Kieran Rooney
Kieran Rooney is a Victorian state political reporter at The Age.
Working from home laws set to extend to more workers, as Allan prepares legislation
While the new laws are to begin on September 1, small businesses will have until next year to implement the new policy.
- Kieran Rooney
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An orange wave is breaking over Victoria. Can Labor hold back the populist tide?
Fears that One Nation could win as many as 30 seats at the Victorian election have sparked a new battle plan within Labor to fight Pauline Hanson’s party.
- Chip Le Grand and Kieran Rooney
Firefighters’ union boss unmasked over bid to suppress corruption report
United Firefighters Union secretary Peter Marshall has lost a court bid to keep his identity a secret as he fights to block the publication of an IBAC investigation.
- Kieran Rooney
Scandal-plagued union in fresh fight for control
Leaders of the Health Workers Union are at loggerheads over when the branch should be returned to the hands of members after its former boss was forced out.
- Kieran Rooney
Zoos Victoria to cut up to 70 jobs, including in conservation and wildlife
The organisation in charge of Victoria’s biggest zoos is proposing job cuts that could affect operations, conservation and wildlife services.
- Kieran Rooney
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- Mental health
Hospitals turn to sniffer dogs to combat illicit drugs in wards
The use of sniffer dogs inside closed psychiatric wards has divided mental health experts, as hospitals try to balance the invasion of patient privacy against the risks posed by illicit substances.
- Grant McArthur and Kieran Rooney
Political hangover hits the premier ahead of the ‘killing season’
At a dinner on Thursday, Labor MPs drank and perused their increasingly negative election odds. The next day, speculation about Jacinta Allan’s leadership reignited.
- Kieran Rooney
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- AFL 2026
Caulfield told to seal Dees deal on racecourse relocation
A month after Melbourne sacked its chief executive, its plan to move to Caulfield appears to be back on track, with a key state government minister intervening in the negotiations.
- Bridget McArthur and Kieran Rooney
35 children deemed not at significant risk by protective services before their deaths
Of the almost three dozen children who died between 2019 and 2025, all had been flagged with child protection services several times, a new landmark report has found.
- Nicole Precel and Kieran Rooney
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- Healthcare
Promised hospital scanners $25m over budget and four years late
Labor’s 2022 state election pledge to install specialist scanners at eight Victorian hospitals won’t be completed until the end of the decade.
- Kieran Rooney