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Liberal Party
Challengers jockey to turf out most of the Liberals in Victoria’s upper house
Against the backdrop of the Liberals’ federal election rout, party members are preparing challenges against a group of sitting state MPs, many of whom have sat in Parliament since last century.
- by Paul Sakkal and Rachel Eddie
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Victorian Parliament
Opposition launches IBAC funding push to let voters ‘know the truth’
Opposition upper house leader David Davis is arguing for a funding boost to ensure Victoria’s integrity agencies can complete inquiries before the state election.
- by Rachel Eddie
Tight race in Deakin, 55 votes separate knife-edge Victorian seat
Liberal MP Michael Sukkar is hanging on by a wafer-thin margin in his outer-suburban seat of Deakin as the count of postal votes continues.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Victorian Parliament
Weakened by Bernie, party’s Finn-ished for controversial Liberal MP
Finn’s Liberal colleagues voted to expel him in a party room meeting on Tuesday morning. He will move to the crossbench in the upper house.
- by Rachel Eddie
Nationals MP lashes Victorian Liberals as ‘election-losing machine’
Three previously safe Coalition seats are now marginal, raising questions about how it will retain them in future.
- by Benjamin Preiss
Opinion
Australia votes
Labor can’t afford to sit back and enjoy its winnings in Victoria
The Liberals’ historical base has been lost. But Labor’s figures in the state should be viewed as a serious concern for the ALP leadership and the party’s strategists.
- by Shaun Carney
Infrastructure fails to keep up with population boom in Melbourne’s north
Travelling in Melbourne’s north remains “painful and frustrating”, Tamara Nolan says, with no end in sight.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Sick of the election? Go for a walk and let nature heal your soul
Let posters be folded, let corflutes be stacked away. The campaign is over.
- by Warwick McFadyen
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NAPLAN
Surging sickness forces NAPLAN deadline extension
Victorian students will have another week to sit the literacy and numeracy test after large numbers miss out due to illness or isolation.
- by Madeleine Heffernan and Nicole Precel
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Emergency services
‘They knew the system was failing’: Grieving mum welcomes ESTA overhaul
Jasmin Hussein, whose 14-year-old daughter died after suffering an asthma attack, doesn’t need an 84-page report into Victoria’s beleaguered triple-zero call system to tell her it needs fixing.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey, Melissa Cunningham and Timna Jacks
Opinion
Daniel Andrews
Morrison, Andrews can both be ‘bulldozers’ but one has something to show for it
Voters can easily identify the state government’s achievements, including dozens of level crossings removals and the Metro Rail Project.
- by Josh Gordon