Politics
Victoria
Opinion
Victorian Parliament
Stuff the federation: Dom and Dan’s unlikely bromance
On paper, it would seem unworkable. Daniel Andrews is a progressive premier from Labor’s Socialist Left faction and Perrottet, a conservative Catholic from the Liberal party’s right. But their desire to be bold political reformers trumps rigid ideology.
- by Annika Smethurst
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Staff shortages threaten Andrews’ $9bn preschool overhaul
Workforce issues could hamper the state government from getting its early learning reforms off the ground.
- by Cara Waters, Adam Carey, Matilda Finn and Marta Pascual Juanola
Electric scooters are everywhere, but many are still illegal
Several states have legalised privately owned e-scooters, but Victoria only permits those used in an inner-city share scheme. Not all Melburnians are waiting for the state government to catch up.
- by Patrick Hatch
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Yoorrook Justice Commission
Yoorrook commission loses a third committee member in six months
Insiders are concerned that the commission’s crimped time frames mean it might not be able to release a high-quality report that was due later this month.
- by Jack Latimore
Opinion
Victorian election
The political earthquake about to shake Melbourne’s outer suburbs
I was born and raised in the Frankston-Seaford area decades ago when it was only just joining the suburban sprawl. I understand the frustration of voters waiting for train stations and good schools.
- by Shaun Carney
Focus on Islamist extremism linked to neo-Nazi rise, as 10-year-old kids radicalised
A Victorian parliamentary inquiry has heard that the “myopic” focus of Australian authorities since 9/11 had paved the way for right-wing nationalism to fester undetected.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Arts
Heide Museum asks state for expansion to offset North East Link disappointment
Heide Museum of Modern Art in Bulleen will ask the Andrews government to consider building it a new gallery, with one of its proposed sites for an added wing on a neighbouring golf course owned by pokies billionaire Bruce Mathieson.
- by Clay Lucas
Monique Ryan reports ‘threatening, racist misogynistic’ letters to police
“It is extremely disappointing that people are being targeted for exercising their democratic rights. These cowardly anonymous threats are very distressing for the people who receive them,” Kooyong MP Monique Ryan said.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey and Jackson Graham
Residents blindsided as new school build starts next door
The Brunswick residents had no idea the government-run alternative school was being relocated to their street until the day the builders started work on the new site.
- by Adam Carey
Mystery of one leg in the grave, and other cemetery tales
Researcher Beryl Patullo, the secretary of a friends group at an old cemetery north of Melbourne, has received an OAM in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
- by Carolyn Webb
Seven decades fighting fires for the Emerald community
Graeme Legge, 86, has been a volunteer firefighter since he was 15 years old.
- by Carla Jaeger