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Euthanasia bill one vote closer

0:00 AMSAMANTHA HUTCHINSONVictorian Labor is inching closer to getting its Voluntary Assisted Dying bill through the upper house.

Safe injecting room approved

Victorian MP Fiona Patten is rebranding the Sex Party in the bid to to win more Victorian voters at the next election.

20:28 PMSamantha HutchinsonAustralia could have its second safe injecting room after Victoria‘s Labor government approved a trial in Melbourne.

Labor fights to hold off Greens

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews speaks during a media conference in Melbourne, Thursday, October 26, 2017. Mr. Andrews was responding to the decision by Victoria's anti-corruption body to investigate the police response to a car crash in 2013 involving the wife of Premier, and which a 15-year-old boy was left with serious injuries. (AAP Image/Joe Castro) NO ARCHIVING

0:00 AMSAMANTHA HUTCHINSONLabor and the Greens are neck and neck in the lead up to Victoria’s Northcote by-election next month.

Global alarm at euthanasia bill

21:31 PMSamantha HutchinsonThe world’s peak medical body has called on Victorian MPs to reject the state’s proposed euthanasia scheme.

Andrews: ‘sickening, awful’ crash

18:56 PMSamantha HutchinsonVictoria’s anti-corruption body confirms investigation as Premier Daniel Andrews opens up on 2013 incident.

exclusiveEuthanasia bill ‘goes too far’

0:00 AMSAMANTHA HUTCHINSONClaims that Victoria’s euthanasia legislation is the safest in the world are disputed in a briefing by barristers.

Crime triggers $121m blowout

Victorian Attorney-General Martin Pakula addresses parliament as the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 is debated in the lower house at the Victorian Parliament in Melbourne, Tuesday, October 17, 2017. (AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy) NO ARCHIVING

0:00 AMSAMANTHA HUTCHINSONA Victorian crime wave triggered a $121m blow out in staff costs in the state’s Department of Justice last year.

ExclusiveSuicide bill MPs list demands

Upper House members of the Victorian parliament - Simon Ramsay

0:00 AMSAMANTHA HUTCHINSONVictorian MPs weighing up the Andrews government’s euthanasia plan have demanded changes to the bill.

Chemists to tailor fatal drugs

Generic photo of a pharmacist in a pharmacy. Picture: iStock

0:00 AMSAMANTHA HUTCHINSONPharmacists will mix an individually tailored dose for people seeking to end their lives legally in Victoria

‘I made a terrible decision’

Labor staffer Steve Michelson (Right) who has stepped down. Supplied

14:29 PMSamantha HutchinsonOne of Bill Shorten’s most trusted aides has abruptly resigned amid an escalating ‘blackface’ costume scandal.

‘No idea what they were up to’

0:00 AMCAROLINE OVERINGTON, SAMANTHA HUTCHINSONIt was the kind of death notice that leaps from the pages. Friends reacted with shock.

Ex-PMs call for euthanasia block

0:00 AMSAMANTHA HUTCHINSON, REBECCA URBAN, GREG BROWNFormer PMs from opposing sides of politics urge Victoria to abandon euthanasia bill, calling it a milestone in society’s decline.

EUTHANASIA BILL PASSES‘We have no power to stop it’

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks to the media after touring the Ixom plant in Laverton North, Melbourne, Friday, October 20, 2017. (AAP Image/David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING

11:38 AMSAMANTHA HUTCHINSON, GREG BROWNMalcolm Turnbull says he doesn’t support Victoria’s decision to pass euthanasia bill but admits he can’t intervene.

Euthanasia laws edge closer

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews speaks to the media ahead of the Victorian Parliament debating an assisted-dying bill on Tuesday, October 17, 2017. The bill would legalise an assisted-dying scheme for the terminally ill. (AAP Image/Kaitlyn Offer) NO ARCHIVNG

0:00 AMSAMANTHA HUTCHINSONEuthanasia laws are closer despite opposition, including from former Labor prime minister Paul Keating.

