How Victoria’s women finally got more public toilets

How Victoria’s women finally got more public toilets

A public servant in the 1980s proposed an inquiry into whether women needed more public toilets. The Victorian ombudsman wasn’t having it.

  • byTony Wright

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Bullying probes against MPs among powers proposed in integrity shake-up

Bullying probes against MPs among powers proposed in integrity shake-up

A powerful trio of commissioners would investigate bullying and harassment complaints against Victorian MPs under changes put forward by Premier Jacinta Allan.

  • byAnnika Smethurst andRachel Eddie
Integrity issues never a priority for ‘can do’ premier Daniel Andrews

Integrity issues never a priority for ‘can do’ premier Daniel Andrews

Andrews always seemed more focused on results than process,and that meant integrity issues suffered under his leadership.

  • byRoyce Millar
‘Haven’t seen signs of life’:Watchdogs sound alarm over lack of branch-stacking reforms
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‘Haven’t seen signs of life’:Watchdogs sound alarm over lack of branch-stacking reforms

Victoria’s public service integrity bodies say they haven’t seen evidence of change a year after their probe into Labor’s branch-stacking scandal.

  • byBroede Carmody
Ex-Labor MPs,advisers flock to lobbying roles

Ex-Labor MPs,advisers flock to lobbying roles

Almost 65 per cent of lobbying firms registered in Victoria have lobbyists on their books who are former MPs,ministerial staffers or party officials.

  • byRoyce Millar
Victoria is virtually a one-party state – that’s bad for all of us

Victoria is virtually a one-party state – that’s bad for all of us

Premiers and governments that feel impervious to opposition are more likely to overreach. For disturbing evidence of this,look no further than the latest IBAC report and Daniel Andrews’ contemptuous reaction to it.

  • byPaul Strangio
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‘Tentacles everywhere’:Andrews denies power centralised in premier’s office

‘Tentacles everywhere’:Andrews denies power centralised in premier’s office

An Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission report has issued a damning assessment of the centralisation of power under Daniel Andrews’ watch and noted a “significant erosion” of ministerial accountability.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey andAnnika Smethurst
This line from IBAC’s latest scathing report should alarm Victorians
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This line from IBAC’s latest scathing report should alarm Victorians

The Andrews government’s awarding of a multimillion-dollar training contract to a Labor-linked union may not be criminal,but it ​​exposes​ troubling​ failings,unethical conduct and “grey corruption”.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
IBAC report finds Andrews’ staff inappropriately pressured bureaucrats over union contract

IBAC report finds Andrews’ staff inappropriately pressured bureaucrats over union contract

The anti-corruption commission issued a damning assessment of the centralisation of power under the premier’s watch and the “significant erosion” of ministerial accountability.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey andAnnika Smethurst
IBAC probe into Premier Daniel Andrews and advisers to be revealed

IBAC probe into Premier Daniel Andrews and advisers to be revealed

The findings of a secret corruption probe into the role of Premier Daniel Andrews and his advisers in awarding two grants worth $3.4 million to a Labor-linked union on the eve of the 2018 election will be revealed on Wednesday.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey
Politicians don’t like them. They don’t like each other. Have our watchdogs gone astray?

Politicians don’t like them. They don’t like each other. Have our watchdogs gone astray?

When Martin Pakula made his parting speech to parliament in September,there was one point that had Opposition MPs nodding in fierce agreement.

  • byRoyce Millar