Josh Gordon is The Age's state political editor. After a brief period in the Sydney banking world and the federal bureaucracy, Josh spent six years working as The Age's economics correspondent at Parliament House in Canberra. After cutting himself adrift to travel the world, he was lured back to reporting early in 2007. Most recently he has worked as The Sunday Age's politcal editor, based in Canberra, and The Age's state economics correspondent in Melbourne.
Even with billions of dollars of planned road and rail upgrades, Melbourne is set to become so choked by cars in that the average speed during the morning peak will drop to just 31km/h.
Steve Bracks' great grandparents came to Australia in the 1890s, mainly because the arable land in Lebanon wasn't good enough to support large families.
A major push by the Turnbull government to lift Australia's flagging productivity performance is set to be rejected by Victoria.
A record 1.1 million workers want more hours but can't get them.
States could be forced to hit households and businesses with new charges to pay for local rail and road projects, under a dramatic "reshaping" of infrastructure funding flagged by the Turnbull government.
A $6 million scheme to cut the number of quad bike deaths and injuries by paying farmers to retrofit rollover protection bars could cause more harm than good.
It has been, by some measures, the most chaotic start to a political term in decades.
Hazelwood owner Engie was "driven out of town" by the Andrews Government, Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg has claimed.
Hazelwood workers will leave their jobs next year with an average company payout of $330,000, as the Andrews government moves to stave off a jobs crisis in the Latrobe Valley with a $266 million rescue plan.
Business will be lured to the Latrobe Valley with tax breaks and cash grants as part of a major $266 million Victorian rescue package to cushion the blow following the closure of the Hazelwood power plant.
Search pagination
Save articles for later.
Subscribe for unlimited access to news. Login to save articles.
Return to the homepage by clicking on the site logo.