Euthanasia laws battle heats up

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews joins Terry (C) and brother Neale Daniher (R) for a send off, at Essendon Fields in Melbourne, Thursday, October 12, 2017. Mr Andrews will wave off participants in the "Daniher's Drive" and will make an announcement. (AAP Image/Joe Castro) NO ARCHIVING

23:19 PMSamantha HutchinsonThe future of historic euthanasia laws has forced MPs into marathon sittings as they battle to resolve the issue.

Euthanasia push survives

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews addresses parliament as the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 is debated in the lower house at the Victorian Parliament in Melbourne, Tuesday, October 17, 2017. (AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy) NO ARCHIVING

8:05 AMSamantha HutchinsonJames Merlino has defied the Premier on the euthanasia bill, as it barely survived being shelved indefinitely.

Assisted dying bill in danger

0:00 AMSAMANTHA HUTCHINSONOpposition to Victoria’s controversial euthanasia plan has divided the Andrews government.

Doctors argue on euthanasia bill

0:00 AMRICHARD FERGUSON, SAMANTHA HUTCHINSONThe national president of the doctors’ union has unloaded on his Victorian counterparts over the euthanasia debate.

‘Trying to outgreen the Greens’

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews holds a media doorstop with Neale Daniher (not pictured), at Essendon Fields in Melbourne, Thursday, October 12, 2017. Mr Andrews will wave off participants in the "Daniher's Drive" and will make an announcement. (AAP Image/Joe Castro) NO ARCHIVING

21:58 PMSAMANTHA HUTCHINSONDaniel Andrews has come under fire from within the Labor Party over his surprise announcement of a ban on plastic bags.

Bid to block euthanasia bill

0:00 AMSAMANTHA HUTCHINSONMPs are attempting to derail Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews’ euthanasia legislation.

‘Chief scientist Abbott’ lashed

11:03 AMSamantha HutchinsonVictorian Premier Daniel Andrews has hit out at the Turnbull government’s decision to scrap renewables subsidies.

exclusiveAlarm over suicide migration

0:00 AMJOHN FERGUSON, SAMANTHA HUTCHINSONLabor heavyweight warns of suicide migration if laws are passed by the Victorian Parliament.

Gas the new poll battleground

0:00 AMSAMANTHA HUTCHINSONVictoria’s Coalition opposition has vowed to lift the ban on onshore gas exploration.

Labor spends to fight Greens

Opposition leader Bill Shorten speaks at the State Labor conference, Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne, Sunday, May 21, 2017. (AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy) NO ARCHIVING

0:00 AMSAMANTHA HUTCHINSONVictorian Labor will spend $500,000 to fight the Greens in former safe seat Northcote.

Anger at Pyne’s Pride fundraiser

Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne addresses media as he tours the CEA Technologies stand at the Pacific 2017 International Maritime Exposition, in Sydney, Wednesday, October 4, 2017. CEA have been awarded a $148 million contract to upgrade to the air search phased array radar on the Royal Australian Navy's Anzac class frigates. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING

0:00 AMSAMANTHA HUTCHINSONChristopher Pyne will headline a pro-same-sex-marriage group event for the Liberal Party Pride Branch.

Labor veteran rocks Andrews

Victorian premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Industry and Employment Wade Noonan (left) hold a joint press conference in Melbourne, Wednesday, October 4, 2017. Mr Noonan announced he would not be standing for his seat of Williamstown in the upcoming 2018 election. Image/Joe Castro) NO ARCHIVING

15:22 PMSAMANTHA HUTCHINSONVictorian senior minister Wade Noonan has announced he will stand down from ministry, Cabinet and won’t recontest seat.

Flu puts pressure on hospitals

success smart medical doctor working with operating room as concept

0:00 AMSamantha Hutchinson, Michael OwenThe Victorian government will spend another $115 million to help hospitals cope with the state’s worst flu season.

Shared database ‘legal grey area’

0:00 AMSAMANTHA HUTCHINSONVoters could be paying a high price for the same-sex marriage vote.

EXCLUSIVELibs retreat on voter info

0:00 AMSamantha HutchinsonA pro-same-sex marriage group within the Liberal Party has been forced to back down on voter information plans.

Greens hit ACTU chief’s seat bid

0:00 AMEWIN HANNAN, Samantha HutchinsonGed Kearney admits surging Greens could end her political ambitions as she quits ACTU for state politics.