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Daniella White

Daniella White

Daniella White is a state political reporter for The Age. Contact her at da.white@nine.com.au

Minister for disability and Children Lizzie Blandthorn.

All three and four-year-olds to be screened for autism under Victoria’s NDIS alternative

The state government has unveiled its Thriving Kids model, for children with autism and developmental delays who are no longer supported by the NDIS.

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Greens leader Ellen Sandell

Why the Greens think they can lead a left-wing revolt to take on One Nation

As One Nation surges in the polls ahead of the Victorian election, the Greens are focusing on suburban voters in a pitch to capitalise on disillusionment with the major parties.

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Travellers will finally be able to tap on and off trains using phones or bank cards.

Some commuters can finally ditch myki cards. But there are key exceptions

Those on trams and buses will still need a physical card. And myki passes won’t be supported by the new system.

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Sydney Road in Brunswick on Wednesday.

Secret departmental plan for radical expansion of suburban high-rise push

There are currently 60 high-rise activity centres. A secret plan drawn up by a state government department calls for 150 more.

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Premier Jacinta Allan with NextDC chief executive Craig Scroggie in one of the company’s Melbourne data centres last year.

From corporate boxes to tech billionaires: Inside the Allan government’s data centre courtship

Whether it be schmoozing tech giants at the Australian Open or private meetings with leading AI figures, the state government has intensified its bid to attract global data centre players.

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Former prime minister and newly elected Liberal Party federal president Tony Abbott at the Liberal Party’s annual meeting in Melbourne on Friday.

‘We are the patriot party’: Taylor sets up Albanese fight after Abbott’s Liberal rallying cry

Angus Taylor will come out swinging in an aggressive speech to a shattered Liberal Party, just one day after Tony Abbott was welcomed back into the party fold.

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Tony Abbott was elected as the Liberal Party’s federal president in Melbourne on Friday.

Abbott plots ‘people’s revolt’ in return to politics as Liberal president

The former prime minister said he believed it was his duty to serve the Liberal Party in a time of “existential crisis”.

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A mega data centre is coming to Melbourne’s west.

The data centre mega-hub being quietly mapped out in Melbourne’s west

The 350-hectare hub – the biggest ever publicly proposed in Australia – would need more power than the total output of Victoria’s largest coal-fired power station.

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A construction site for the Suburban Rail Loop in Clayton.

Fraud and corruption: 56 active allegations on Big Build projects receiving federal funds

A Senate estimates hearing has been told of a rise in claims of fraud, corruption and other serious behaviour on major Victorian infrastructure projects.

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Premier Jacinta Allan holds a press conference to announce changes to Victoria’s firearm laws on Monday.

Allan rejects Albanese’s gun buyback scheme and firearms limits

Victoria gun owners will remain without limits on the number of firearms they can own following a key review of gun laws sparked by the Bondi attack.

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