Labor must recruit future MPs from more diverse backgrounds to remain relevant,two federal MPs argue,as the party’s primary vote sits at historic lows.
Operation Daintree is not about political figures or union officials with their snouts in the trough. It is about something more commonplace and insidious.
The member for Northern Victoria has not revealed what prompted his decision to step away from politics.
Mr Eren is the fifth senior Labor MP to announce he will not be seeking re-election in Victoria’s 2022 state election in the past 48 hours.
The member for Altona said committing to another four-year term was incompatible with other priorities in her life.
While the experts might be pleased with the premier’s’ recovery after a fall,politics is brutal and there is speculation about his eventual successor.
Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas has firmed up as favourite to replace Jill Hennessy,who announced her resignation as Attorney-General this week.
That Hennessy has gone citing the collision between work and family once again spotlights the exacting nature of political life,and women politicians are the ones who frequently find its balancing act hardest to sustain.
Minister will step back from her cabinet role so as to be more involved in the lives of her two daughters as they move through last years of high school.
Most workers in Victoria's revamped hotel quarantine program who got infected with coronavirus were cleaners for contractor Spotless,Chief Health Officer says.
Commissioner Andrew Crisp insists the Australian Defence Force did not offer to provide personnel for the state's hotel quarantine program at a crucial meeting on March 27,and he never asked for it.