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Victorian state election: Tuesday's campaign at a glance

Victorian state election: Tuesday's campaign at a glance

The campaign at a glance, Tuesday, November 20.

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Terror on the hustings as arrests overshadow day's campaigning
Victoria Votes

Terror on the hustings as arrests overshadow day's campaigning

Guy and Clark say they would have done a better job while Andrews accused of gatecrashing police event

  • by Noel Towell & Adam Carey
Rival health pledges made on day when terror overshadowed election
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Rival health pledges made on day when terror overshadowed election

Labor promised a $31 million revamp of the Royal Children’s Hospital and the Coalition pledged to bring an early motherhood support group to Melbourne's west.

  • by Adam Carey & Noel Towell
Trains on some regional lines rarely on time, data shows
Public transport

Trains on some regional lines rarely on time, data shows

Trains arrive on time in just over 50 per cent of cases on some regional train lines, with data showing that V/Line has failed to meet its punctuality target for the past six years.

  • by Timna Jacks
Trams: the missing piece from the transport puzzle
Opinion
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Trams: the missing piece from the transport puzzle

Without major tram investment, people in the inner and middle suburbs will find it increasingly difficult to access jobs and services.

  • by John Hearsch
Calls for a tram turbocharge in lead up to the election
Public transport

Calls for a tram turbocharge in lead up to the election

Melbourne needs 25 new trams every year - more than double the current intake - but trams are yet to feature in the race to pledge road and rail projects.

  • by Timna Jacks
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Labor sues over dumped Liberals' ballots
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Labor sues over dumped Liberals' ballots

Supreme Court showdown on Tuesday over dumped candidate in northern suburbs

  • by Noel Towell & Benjamin Preiss
Planning veterans call on Richmond voters to turf out Richard Wynne
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Planning veterans call on Richmond voters to turf out Richard Wynne

Two leading voices on planning have lobbed a grenade into the political arena in Richmond to try to blow up Labor minister Richard Wynne’s re-election hopes.

  • by Adam Carey & Benjamin Preiss
Victorian state election: Monday's campaign at a glance
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Victorian state election: Monday's campaign at a glance

The campaign at a glance, Monday, November 19.

Tough-on-crime Guy stops for coffee with convicted drug cultivator
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Tough-on-crime Guy stops for coffee with convicted drug cultivator

A restaurant owner in Frankston who stood alongside Matthew Guy and Liberal candidate Michael Lamb on Monday is a convicted cultivator of marijuana.

  • by Adam Carey
Baby sleep centres at core of Labor's $232m pitch for family vote
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Baby sleep centres at core of Labor's $232m pitch for family vote

Labor has promised seven new sleep schools in its latest bid to woo parents before the state election on Saturday. .

  • by Benjamin Preiss