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Rachel Eddie

Rachel Eddie

Rachel Eddie is a Victorian state political reporter for The Age. Contact her at rachel.eddie@theage.com.au, rachel.eddie@protonmail.com, or via Signal at @RachelEddie.99

Liberal MP Bev McArthur with Susanne Marro, who has dropped out of the race to be a candidate for the party in November’s state election.

McArthur’s factional ally quits amid reported links to online neo-Nazi content

Western District farmer Susanne Marro has withdrawn from a Liberal preselection battle after the party was alerted to allegedly troubling activity on her social media.

  • Rachel Eddie and Chip Le Grand

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Liberal MP Ann-Marie Hermans and been relegated to second spot on the Liberals’ South Eastern Metropolitan upper house ticket.

Conservative Liberal MP rolled for top spot amid fiery preselection battles

A tense round of Liberal preselection contests kicked off this weekend, amid the ongoing threat from One Nation.

  • Daniella White and Rachel Eddie
Jacinta Allan warmly greets King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark.

Jacinta Allan is in a battle royale to keep her job

With a recent poll showing only one in five people see her as their preferred premier, Jacinta Allan’s leadership is looking increasingly vulnerable.

  • Chip Le Grand, Rachel Eddie and Daniella White
Premier Jacinta Allan has rebuffed renewed speculation about her leadership.

Allan rejects leadership speculation as ‘scallywag gossip’ as MPs publicly back leader

Premier Jacinta Allan and a conga line of Labor MPs have dismissed speculative reports of a possible leadership challenge before the state election.

  • Chip Le Grand, Rachel Eddie and Daniella White

Witnesses ‘threatened’: AFP sounds underworld alarm on CFMEU probe

A senior federal police officer has warned its investigation into the construction industry is being hampered by threats from organised crime figures.

  • Nick McKenzie and Rachel Eddie
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan

CFMEU disruption did not blow North East Link’s budget, says premier

The consortium building the 10-kilometre project had complained to the government in March 2023 that the union’s mischief had pushed back tunnelling by as much as two months.

  • Rachel Eddie and Nick McKenzie
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Then-minister Jacinta Allan with Kevin Devlin at a press event in 2021.

Who knew and what it cost: Interstate infrastructure chiefs face grilling on CFMEU

Queensland’s commission of inquiry is lining up evidence from a high-powered board of public officials.

  • Nick McKenzie and Rachel Eddie
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
A deserted Flinders Street Station during the COVID lockdowns.

Taxpayers stung $125m to cover COVID class action payout

About 16,000 businesses financially hit by 112 days of pandemic lockdowns have had a legal win, which also means former government ministers will avoid giving evidence.

  • Daniella White and Rachel Eddie
Robert Goon, Gary Smith and Bill Stolk from the Ballarat Residents and Ratepayers’ Association at the old saleyards.

The Games were supposed to deliver benefits to the regions. But many are still waiting

After the event was scrapped, Daniel Andrews told the regions the promised infrastructure and housing would still arrive. Empty paddocks tell a different story.

  • Rachel Eddie