Politics
Victoria
Victoria less glum on growth than other states
Victoria is the only state in the country not to downgrade its growth forecasts, with gross state product expected to rise 3 per cent this financial year.
- by Shane Wright
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Christmas
'Jesus is the reason': Church leaders say faith complements the season
Anglican Archbishop Philip Freier preached a message of unity, trust in God and the dangers of the commercialisation of Christmas.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Road safety
Car crash at Mount Lonarch leaves one dead, two in hospital
A female has died and two men have been injured after a car left the road and crashed in central Victoria.
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Melbourne
Resignation threats and dysfunction spark review of multicultural body
The commission believes it has been nobbled by the public service, while infighting within the commission has led to resignation threats.
- by Paul Sakkal
Planning
Plan hatched to return Moonee Ponds Creek to its natural state
Thirteen groups are collaborating on a long-term plan to rehabilitate Moonee Ponds Creek, Melbourne's most brutalised waterway.
- by Adam Carey
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Liberal Party
'Bloodletting': young Liberal powerbroker steps down after derogatory texts
Victorian Liberal steering committee chair Paul Mitchell quits in wake of scandal over insults about other party members revealed by The Age.
- by Benjamin Preiss, Adam Carey & Joe Hinchliffe
Renewables
Plans for our biggest wind farm get wings clipped for Brolga's sake
Proposal to build Australia’s biggest wind farm has been scaled back by about 20% by the Victorian government, in a decision it says will protect the brolga.
- by Adam Carey
Liberal Party
The top Victorian Libs are gone. But can the party save the furniture?
Labor is eyeing off as many as six federal seats it believes it can win at next year's election as the Liberals seek to put a horror period behind them.
- by Adam Carey & Benjamin Preiss
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Liberal Party
Revealed: Factional war to oust rival Liberal MPs
Liberal power broker Marcus Bastiaan ran persistent campaigns agitating against senior federal and state MPs including Jane Hume, James Paterson and Tim Wilson, whose seats he had promised to factional supporters.
- by Samantha Hutchinson
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Liberal Party
Another senior Victorian Liberal falls on his sword
Nick Demiris has quit as the Victorian Liberal Party's state director.
- by Benjamin Preiss & Adam Carey
Election
The text row in the Victorian Liberal Party explained
'Cam may need to take the curries': what were the Liberal young guns talking about in their racist, homophobic messages?
- by Farrah Tomazin