Australia’s Comm Games body splashes millions more on Glasgow 2026 games

Australia’s Comm Games body splashes millions more on Glasgow 2026 games

The Glasgow Commonwealth Games could receive up to $4.5 million to pay for a shortfall the Scottish and UK governments refuse to cover.

  • bySteve Larkin andAshleigh McMillan

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Why native forest harvesting is the ‘zombie’ industry that won’t die

Why native forest harvesting is the ‘zombie’ industry that won’t die

Commercial logging in native forests is the industry that refuses to end,with foresters extending into private land logging and selling firewood from national parks.

  • byBianca Hall
Nearly 3000 Victorian households apply for social housing in three months

Nearly 3000 Victorian households apply for social housing in three months

The fresh waiting list figures come as the state opposition has accused the Allan government of trying to make its data look better by changing the way it is reported.

  • byBroede Carmody andAnnika Smethurst
The Victorian social housing projects that have quietly lost funding

The Victorian social housing projects that have quietly lost funding

Hundreds of new homes due to be built on state land have been left without funding after the state government removed them from its Big Housing Build scheme to cut costs.

  • byRachel Eddie
Billionaire Anthony Pratt hires old rivals Scott Morrison and Dan Andrews

Billionaire Anthony Pratt hires old rivals Scott Morrison and Dan Andrews

The cardboard box king has shown admirable bipartisanship in his choice of two new very well-paid consultants.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook
God forgives,the CFMEU doesn’t:The warning for Labor after Setka

God forgives,the CFMEU doesn’t:The warning for Labor after Setka

The union speaks to Labor’s working-class voters more than any other. Now the party fears the CFMEU has a long memory.

  • byKieran Rooney andRachel Eddie
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Copenhagen,not Docklands:Nick Reece wants to be lord mayor for real – here’s how

Copenhagen,not Docklands:Nick Reece wants to be lord mayor for real – here’s how

The former deputy mayor has confirmed he will run for the city’s top job at the coming elections,saying he’ll insist new growth suburbs are about putting “people first,not developer profit”.

  • byAisha Dow
‘Scorched earth’:What the state’s health funding squeeze means for rural health

‘Scorched earth’:What the state’s health funding squeeze means for rural health

Health outcomes for people in regional areas are already poorer than the city. Here’s why they may get much worse.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
Victoria’s primary care clinics face funding cuts in budget crisis
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Victoria’s primary care clinics face funding cuts in budget crisis

Priority primary care clinics,promised in 2022 as Daniel Andrews’ solution to the health crisis,are facing cutbacks as the Victorian budget grapples with debt.

  • byRachel Eddie andKieran Rooney
Dan Andrews joins pro-Israel group,denounces ‘antisemitism and terrorism’

Dan Andrews joins pro-Israel group,denounces ‘antisemitism and terrorism’

Publicly expressing support for Israel has become politically tricky for Labor MPs,but Andrews and former Labor senator Nova Peris are both taking on new roles.

  • byPaul Sakkal
‘I know who the boss is’:Gillon McLachlan primed for showdown with Peter ‘Showbags’ V’landys

‘I know who the boss is’:Gillon McLachlan primed for showdown with Peter ‘Showbags’ V’landys

Gillon McLachlan can expect to see much more of his old footy code sparring partner Peter V’Landys now he is running Tabcorp.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell