Patrick Hatch
Patrick Hatch is transport reporter at The Age and a former business reporter.
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- Victorian election
‘End of days’: Labor’s own supporters say time’s up for Allan government
The latest Resolve Political Monitor results confirm most Victorians yearn for political change, and declare the two-party system dead amid surging support for One Nation.
- Chip Le Grand and Patrick Hatch
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- Fire
Suburbs left behind as Fire Rescue Victoria misses emergency targets
Fire Rescue Victoria was created to better protect booming outer suburban communities, but the agency is falling short of its response time targets for structure fires in these areas.
- Patrick Hatch
‘This is what happens’: VicRoads privatisation blasted after IT outage
Most of the organisation’s online services have been restored after a week-long outage that caused headaches for motorists and car dealers, as well as police and councils.
- Patrick Hatch
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.
- Daniella White and Patrick Hatch
Donations laws rushed through after all-nighter in parliament
The state’s campaign finance rules were restored just before 5.30am, but a fresh legal challenge already looms to the legislation negotiated by the Allan government.
- Patrick Hatch
Labor, Coalition to avoid repaying investment funds under donations fix
The major parties would dodge paying back donations from their investment funds if they have already spent the cash, under the government’s plan to restore campaign finance laws.
- Kieran Rooney and Patrick Hatch
Legal challenge already looms for Allan’s new electoral laws
Criticism of Victoria’s new donation laws has emerged before they have even been introduced to parliament, raising the prospect of another court challenge.
- Kieran Rooney and Patrick Hatch
CFMEU ‘monopoly’ cause of Big Build corruption, says construction boss
The outgoing boss of one of Victoria’s key Big Build contractors says the CFMEU’s dominance of government worksites must be broken if the state wants to address the root cause of rampant corruption and criminality.
- Patrick Hatch
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- Building Bad
Workplace watchdog missing in action on Big Build violence claims
While WorkSafe has a team dedicated to Victorian infrastructure projects, the watchdog has confirmed it is not currently pursuing any cases through the courts.
- Kieran Rooney and Patrick Hatch
These residents can’t choose their power company. Even after reforms, they’re still stuck
New price caps will force energy retailers to slash electricity and gas bills for Victorians locked into embedded networks.
- Patrick Hatch