Farrah Tomazin is The Sunday Age's state political editor. Farrah joined the paper in 2000, reporting on general news, courts and crime, local government and state politics. She was The Age's state political correspondent ahead the 2006 Victorian election, and later spent three years as education editor before becoming a feature writer on Victorian affairs. She returned to the state rounds press gallery for The Sunday Age in 2011.
There are few things that shape your world view like watching someone you love die in pain. For Daniel Andrews, the turning point came in the lead up to April 24 this year: the unforgettable Sunday when his father, Bob, drew his last breath after a lengthy and agonising battle with cancer.
A sitting Victorian Liberal MP is being challenged for preselection by a pro-life campaigner who believes women should never have abortions, even in cases of rape.
Victoria's public watchdog is now free to probe allegations Labor rorted taxpayer funds before the state election after the government's court challenge to stop the investigation was rejected.
He's the progressive premier whose reforms include same-sex adoption and putting safe access zones around abortion clinics. But this week, Daniel Andrews and his government will address what could arguably be their toughest social policy challenge yet: dying with dignity.
Victorian Liberal leader Matthew Guy's push to tackle his party's gender gap has been dealt a blow, with two women losing the preselection battle for the safe seat of Brighton in favour of the sole male candidate.
Conservative Turnbull Government MPs are recruiting members of hardline micro parties such as Family First and the Australian Christians, in a move described as a "horrifying" lurch to the right that could thwart the Liberals chances at the next state election.
Taxpayers have spent almost $10 million in six years to compensate youth justice staff for violence and stress endured while working at Victoria's two main juvenile detention centres.
Women in Victoria now hold almost half the seats on paid government boards, paving the way for an unprecedented expansion of gender targets across the state's public service.
Daniel Andrews was warned six years ago about the inadequacy of the Melbourne Youth Justice Centre in Parkville, including one suggestion that the precinct had so many design flaws it ought to be shut down.
A fresh branch-stacking scandal has erupted in Victoria, sparking a heated factional brawl between Labor powerbrokers.
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