As Premier struggles on crime, Liberals seize the upper hand
If Daniel Andrews wasn't worried about the Liberals' prospects at the next Victorian election, he probably should be.
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Farrah Tomazin
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.
For Andrews, history has come back to bite him
Is there no end, laments Farrah Tomazin
Have Victoria's Greens got much to celebrate after 10 years?
Farrah Tomazin ponders whether the Victorian Greens' political balance sheet is in the red or the black.
Andrews must fight crime to ensure his own survival
The public's angry response to violent crime underpins a broader political problem for Victoria's Premier: the growing perception the state is becoming a more dangerous place because the government is not doing enough.
Daniel Andrews hits mid-term milestone in good shape, but there's still work to do
As the half-time siren sounds in the state's political arena, Farrah Tomazin evaluates the leaders,
Victoria is facing our own youth justice crisis
Last week's riots were merely the latest in at least a dozen that have taken place at the state's juvenile justice centres in the past 12 months.
Time to tighten MPs' perks following pampered pooch affair
You might have thought such improper use of a ministerial vehicle would have resulted in some form of discipline, particularly given Herbert initially declared there was "absolutely no issue" with what he did.
Strategy deserves genuine debate
Politics was supposed to have been removed from urban planning. Dream on, writes Farrah Tomazin.
Birth certificate reform a change for the better
What is it about the equality debate that causes some of our elected parliamentarians to say the most absurd things?
Dragging Victoria's adoption laws into 21st century
Recognising the right of sames-sex couples to adopt children is an utter no-brainer, writes Farrah Tomazin.
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