Victorian Election 2018 | Breaking News and Headlines

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

Exclusive

Greens invoke #MeToo movement as Labor's gender attacks bite

by Noel Towell

Liberal Party will fight order to dump how-to-vote cards

by Benjamin Preiss

Updated

'Political posting mumma' who attacked Safe Schools warned over Facebook page

by Simone Fox Koob & Adam Carey

No deals with 'toxic' Greens, says Daniel Andrews

by Noel Towell

Opinion & Perspectives

You don't get a sausage, but voting early has its own benefits

Matt Holden

With few early voting centres in most electorates, there’s also a good chance you’ll get to see the candidates in person, warts and all, and not just staring at you from airbrushed corflutes on the neighbour’s fence.

Labor's law and order nightmare comes true

Noel Towell

Daniel Andrews must explain why Hassan Khalif Shire Ali was free to murder.

Tough Guy rolls the dice on politics of terror

Noel Towell

Right now, it’s not clear how Friday’s events will play out in the election, other than to put the campaign deep into the background for the first 72 hours after the attack.

Promises

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

Guy's $89m terror pledge includes ankle tags and CBD ban for suspects

Victoria Police would get the power to put electronic monitoring devices on terror suspects and more officers would patrol the CBD under an $89.5m Coalition promise.