Brad Battin
Super-sized CBD or soaring suburbs: The competing visions to reshape Melbourne
Opposition Leader Jess Wilson’s new housing policy marks a direct challenge to the Labor government. Experts are torn over the merits of both.
- Daniella White and Patrick Hatch
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- Editorial
- Victorian election
As new year unfolds, we will celebrate Victoria’s successes and speak plainly of its flaws
As we enter this election year, there is no shortage of intractable issues facing Victoria.
- The Age's View
- Editorial
- New Year
A wish for 2026: Less grandstanding, more attempts to truly tackle nation’s challenges
When our daily language is one of condemnation, how can we make space to work together and listen to one another?
- The Age's View
- Opinion
- Victorian Parliament
The Liberal leadership has been a bloodbath, but one goodfella has changed the script
For recently removed party leaders, nothing screams louder than the silence of your phone.
- Chip Le Grand
- Opinion
- Political leadership
What Australia’s political chameleons can learn from this Madagascan reptile
It seemed Australia had stopped the turnstile of short-term political leaders, but here we go again.
- Andy Marks
Shadow cabinet reshuffle could bring surprise figure back into the Liberal fold
After refusing to trade off portfolios to secure support for Tuesday’s coup, Jess Wilson has unfettered authority to conduct a wholesale reshuffle of her frontbench.
- Rachel Eddie and Kieran Rooney
- Analysis
- Victorian Parliament
Cold sores are more popular than the Liberals. But Jess Wilson can change that
The state opposition being led by a young mum with three years’ experience may not be to everyone’s liking, but it might be exactly what the party needs.
- Matthew Bach
Breaking Brad: The anatomy of a Liberal coup
Unlike other political coups, the main features of Brad Battin’s undoing were how quickly it unfolded and how little work was needed to convince enough MPs to switch leaders.
- Chip Le Grand and Rachel Eddie
- Political Sketch
- Liberal Party
Liberal leadership: The participation award for everyone in class
Leading the Victorian Liberals is like winning a participation award at state school: everyone gets one. Jess Wilson deserves an encouragement certificate, too.
- Tony Wright
Victorian Liberal leadership spill as it happened: Jess Wilson, 35, becomes new opposition leader, first woman to lead state branch
Brad Battin has lost a leadership challenge less than a year into his tenure as Victorian opposition leader, and a little more than 12 months out from the state election.
- Cassandra Morgan, Rachel Eddie, Chip Le Grand, Alexander Darling and Kieran Rooney