CFMEU official attends key Labor meeting,sparking political influence fears

CFMEU official attends key Labor meeting,sparking political influence fears

Despite the scandal-plagued union being suspended from the ALP,party insiders worry they are still trying to influence factional negotiations and membership recruitment.

  • byNick McKenzie,Kieran Rooney andBroede Carmody

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The more-than-Dan dilemma:Allan has to convince voters and colleagues,quickly

The more-than-Dan dilemma:Allan has to convince voters and colleagues,quickly

Labor,the Liberal Party and the Nationals are all facing their own set of problems. With half a term left before Victorians return to the polls,the race to clean house is well and truly on.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
Latest Metro Tunnel blowout just part of mega-projects,says Allan

Latest Metro Tunnel blowout just part of mega-projects,says Allan

Premier Jacinta Allan says cost escalations on the Metro Tunnel are akin to those on other huge construction projects in Australia.

  • byClay Lucas andRachel Eddie
Secret $888m sweetener:Leaked letter exposes Labor’s massive Metro payout offer
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Secret $888m sweetener:Leaked letter exposes Labor’s massive Metro payout offer

The state government’s settlement offer would mean the companies building the late and over-budget Metro Tunnel would get additional payments to finish the rail project.

  • byClay Lucas
Premier hints at Matildas home clash;Socceroos to hit Melbourne in November

Premier hints at Matildas home clash;Socceroos to hit Melbourne in November

The Socceroos will host a pivotal FIFA World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia in November and a Matildas home game could be in the pipeline as well.

  • byRoy Ward
Delays,ditched designs and hospital damage:Leaked report reveals Metro Tunnel woes
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Delays,ditched designs and hospital damage:Leaked report reveals Metro Tunnel woes

Unfinished stations and budget issues are plaguing the $14 billion mega-rail project as it battles fresh delays and potential compensation claims.

  • byClay Lucas
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Victoria’s ‘affordable’ housing scheme is an insult to people’s intelligence

Victoria’s ‘affordable’ housing scheme is an insult to people’s intelligence

Amid the worst housing crisis on record,prime public land is being sold to private developers. So where is the public outrage?

  • byKate Shaw
Jacinta Allan’s strategy to keep the voters Labor can’t afford to lose

Jacinta Allan’s strategy to keep the voters Labor can’t afford to lose

With the first anniversary of Jacinta Allan’s leadership approaching,some are asking what she stands for. So far,her answer is for families.

  • byRachel Eddie,Kieran Rooney,Broede Carmody andAnnika Smethurst
The no-go zone that will soon make a cross-city scooter trip impossible
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The no-go zone that will soon make a cross-city scooter trip impossible

Melbourne’s two remaining e-scooter zones have effectively been cut off from one another after a decision by the City of Melbourne to ban hire scooters.

  • byTom Cowie
Youth crime policy reversal is about politics,not safety

Youth crime policy reversal is about politics,not safety

The Allan government’s decision to back out of raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14 won’t make one Victorian safer this weekend,but it’s a message to unsettled voters.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
Victoria abandons promise to raise age of criminal responsibility to 14

Victoria abandons promise to raise age of criminal responsibility to 14

Premier Jacinta Allan has backed down on a plan to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 as the government bows to pressure from the community over youth crime.

  • byRachel Eddie andBroede Carmody