Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Premier Jacinta Allan at the North East Link construction site in May last year.

The leader most likely to lose their job after the federal election? Jacinta Allan

There will be no move against Allan while the campaign is on but if Labor does as badly in Victoria as the polls suggest,senior party figures have made it clear whom they will blame.

  • Chip Le Grand

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Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan.

Jacinta Allan’s sinking popularity inflicts brand damage on Albanese’s election hopes

An exclusive survey shows support for the Victorian Labor Party has collapsed to crisis levels – and it will have a huge influence on the federal political contest.

  • Chip Le Grand andPaul Sakkal
SRL Minister Harriet Shing,Premier Jacinta Allan,and Transport Infrastructure Minister Gabrielle Williams on Tuesday.

Cutting Sunshine hub would kill Airport Rail,says Allan

The Victorian premier responded to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s announcement that he would pull federal funding from the SRL East and Sunshine rail hub if elected.

  • Rachel Eddie,Kieran Rooney andChip Le Grand
A Suburban Rail Loop construction site in Clayton.

Dutton pledges to axe $2.2 billion from Suburban Rail Loop ‘hoax’

The federal opposition leader will announce on Tuesday that,if elected,he will withdraw federal funding for the rail loop,branding the project a cruel hoax.

  • Chip Le Grand,Kieran Rooney andPaul Sakkal

The iron law of aromatics that explains why politicians are sweating on Victoria

Victorian voters could decide the federal election. First,they must decide between a party with a whiff about it and a leader only a mother could love.

  • Chip Le Grand
Premier Jacinta Allan and Treasurer Jaclyn Symes (left) have announced an independent review into the Victorian Public Service.

Bloated and out of control,Victoria’s spending puts thousands of jobs on the line

Can anyone explain what Development Victoria does differently to Developer Victoria,Economic Growth Victoria,Engage Victoria,Launch Victoria and Breakthrough Victoria? If so,you get a prize.

  • Chip Le Grand
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan at a school in January.

On this occasion,Victorian voters have little cause for complaint

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has tipped $14.45 billion in additional funding into a state that will be crucial to the election outcome.

  • Chip Le Grand
Breakthrough Victoria

State-backed fund faces chop after pumping millions into failed medical company

The state’s $2 billion venture capital play Breakthrough Victoria is under mounting pressure to convince the Allan government it isn’t broken.

  • Chip Le Grand
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan on Tuesday blamed Acting Chief Commissioner Rick Nugent for giving her incorrect information relating to a police investigation into the construction sector.

In spruiking Operation Hawk,the premier made a goose of the government

This episode reflects an extraordinary absence of curiosity within government about what Victoria Police have been doing since the first Building Bad stories.

  • Chip Le Grand
Jacinta Allan speaking on Monday.

Premier’s ‘new’ Operation Hawk union crackdown already exists,say police

A police investigation into organised crime on Big Build sites announced on Monday by the Victorian Premier has actually been running since July.

  • Kieran Rooney,Chip Le Grand andRachel Eddie