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.
The battle for the inner city has begun in earnest ahead of the Victorian election, with Labor MP Richard Wynne confirming he will recontest the seat of Richmond while accusing the Greens of wasting the last decade in State Parliament.
The Safe Schools program will continue to be offered to primary aged children despite the prospect of a political backlash, with state Education Minister James Merlino telling parents he is "personally" invested in ensuring all LGBTI students are properly supported.
Thomas Dunckley was a just a 16-year-old kid searching for some quick cash when he began the cycle of crime that almost ruined him.
Melbourne City Council's crackdown on CBD homeless camps won't fix the problem, and could even worsen the "already perilous" state of highly vulnerable people, according to the Andrews government's new adviser on rough sleeping.
Tensions between the Andrews government and Victoria's Privacy Commissioner are set to erupt when state parliament returns this week.
Mentally ill patients are being held in overcrowded jails and unable to get the treatment they need because of a lack of beds, adding to the risk of self-harm, death, or reoffending.
In the wake of the Bourke Street tragedy, the state government's new night court begins this weekend.
Adult prison guards armed with batons and capsicum spray will be used to control teen offenders, in a crackdown that some fear could turn Victoria's youth justice system into "another Don Dale."
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says Melbourne and other Australian cities need to tighten up access to busy pedestrian areas to address a "concerning vulnerability" to incidents like the Bourke Street rampage.
An Essential Research poll has found only one third of Victorians have heard of Labor's schools agenda, let alone "the Education State" – the catch-all phrase the government uses to represent its multibillion-dollar investment in schools.
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