Shadow boxing with Germaine
The world knows her as a trailblazing feminist, but no single label could ever be enough.
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Gina McColl
Writes about institutions, public policy, arts and culture, and consumer affairs.
Racing Club with links to Crown revealed as generous Labor donor
A Chinese middleman to VIP high-rollers at Crown, detained by the Chinese government in a crackdown on foreign casinos last year, has been revealed as a generous ALP donor, a Fairfax Media analysis has revealed.
Crown training scheme for retrenched workers a 'rort'
A deal struck struck by the Victorian Government with Crown Casino to retrain 500 retrenched workers in return for a lucrative extension to its monopoly gambling licence has enrolled just 10 so far. The revelation has put its taxpayer-subsidised private training facility in the spotlight.
Thousands of unsafe drivers? VicRoads under fire for medical reviews of drivers
Hundreds of thousands of Victorians with a medical condition that may make them unsafe drivers are flying under the radar of VicRoads and potentially putting other drivers at risk, a Fairfax Media investigation has revealed.
No Weiwei: union response to NGV's attempt to weaken staff rights
The National Gallery of Victoria, which cause an international sensation when it championed the right to free speech and political activism of artist Ai Weiwei last year, is seeking to remove human rights clauses in a new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement with staff.
Battery bovines? How now robot cow
Cows living in giant barns, fed rations, milked by robots. Farmegeddon – a way to bring a little more science and technology to help keep local farming sustainable?
The family violence story you haven't read
A snapshot of what intervention orders are like from the point of view of those accused of abuse – and the lawyers who defend them.