Politics
Victoria
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Political leadership
Jacinta Allan is failing to cut through. The denials are making it worse
The state Labor government has been under weeks of sustained political pressure. But it won’t turn around the slump in support with this defensive manner.
- by Annika Smethurst
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Melburnians want airport rail and more buses before the Suburban Rail Loop, survey says
A new survey has found which infrastructure projects residents want for Melbourne, and it’s not what the Allan government is prioritising.
- by Cara Waters
Indigenous justice commission to probe worksite allegations amid CFMEU fallout
Premier Jacinta Allan has also confirmed that the Victorian Labor Party had begun formal processes to eject the CFMEU’s construction division from its ranks.
- by Broede Carmody and Kieran Rooney
Conservative Liberals will challenge for top Victorian party roles
Former MP Graham Watt, who refused to stand for family violence campaigner Rosie Batty when she addressed parliament, is aiming to be party president.
- by Annika Smethurst
Red flags that massive Arden development is heading for a ‘Docklands 2.0’
Planners, developers and the City of Melbourne are warning the Arden precinct could turn into a suburb of dead streetscapes if the mistakes made at Fishermans Bend and Docklands aren’t heeded.
- by Rachael Dexter and Sophie Aubrey
Allan wants CFMEU temporarily banished from Victorian Labor
The premier said she had “deep disgust” for alleged behaviour within the union in her first public remarks since the resignation of CFMEU secretary John Setka.
- by Broede Carmody and Rachel Eddie
Jacinta Allan has some time to delay airport rail, but not for long
Why has a popular project to connect Melbourne to the airport by rail and invest in the western suburbs become a political quagmire?
- by Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
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The housing crisis needs repairing, now
Age readers respond to the housing crisis, the US presidential race and youth crime in Melbourne.
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Naked City
Inside the campers’ murder trial: A daughter’s perspective
Debbie Hill witnessed the trial of Gregory Lynn, charged with murdering her father, Russell – and was shocked by what the jury did not get to hear.
- by John Silvester
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Crime
Compromise will be key for Allan to manage youth crime
Competing priorities within the Victorian government could see the push for stronger punishments on youth crime at loggerheads with ambitions for reform.
- by Annika Smethurst
‘Everything is on the table’: Premier to meet police, courts on youth crime
Premier Jacinta Allan will sit down with stakeholders next week after conceding there was “more to do” on repeat young offenders.
- by Rachel Eddie, Kieran Rooney and Annika Smethurst