‘You can’t just turn it off’:Monash vice chancellor on confronting hate on campus
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‘You can’t just turn it off’:Monash vice chancellor on confronting hate on campus

Sharon Pickering says universities need to do more than just dial down conflicts on campus when confronting antisemitism.

  • byChip Le Grand

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A fleeting moment of calm before an unreturned phone call reignited Liberal loathing

A fleeting moment of calm before an unreturned phone call reignited Liberal loathing

Brad Battin and Jess Wilson could have led a next-generation Liberal Party,but neither wanted to play second fiddle,leaving the party riven by the same hatreds that consumed John Pesutto.

  • byChip Le Grand
Wilson,Battin to challenge for Liberal leadership,as crucial vote to be put to MPs

Wilson,Battin to challenge for Liberal leadership,as crucial vote to be put to MPs

Liberal MPs Jess Wilson and Brad Battin will run for the top job if the party votes to oust Victorian Liberal Leader John Pesutto.

  • byCarla Jaeger andChip Le Grand
Pesutto says he’s staying as rebels squabble over a replacement

Pesutto says he’s staying as rebels squabble over a replacement

Many in the Victorian Liberal Party want John Pesutto to go. If only they could decide who they want to replace him.

  • byKieran Rooney,Chip Le Grand andRachel Eddie
Pesutto’s leadership hanging by a thread after deadlocked Deeming vote

Pesutto’s leadership hanging by a thread after deadlocked Deeming vote

John Pesutto has been given 24 hours to stand down or face a leadership challenge after the narrow vote on allowing Moira Deeming back into the party room cost him support from key backers.

  • byRachel Eddie,Kieran Rooney andChip Le Grand
Disunity is not death in the Liberal party. It is a lifestyle choice

Disunity is not death in the Liberal party. It is a lifestyle choice

The idea of exiled MP Moira Deeming returning to the Liberal party room after spending 18 months waging lawfare against its leader John Pesutto is,even by their standards,completely bonkers.

  • byChip Le Grand
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Jaclyn Symes to be Victoria’s first female treasurer

Jaclyn Symes to be Victoria’s first female treasurer

State Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes is to be sworn in as treasurer on Thursday as she takes on one of the most difficult challenges in politics.

  • byChip Le Grand,Kieran Rooney andRachel Eddie
Howard,Abbott mooted as Deeming peacemakers in abandoned deal

Howard,Abbott mooted as Deeming peacemakers in abandoned deal

Previously undisclosed details of John Pesutto’s settlement plan will be weighed by Liberal MPs as they prepare for Friday’s vote on Moira Deeming’s return.

  • byChip Le Grand
‘Not about John’:Liberal party room meeting to focus on Deeming,rebel MP says
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‘Not about John’:Liberal party room meeting to focus on Deeming,rebel MP says

Liberal MP Bill Tilley says Moira Deeming’s status in the party and John Pesutto’s leadership are separate matters – but another MP says “anything can happen”.

  • byChip Le Grand andKieran Rooney
Pallas’ departure leaves Allan with mounting headaches

Pallas’ departure leaves Allan with mounting headaches

Treasurer Tim Pallas’ resignation means Premier Jacinta Allan must find a new economic manager to tackle the biggest debt pile in Victoria’s history.

  • byKieran Rooney,Chip Le Grand andCarla Jaeger
Pallas had a front-row seat,but he wasn’t driving the bus

Pallas had a front-row seat,but he wasn’t driving the bus

The outgoing treasurer delivered his valedictory speech a few days ago. We just didn’t know it at the time.

  • byChip Le Grand andKieran Rooney