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Premier Jacinta Allan is in a pickle.

The best thing Allan has going for her is the ineptitude of her challengers

It is difficult to recall a less convincing leadership play than the campaign currently being run against Premier Jacinta Allan.

  • Chip Le Grand

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State school teachers protest outside the office of Education Minister Ben Carroll in Niddrie last month.

Victorian teacher strike as it happened: School closures, rally updates and parent guide during the state’s first government-school strike in 13 years

Tens of thousands of Victorian government school teachers, principals and education support staff are walking off the job today for a 24-hour statewide strike — the first of its kind in 13 years. Follow our live updates.

  • Caroline Schelle and Isabel McMillan
Energy Minister Chris Bowen on Monday.

States warn piecemeal fuel rationing would trigger COVID-era confusion

NSW and Victoria’s premiers raised the prospect of extraordinary interventions should shipments dry up, insisting the Albanese government must take on a national leadership role.

  • Paul Sakkal
Former premier Jeff Kennett says the Liberals and Nationals should be open to forming a Victorian coalition with One Nation.

One Nation should be welcomed into anti-Labor alliance, Kennett tells Coalition

Jeff Kennett has floated inviting One Nation MPs onto a future non-Labor frontbench, as he says the Coalition should work with anyone opposed to the ALP at November’s state election.

  • Chip Le Grand
Amanda Kay, whose son John is a student at Albert Park Primary School, is supportive of the teacher strike.

Day of mass disruption: Victoria braces for ‘costly’ teacher walkout

Uncertainty and confusion looms as tens of thousands of Victorian teachers prepare to strike on Tuesday.

  • Noel Towell, Nicole Precel, Jackson Graham and Chip Le Grand
Kylie Minogue with Visy boss Anthony Pratt. Kylie Minogue was the guest performer at the annual Visy night at the Pratt family home in Kew.

Kylie sends guests spinning around at Pratt’s lavish backyard bash

Pop megastar Kylie Minogue gave 250 of Australia’s most select guests a night to remember as the headline act of cardboard king Anthony Pratt’s annual party.

  • Grant McArthur
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Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan.

In challenging times, Victoria needs more from a leader under pressure

There’s a litany of reasons behind Jacinta Allan’s poor polling and restless frontbench. The state needs her government to find a way through.

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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
The turf war between GPs and pharmacists is heating up after the Victorian government announced plans to allow pharmacists to prescribe oral contraceptives to patients without a doctor’s script

GPs reveal dossier of pharmacy blunders as prescription fight ramps up

A turf war has erupted between GPs and pharmacists over changes that allow patients to get the pill from pharmacies without a doctor’s script.

  • Henrietta Cook
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