CommentVictoria sleep walks to euthanasia
JOHN FERGUSONAnyone who thinks Victorian Labor will stop at suicide for 150 people a year is utterly deluded.
exclusiveAlarm over suicide migration
JOHN FERGUSON, SAMANTHA HUTCHINSONLabor heavyweight warns of suicide migration if laws are passed by the Victorian Parliament.
AnalysisProblem too big to solve alone
JOHN FERGUSONThe political classes call it growing pains but voters call it traffic jams and crippling house prices.
Victoria: the lenient state
JOHN FERGUSONMore evidence has emerged of soft prison sentences in Victoria.
Jail time tougher for NSW offences
JOHN FERGUSONThe Victorian justice system is lagging behind NSW and Queensland.
Assisted suicide support growing
JOHN FERGUSONMomentum is swinging behind Victoria’s euthanasia laws, with plans to make it the template for national reform.
50 witnesses called in Pell
TESSA AKERMAN, JOHN FERGUSONCardinal George Pell to face landmark committal hearing starting on March 5 over historic sexual offence charges.
50 witnesses called to Pell case
Tessa Akerman, John FergusonAt least 50 witnesses will be called to give evidence in the committal proceedings against Cardinal George Pell.
Officialdom buries Kelly site quest
JOHN FERGUSONAn historian has pinpointed exactly where the Kelly Gang murdered three police but officials refuse to investigate.
Anarchist admits Abbott assault
JOHN FERGUSONA drunk anarchist has admitted headbutting Tony Abbott because of a personal hatred.
Pricing revamp to scare investors
JOHN FERGUSONVictorian power chaos looms as Andrews government mulls regulating power prices.
Union fees exempt in ALP crackdown
JOHN FERGUSON, DAVID KINGUnion ALP membership fees will be exempt from Victorian donations crackdown.
ExclusivePush to expand nature dollar
JOHN FERGUSONThe former head of the nation’s peak farming lobby wants private sector involvement in nature-based tourism.
ExclusiveSalvos face abuse payout hit
JOHN FERGUSONThe Salvation Army faces big payouts to sex abuse victims under planned a federal redress scheme.
EXCLUSIVEAbuse compo ‘tidal wave’ feared
JOHN FERGUSONThe national child abuse redress scheme allows for half the payment urged by the royal commission.
ExclusiveHopes for abuse victims’ payout
JOHN FERGUSONAn estimated $613m in claims looms as the key sticking point in the push to create a national abuse redress scheme.
exclusivePayout abuse scheme at risk
JOHN FERGUSONThe Turnbull government’s child abuse redress scheme risks falling short of being a uniform national response.
Sam’s the man in Lucindale
JOHN FERGUSONThe latest census has highlighted the drift of young women from rural areas.
Anglicans privatise abuse payouts
JOHN FERGUSONThe Anglican Church will use an independent company to manage sex-abuse payouts.
Today in VictoriaCostello return makes no sense
JOHN FERGUSONKelly O’Dwyer is said to be under siege in Higgins, but Peter Costello would be bonkers to try to return to federal politics.
EXCLUSIVEHeroin centres ‘favoured’
JOHN FERGUSONAn inquiry is set to endorse the benefits of heroin-injection centres but will stop short of backing one in Melbourne.
ExclusiveSchool runs a white-knuckle ride
JOHN FERGUSONThere’s a school with a difference in the Victorian ski fields.
Today in VictoriaCatholic story a hard sell
JOHN FERGUSONIt’s a tough time to be an archbishop. Just ask Denis Hart who runs the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne.
exclusiveStudent boom fuels CBD growth
JOHN FERGUSONBooming international student numbers are transforming some Australian cities.
exclusiveFeud may force PM bailout
JOHN FERGUSONThe Liberal Party funding crisis could cost Malcolm Turnbull dearly.
Today in VictoriaFrost blankets Liberals
JOHN FERGUSON, SAMANTHA HUTCHINSONChallenging times continue to lay ahead for the state Liberals after Simon Frost’s departure as party director.
Victorian Liberal director quits
JOHN FERGUSONSimon Frost has quit his post for a senior position with the Turnbull government.
EXCLUSIVEPM’s anti-vehicle attack plan
PAUL MALEY, JOHN FERGUSONMalcolm Turnbull is set to unveil a plan to secure high-risk pedestrian areas from rogue vehicle attacks.
exclusiveALP’s rebuff on voting powers
DENNIS SHANAHAN, JOHN FERGUSONThe ALP national executive has rebuffed Bill Shorten over his attempt to intervene in the Victorian branch.
exclusivePriest defends rite to secrecy
JOHN FERGUSONA high-profile Catholic priest will defy the push to force clergy to report the confessions of pedophiles.
