Two inconvenient truths plague the Suburban Rail Loop,and Victoria’s leaders

Two inconvenient truths plague the Suburban Rail Loop,and Victoria’s leaders

The political fight over the SRL is heating up as Jacinta Allan and John Pesutto try to find a politically advantageous way through the divisive project.

  • byAnnika Smethurst

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SEC to build solar farm to power more than 50,000 homes

SEC to build solar farm to power more than 50,000 homes

The farm will be the first 100 per cent government-owned energy generation project since Victoria’s electricity grid was privatised in the 1990s.

  • byBroede Carmody
Pro-Palestine protesters gatecrash opening of Myer Christmas windows

Pro-Palestine protesters gatecrash opening of Myer Christmas windows

Pro-Palestine protesters,some wearing Santa hats,were outside the department store,blowing bubbles and mocking Premier Jacinta Allan for calling them “morons”.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan
‘Morons’:Premier blasts protesters after Myer Christmas windows launch scrapped

‘Morons’:Premier blasts protesters after Myer Christmas windows launch scrapped

Premier Jacinta Allan said there was no need to bolster Victoria police’s powers after an activist group threatened to disrupt the Myer Christmas windows launch.

  • byCarla Jaeger,Gemma Grant andCassandra Morgan
Allan’s likeability rating has tumbled and there may be no way back

Allan’s likeability rating has tumbled and there may be no way back

Labor MPs are growing a little jittery about the party’s prospects under the current premier.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
Minister orders inquiry into VCE exam fiasco that advantaged thousands of students

Minister orders inquiry into VCE exam fiasco that advantaged thousands of students

The independent review is the second in two years into the Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority after it previously published errors in exams.

  • byAlex Crowe
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Voters ‘lukewarm’ on Allan’s housing density push but support making it easier to subdivide land

Voters ‘lukewarm’ on Allan’s housing density push but support making it easier to subdivide land

Overall,Victorians are happy with the government’s housing strategy,but the messages need to be communicated well,research shows.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
John Pesutto chalks up a first-time victory over Jacinta Allan in latest Resolve poll

John Pesutto chalks up a first-time victory over Jacinta Allan in latest Resolve poll

The opposition leader has won a psychological victory over the premier despite Liberal leadership rumblings and a high-profile court battle.

  • byKieran Rooney
Rubbish rebels:Labor MPs,ministers blast waste incinerator plans in their seats

Rubbish rebels:Labor MPs,ministers blast waste incinerator plans in their seats

The minister who first introduced Victoria’s waste-to-energy policy is opposing an incinerator,as the Allan government takes friendly fire from Labor MPs.

  • byBianca Hall andKieran Rooney
Calling men toxic may feel good,but it won’t save a single boy from the ‘manosphere’
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Calling men toxic may feel good,but it won’t save a single boy from the ‘manosphere’

When we use school intervention programs that don’t work,we run the risk of making the problem worse than it was before.

  • byAhona Guha
Chop chop crackdown:Illegal tobacco sellers to face up to 15 years in prison

Chop chop crackdown:Illegal tobacco sellers to face up to 15 years in prison

The Allan government also plans to establish a tobacco licensing scheme,after more than 100 firebombings targeting cigarette shops around the state.

  • byCarla Jaeger,Rachel Eddie andChris Vedelago