Politics
Victoria
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Victorian budget
Water retailers pleaded to borrow $36.5 million extra in debt blowout
Floods and infrastructure costs forced four water retailers in regional Victoria to ask the state government to increase their borrowing limits.
- by Rachel Eddie
Latest
Allan to front truth-telling inquiry to affirm Victoria’s commitment to treaty with First Peoples
The premier will say a different approach is needed to tackle the injustices and entrenched disadvantage faced by Indigenous Victorians.
- by Jack Latimore
Premier defends keeping MP demoted for ‘inappropriate conduct’ in her team
Jacinta Allan said the alleged behaviour of Darren Cheeseman was not acceptable anywhere in the community, but despite losing his role he’ll remain in her party room.
- by Rachel Eddie
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ALP
Where the tallest Suburban Rail Loop towers – soaring up to 40 storeys – will be built
New maps show down to the street level the clearest picture for development plans around the six train stations between Cheltenham and Box Hill in Melbourne’s east.
- by Kieran Rooney
Investigative body to handle MP complaints won’t be set up by deadline
Labor is still months away from introducing a bill to establish the parliamentary integrity commission that would investigate MPs for inappropriate behaviour, after Jacinta Allan asked Darren Cheeseman to resign as parliamentary secretary.
- by Rachel Eddie
Updated
Political leadership
Premier demotes MP over allegations of inappropriate workplace behaviour
Labor member for South Barwon Darren Cheeseman has been asked by Jacinta Allan to resign from his role as a parliamentary secretary as a “result of allegations of persistent, inappropriate behaviour in the workplace”.
- by Kieran Rooney
Ellen Sandell the stability choice for ambitious Victorian Greens MPs
Melbourne MP Ellen Sandell is the new leader of the state Greens after Samantha Ratnam stepped down to contest the federal seat of Wills.
- by Broede Carmody and Annika Smethurst
Analysis
Drug reform
Jacinta Allan shows she’s not Andrews but risks her party’s wrath
The premier abandoned Daniel Andrews’ promise to build a second safe injecting room, despite her own faction pushing strongly for it.
- by Kieran Rooney
Updated
Drug reform
Melbourne will not get a second injecting room while Allan is premier
Premier Jacinta Allan has drawn a line under the debate about a second injecting room in Melbourne by going against an expert report to say it will never be built.
- by Rachel Eddie, Kieran Rooney and Cara Waters
Residents vow to fight government push to quash public housing commission class action
Awil Hussein and his two daughters call the North Melbourne public housing towers home and say their community will be destroyed if a plan to demolish them is allowed to go ahead.
- by Clay Lucas
The Age photos of the week, April 20, 2024
The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age.