Jill Hennessy has been handed the key health portfolio in Daniel Andrews' first cabinet.

Matthew Guy and Michael O'Brien increase their efforts to secure enough support to become Victoria's new opposition leader.

Labor has conceded defeat in Melbourne, but three Victorian seats are still too close to call.

The at-times hostile campaign for the seat of Prahran has seen arguments and challenges around the scrutineers' table as early and postal votes are counted. 

A likely crossbencher in the new Victorian upper house wants to wind back abortion laws and would block any efforts to make it harder for religious organisations to discriminate against gays and lesbians.

Premier-elect Daniel Andrews set out a series of priorities before Christmas when his new govenrment is sworn in, with jobs, the ambulance dispute and TAFE top of the list.

The formal alliance between in the Liberal and National parties in Victoria is unlikely to be renewed to after a disastrous performance by the Coalition in the regions.

It's the state's smallest electorate and one of it's most riven along political lines: any one of the Liberal, Labor and Greens parties could yet claim the seat of Prahran by the time all votes are counted.

It could be a case of finally getting lucky for Fiona Patten, the long-time sex industry lobbyist who will pull back the covers on Victoria's political debate if her Australian Sex Party finally delivers an upper house seat.

It's a changing of the guard for Victoria's defeated Liberal Party, with leader Denis Napthine and his deputy Louise Asher both stepping down.

Labor has won the election but there are many seats that remain in a tight race with the Greens also flexing their muscle.

The battle between Michael O'Brien and Matthew Guy to lead the remnants of the parliamentary Liberal Party could be over in a matter of days.

ANALYSIS Denis Napthine should not have lost. Not if history is any guide. The recriminations for the Liberal Party – at both the state and national levels – will be significant.

The Greens have won the seat of Melbourne in a historic victory that has given them their first lower house state seat.

Daniel Andrews is Victoria’s new premier, consigning Denis Napthine’s Coalition to being the state’s first one-term government in 60 years.

COMMENT There will be no shortage of theories about what caused the Victorian result but you can safely bet federal Labor will target the toxic standing of the Abbott government as the key driver.

Another collection of micro parties will take control of the new Legislative Council, winning up to six seats from the Coalition, on figures posted late last night.

If the Coalition had hoped to hold onto power via the regional cities it was mistaken, as Labor held firm and even gained swings in some areas.

The Greens are running open tickets in key marginal seats, angering Labor who have accused the Greens of helping the Napthine government.

Voters have set a new record for early voting in Victoria with postal and pre-poll votes surging past 1 million.

Independent candidate Suzanna Sheed was neck-and-neck on primary votes with Nationals candidate Greg Barr on Saturday night, saying she was excited at the prospect of taking the seat from the Nationals after 47 years.

To hear Denis Napthine telling it, the Liberal-National government had turned Victoria into the finest, strongest, greatest – and quite a few other effusive adjectives – state and economy in Australia, possibly in its history.

Denis Napthine should not have lost. Not if history is any guide. The recriminations for the Liberal Party – at both the state and national levels – will be significant.

Melbourne's marginal sandbelt seats appear to have swung a second Victorian election – this time the other way – with at least three of four Liberal-held seats likely to switch to Labor.

The Coalition is outpromising Labor by as much as 5 to 1 in some of the key marginal seats that will decide the election.

The Coalition's loss makes it the first one term government since 1955.

The trends looked bad for the Coalition from the time meaningful results started coming in.

How long does the cross-town trip really take? The answer might surprise you.

No outstretched hand fell unshaken; no proferred baby went undandled; no selfie avoided.

Bruce Billson has been accused of intervening in the state election by demanding a lobby group withdraw a campaign against the Napthine government.

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Redesdale residents are worried they could miss out on political representation once the state election is over..

Asbestos in 1200 Victorian state schools would be removed by 2020 under an "ambitious" $100 million Labor party plan.

Planning Minister Matthew Guy did not consider the business case for the $6.8 billion East West Link when he approved the road, instead relying largely upon Plan Melbourne – a strategy he himself signed off – to give the project the nod.

Environmental groups that do not exist have been promised funding by the Napthine government ahead of the state election. 

Volunteer firefighters' have slammed Labor's plan to recruit 350 extra career firefighters to the Country Fire Authority..

A boom in early voting and postal voting by Victorians could see more than 1 million votes cast before polling booths open on Saturday.

Doctors have criticised both major parties for failing to deliver any real detail on their multi-million promises to fund hospital beds.

Labor will hand the fate of the endangered Leadbeater's possum to a panel of unionists, conservationists and the timber industry..

Victoria's land registry services and personalised number plates business would be sold off if the Coalition is re-elected, raising up to $1 billion to be spent on infrastructure.

Years of inadequate maintenance funding have left Victoria's country railways so run down V/Line is looking at padding out its timetables so it can run trains at reduced speeds.

The tale of two towns, Geelong and Broadmeadows, illustrates the importance of jobs policy in this election.

Family violence campaigner Rosie Batty has weighed into the state election, throwing her support behind the Greens.

Major and minor parties and independent candidate Tex Perkins respond to our questions on the key arts and cultural issues of the Victorian election on November 29.