Politics
Victoria
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World politics
Riding chill streets, listening for the lessons of Zen on a motorcycle
The first rule of riding a motorcycle is look where you want to go. Could it be a metaphor for life?
- by Tony Wright
Latest
Airport prepares fight after mediator backs skyrail for Tullamarine
An underground station should not be built at Melbourne Airport unless the airport operators show it makes commercial sense, a federal report has found.
- by Kieran Rooney and Patrick Hatch
Former Labor councillor avoids jail for vote tampering
Milad El-Halabi was sentenced on Thursday almost four years after a local election in Melbourne’s north-west was caught up in a vote-rigging saga.
- by Rachel Eddie
‘Streamline that spending’: Hospitals told to cut back where they can
The health minister’s comments come after two of Victoria’s largest health services imposed immediate hiring freezes in response to the government’s demand for savings.
- by Broede Carmody
Port Phillip Prison to close as new Lara centre opens
The new Western Plains facility won’t start receiving prisoners until mid-2025, two-and-a-half years after major works were completed.
- by Kieran Rooney and Broede Carmody
Pill testing to become permanent in Victoria
A mobile site will be launched from December and visit up to 10 festivals across two summers, and a fixed site in a club district in Melbourne will open in the middle of next year.
- by Rachel Eddie
Exclusive
Development
High-rises up to 50 storeys get green light for Melbourne suburb
Seven new Suburban Rail Loop towers will add 1700 homes, but not without reigniting debate about how high is too high.
- by Kieran Rooney and Broede Carmody
Keith has written five books and a PhD thesis. He’s never read a single one
The professor, who kept his reading difficulties a secret for years, supports Victoria’s move to structured phonics in classrooms.
- by Bridie Smith
Labor branch in open revolt over ‘parachute’ candidate
The rank and file in Melbourne’s outer north are threatening to quit if they are blocked from picking a replacement for outgoing MP Maria Vamvakinou.
- by Annika Smethurst
Opinion
Nuclear energy
Dutton’s nuclear play is delighting his Victorian opponents
There remains a broad level of interest in nuclear technology in Victoria, but the evidence is that many voters remain undecided.
- by Annika Smethurst
Opinion
Healthcare
No hospital closures? Country Victorians can smell a dead rat
I can assure you, regional Victorians are not fools. We have a special relationship with our health services and we know the damage that funding cuts will wreak on our communities.
- by Jan Beer