Politics
Victoria
The former triple j host targeting major-party discontent in state byelection
“People don’t see themselves any more being reflected in the candidates or MPs being put up by the major parties,” says Tracee Hutchison.
- by Annika Smethurst
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Water
Public servants warned dam spills were risk to Labor before state election
Victoria’s desalination water order was cancelled in the lead-up to the last state election, with internal correspondence from water authorities raising the political risk of Victorians paying for water while dams overflowed.
- by Rachel Eddie
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Suburban Rail Loop
The $1.7 billion booby trap in latest Suburban Rail Loop contract
The Victorian government says it followed “best practice” in awarding a contract to run and maintain the SRL East train line 10 years before it’s due to open.
- by Chip Le Grand
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.
- by Kieran Rooney and Henrietta Cook
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.
- by Kieran Rooney
Attorney-general considers overhaul of secrecy laws used by high-profile defendants
With almost one in three suppression orders last year granted on safety grounds, the man who introduced the Open Courts Act has said this was never the intention.
- by Chip Le Grand, Erin Pearson and Daniella White
Man charged over Prahran fire that killed arsonist
A man who allegedly deliberately set fire to a Chapel Street store, injuring another arsonist who later died, has been charged with causing his death.
- by Jackson Graham
Kilkenny urged to axe privacy protections for high-profile Victorians
“It is very, very difficult to distinguish legitimate cases and cases where they are just trying it on,” one legal expert said.
- by Chip Le Grand and Erin Pearson
Opinion
Victorian Parliament
Allan’s WFH laws look like genius. They only take us closer to the cliff’s edge
If you asked AI to devise a policy that would be widely popular, cost the budget nothing and wedge the Victorian opposition, it would probably come up with legislated work from home.
- by Chip Le Grand
$670,000 government pledge scrapped after Dandenong mosque marked ayatollah’s death
Multicultural Affairs Minister Anne Aly revealed the federal government has cancelled the pledge due to “due to social cohesion concerns”.
- by Lachlan Abbott
Labor open to High Court challenge over work from home laws
If the legislation passes unamended, the legislation will come into effect nearly three months before the state election.
- by Chip Le Grand