Victorian Parliament
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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‘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
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
Bailout backing was offered to Zoos Victoria a year before job cuts
The Allan government offered to provide bailout guarantees for Zoos Victoria, 12 months before the organisation announced plans to axe an estimated 70 roles.
- Bianca Hall
Clean mental health checks for gun owners should follow Bondi, suicide: coroner
As the Allan government prepares to strengthen the state’s firearms laws, a Victorian coroner wants gun owners to provide medical evidence proving their fitness to hold a licence.
- Annika Smethurst
Allan dismisses leadership rumblings as ‘navel-gazing’ amid One Nation surge
The Victorian premier has conceded for the first time that One Nation is eating into Labor’s support, blaming global forces – such as the global fuel price shock – for people’s turn against the major parties.
- Chip Le Grand
- Opinion
- Political leadership
‘Ditch the witch’ is back – a sign of the decline in our political discourse
A sign is just a sign. Hopefully, this one won’t be around for long. But a sign can be read as a portent too.
- Jacqueline Maley
Melbourne brothel owner among funders of ‘Ditch the Witch’ billboards against Allan
The controversial slogan was heavily criticised as sexist by the premier and other politicians on Sunday.
- Gemma Grant
- Exclusive
- IBAC
IBAC to push for more public hearings, as Wilson changes tack on corruption definition
Opposition Leader Jess Wilson, having resisted long-standing calls to broaden IBAC’s jurisdiction, says she will “seriously consider” the change if the Coalition is elected to government.
- Chip Le Grand
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