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Victoria announces first large Suburban Rail Loop contract amid ‘excessive secrecy’ concerns

Premier announces $3.6bn contract for first stage of tunnels after project plans were developed by consultants

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Victoria signs $3.6 billion Suburban Rail Loop contract

The Victorian government has inked its first major works contract for the Suburban Rail Loop amid unanswered questions about the project's funding and costs.

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‘I’m not Daniel Andrews’: Jacinta Allan on power, sexism and the path to treaty

As her predecessor continues to make headlines, the Victorian premier says she’s charting her own course

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Morning Mail: Forrest’s ‘blood on their hands’ accusation, call for NDIS guarantee, Trump takeover fears

Mining billionaire says businesses have no excuse to stop burning fossil fuels; disability advocates concerned claimants could miss out

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Daniel Andrews still looms large over Victorian politics, but Jacinta Allan is trying to move on

Ombudsman’s report finds Andrews’ had same number of staff as PM’s and NSW premier’s office – combined

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Police union calls for ban on neo-Nazi marches after ‘hateful’ rally in Ballarat

Victorian premier Jacinta Allan describes Sunday’s protest in regional city as ‘disgraceful and cowardly’

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Victorian ministers to be forced to make diaries public and reveal meetings with lobbyists

Premier Jacinta Allan announces new ministerial code of conduct, which includes ban on employing family members as staff

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Athletics in 'survival mode' after Games cancellation

Athletics Australia says the sport is in 'survival mode' after the scrapping of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, taking aim at how Daniel Andrews axed the event.

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Anthony Albanese says protest at Melbourne hotel of Israeli hostages’ relatives is ‘beyond contempt’

About 20 pro-Palestinian protesters walked into Crowne Plaza lobby with signs and megaphone, causing Israeli delegation to seek refuge in police station

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Victorian treasurer expresses support for decriminalising cannabis as senior leaders admit use

Tim Pallas says he personally believes using cannabis should not be a crime as Allan government commits to discussion

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‘One of the world’s largest’: battery farm to be the first project funded by Victoria’s resurrected electricity agency

State government to contribute $245m to Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub, which is set to be operational by 2025

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Premier used cannabis but snuffs out reform just yet

Victoria has left the door ajar for a policy change on cannabis as two senior government members admit to past use, including Premier Jacinta Allan.

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‘Reflects the community’: Victoria achieves gender parity among MPs for the first time

Premier Jacinta Allan says the affect of female MPs’ voices can be seen throughout their work in parliament

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'Stubborn': Labor, Libs dig in on work compo reforms

The Victorian government and opposition are digging in on planned changes to the state's workers compensation scheme as parliament enters its last sitting week.

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Hefty fines for dodgy builders as 'loophole' closes

Builders who don't take out insurance on behalf of paid-up customers will face new offences under a legislative crackdown by the Victorian government.

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Victorian government delays apology to care leavers

Premier Jacinta Allan was scheduled to formally say sorry to past care leavers on behalf of the Victorian government but the apology has been pushed back.

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Labor, Liberals trade blows a year on from Vic election

Victorian Labor and the Liberal leaders have hurled insults at one another to mark the one-year anniversary of the bitter 2022 state election.

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Afternoon Update: Lehrmann denies trying to get Higgins drunk; Israel-Hamas truce begins; and calls for domestic violence inquiry

Lehrmann faces cross examination in day three of his defamation trial against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson

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Melbourne school students defy education minister and strike in support of Palestine

Hundreds rally in CBD to call for an end to the war in Gaza and for Australia to stop military aid to Israel

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'Doesn't stack up': Govt, airport bicker over rail plan

Victoria's deputy premier has pushed back on Melbourne Airport's suggestion it could be more cost-effective to build a rail tunnel to Tullamarine underground.

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Students rally to support a free Palestine

School students have rallied in Melbourne to show solidarity with Palestinians, blocking traffic at a major intersection.

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Stay-in-class instruction over Palestine student strike

Victoria's education department is providing government schools with formal advice over a planned student strike for Palestine in central Melbourne.

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Labor keeps Mulgrave in Vic by-election despite swing

Labor appears on track to retain the Victorian seat of Mulgrave, previously held by former premier Daniel Andrews, but with a large swing against it.

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Melbourne has waited decades for an airport train. But is a federal funding commitment enough to get it done?

Unlike governments interstate, Jacinta Allan was uncharacteristically subdued about Canberra’s funding review

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Data casts doubt on Victoria's bold housing targets

Victoria's public housing stock has lifted by 394 since 2018 and more than two thirds of homes earmarked under a $5.3 billion program are unbuilt or incomplete.

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