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A ‘few scallywags’ gossiping or a premier under threat? Inside Labor’s push to ditch Jacinta Allan

More than a dozen Victorian Labor sources, including ministers and factional powerbrokers, confirm move for leadership change

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Scrapped Commonwealth Games becomes an online mockery

It should have been a moment for Australia's athletes on home soil but the 2026 Commonwealth Games has been reduced to cost blowouts and social media mockery.

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Claims of bikies, strippers and drugs in the CFMEU threaten to end Jacinta Allan’s premiership. Can she survive?

A report alleging the Victorian branch of the union had turned into a ‘crime syndicate’ has sparked a war between the state government and a corruption fighter

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Daniel Andrews responds to 'bike boy' defamation case

A former premier has denied he defamed a cyclist who was involved in a collision with his car more than a decade ago.

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Environmentalists and MAHA Activists Say Bill To Expand Florida's 'Food Libel' Law Will Silence Critics

The bill has a wide variety of groups worried that they could be targeted for criticism of large agribusinesses.

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Premier red-faced as husband busted drink-driving

An emotional state premier has declared she's "deeply shocked, disappointed and embarrassed" after her husband was busted drink-driving.

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Problem-plagued toll road opens after decade of delays

A long-awaited tunnel project promising to ease congestion in one of Australia's biggest cities has officially opened after cost blowouts and lengthy delays.

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Election history awaits as voters 'yearn for change'

Voters will soon start turning their minds to a state election contest with historic implications for the major parties, both led by glass-ceiling breakers.

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The Metro Tunnel will finally open after years of chaos – so what is the payoff for the Melbourne commuter?

With the West Gate Tunnel set to be complete within weeks, Labor hopes costs will be offset by commuter benefits before the next state election

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'Scorched earth': public housing demo plan picked apart

Legal minds, engineers and residents have renewed their fight to tear down plans to demolish and rebuild a city's entire stock of public housing towers.

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As Melbourne’s public housing towers await demolition, some residents prepare to leave while others hold out

Tenants fear being given inadequate alternatives as move date looms ahead of mass redevelopment

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Why Did a Florida Sheriff Accuse a Group of Fishing Guides of Inciting Threats Against Public Officials?

The Hendry County Sheriff accused Captains for Clean Water of "fuel[ing] hostility and provok[ng] violent rhetoric," but a free speech advocacy group says they were well within the First Amendment.

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Daniel Andrews defends decision to attend China military parade alongside Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un

Former Victorian premier describes his attendance in Beijing as a chance to ‘meet and engage with regional leaders’

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Who else was in Daniel Andrews’ group photo with Xi, Putin and Kim?

Group photo taken after Beijing military parade raised eyebrows in Australia for featuring former Victorian premier alongside other leaders. Here’s who else was in the frame

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Daniel Andrews breaks silence on China parade outing

Dan Andrews is unrepentant about attending a military show of might in China, where he was photographed with dictators and alleged war criminals.

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Ben Roberts-Smith’s final appeal bid rejected by high court – as it happened

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Afternoon Update: Daniel Andrews poses with dictators; Labor to review ‘weirdest’ election; and why cash is still king

Former Victorian premier pictured alongside Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un at Beijing military parade

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Daniel Andrews criticised after attending China military parade and posing with Kim Jong-Un and Vladimir Putin

Former Victorian Labor premier earlier filmed shaking Chinese president Xi Jinping’s hand

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Moira Deeming criticised for describing police as Daniel Andrews’ ‘personal army’ in statue debate amid manhunt for alleged killer of two officers

Victorian Liberal leader Brad Battin ‘disappointed’ in comments by two of his MPs as Deeming says debate was planned weeks before Porepunkah deaths

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Alleged cop killer's issues with authority laid bare

A fugitive gunman previously referred to the police in court evidence as 'frigging Nazis' and 'terrorist thugs' and once tried to arrest a magistrate.

The Guardian - AU

Who is Dezi Freeman? Porepunkah shooting suspect has association with ‘sovereign citizen’ ideas and called police ‘terrorist thugs’

Victoria police say alleged shooter remains on the run and armed after two officers killed and a third injured

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Jacinta Allan wants to pick a fight about working from home – and businesses are playing into her hands

The Victorian premier has been on shaky ground since taking over in 2023 but in this populist, women-focused policy she may have found her footing

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‘I come to save the system’: why Melbourne tower residents fear for the future of public housing

Victorian government plan to redevelop 44 estates described as ‘foolish’ and ‘insulting’ by locals at first hearing of parliamentary inquiry

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‘I’m not done fighting’: diagnosed with MND, Victorian MP Emma Vulin still has a lot to achieve

After seeing the parliament made more accessible, the 45-year-old wants to help usher in changes to the state’s voluntary assisted dying laws

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Dozens of Victorian public school upgrades delayed until after state election

Environment groups say nature and biodiversity has also been short-changed by the Victorian budget

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