Suspected teen extremists could be held for two weeks without charge

Suspected extremists who have not yet been charged with a crime could be arrested, detained and questioned for up to two weeks as part of a push to pre-emptively head off terrorist threats.

Energy users could be paid to shut down in heatwaves

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Australia's electricity grid operator has moved to head off the risk of power blackouts in Victoria next summer by offering to pay big industrial energy users to shut down during heatwaves.

Victoria pushes for strict gas export cap

State urges restrictions on exports to stop businesses and consumers being hit by soaring prices.

Floating gas hub proposed to tackle energy crisis

Victoria is angling for massive off-shore LNG import facility in a bid to tackle a gas supply crisis.

Jobless rate remains high as more women look for work

Unemployed draftsman Michael Dempsey wants a piece of the multibillion-dollar infrastructure boom that's happening around him, and he's making himself impossible to ignore.

Child sex abuse victims' advocate Anthony Foster to receive state funeral

Anthony Foster, the tireless advocate for victims of child sexual abuse, is to receive a state funeral.

State Parliament beholden to government and starved of cash: Report

Victoria's Parliament risks becoming a "flawed branch of democracy" because it remains beholden to the state government and is being starved of funding.

Victoria won't be dictated to on how to spend Snowy cash

Victoria will spend any cash raised from the potential sale of its share in Snowy Hydro on what it sees fit and will not be dictated to by the Turnbull government, it has declared.

Victoria claims $1.45 billion of federal rail money "it doesn't have"

Victoria has already factored $1.45 billion of federal cash for major regional rail upgrades into its budget bottom line despite the lack of any agreement with the Commonwealth.