenzie and Kieran Rooney