Fight on for firies' gender targets
An ambitious plan to quadruple the number of women firefighters in Victoria is placing the Andrews government under pressure.
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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.
Andrews condemns "offensive" Court but silent on renaming tennis venue
Premier condemns Court's statements but stops short of declaring whether Margaret Court Arena should be rebadged.
Calls for dementia patients to get the right to die
"In the end, he didn't know who he was, he couldn't feed himself, he couldn't talk," Jayne says of Lindsay's final stages before he died, aged 57.
TAFE enrolments drop by up to 40 per cent
Students are nowhere to be seen on campuses as enrolments drop by up to 40%.
Unions confront Andrews at Labor state conference
Unions representing school cleaners, timber workers and disability services have confronted Premier Daniel Andrews at Labor's state conference, in fresh signs of internal unrest ahead of next year's Victorian election.
Labor party president faces lawsuit for 'defamatory campaign'
The Victorian Labor Party president is being sued by a prominent women's advocate.
Assisted death conditions and time frame could be widened
Terminally ill Victorians could have up to two years to seek a physician-assisted death under new euthanasia laws.
$2.2 million in compensation given out in wake of Bourke Street tragedy
More than $2.2 million in compensation has so far been distributed to the victims of the Bourke Street tragedy.
Hoddle Street traffic overhaul edges closer
New high-tech traffic systems, upgraded cycling paths, and a dedicated bus lane could soon be introduced along one of Melbourne's busiest roads as part of an ambitious plan to ease inner-city gridlock.
$1.4b boost for regional rail
Regional train lines will get a $1.45 billion funding boost as the Andrews government moves to shore up its support across country Victoria ahead of next year's state election.
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