Political expenses rorts reveal a deeper malaise
The state Treasurer's insistence that we "should not have to regulate for common sense" is a nice sentiment, but recent history would suggest otherwise.
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Josh Gordon
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.
Tinkering around the edges on entitlements won't cut it
It took a few days, but Daniel Andrews has now acknowledged the deep sense of anger over the liberties some MPs take with the public's money.
Want to restore faith in politics Mr Andrews? It's up to you.
Daniel Andrews' piety over the Geoff Shaw expense scandal in 2014 has been replaced with blandness, now that Labor house speaker Telmo Languiller has been caught out.
Will court of public opinion sink speaker, despite repayment plan?
Labor would have learnt from bitter experience that letting expense troubles fester by insisting a claim is "within the rules" is a recipe for disaster.
Daniel Andrews: brash, heavy-handed, and possibly what Victoria needs
If the Andrews government has a political motto it is this: "we are not going to die wondering".
$220 a year more for electricity
Victorian households are being buffeted by something of a perfect storm when it comes to power bills.
Infrastructure Victoria's wish list is the easy part ...
And now for the hard part.
Back to future for the Andrews government
Daniel Andrews has, at least, spent much of the past four years flogging his 'lefty' agenda, providing a partial antidote to the Greens in the inner city.
Lessons to be learnt
Both sides have lessons they can glean from the federal campaign.
It's question time for Daniel Andrews
On Tuesday Matthew Guy used the legal cover of State Parliament to air an unsubstantiated rumour doing the rounds.
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