Thawing the freezer:How Jacinta Allan is resetting the state

Thawing the freezer:How Jacinta Allan is resetting the state

Away from official positions,the premier is quietly assembling the key members of her squad.

  • byStephen Brook andKieran Rooney

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Victoria’s next premier hasn’t been thrown a hospital pass,but it won’t be easy

Victoria’s next premier hasn’t been thrown a hospital pass,but it won’t be easy

Daniel Andrews’ successor,likely to be Jacinta Allan,will inherit a huge political margin and weak opposition – as well as severe budget pain.

  • byJosh Gordon
Former health minister wants focus back on COVID as he embarks on new job

Former health minister wants focus back on COVID as he embarks on new job

Greg Hunt is on a mission to make Melbourne the new Boston or Cambridge,but in his first interview since leaving politics,he also draws attention to COVID deaths and calls for Liberal Party diversity.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Magpies challenger outlines coach plan,rejects ‘power and privilege’ gibe

Magpies challenger outlines coach plan,rejects ‘power and privilege’ gibe

Former Channel Nine boss and AFL lawyer Jeff Browne has hit back at a suggestion from a Collingwood vice-president that he has an agenda of “power and privilege”.

  • byJake Niall
Andrews’ injury prompts colleagues to question his future as premier

Andrews’ injury prompts colleagues to question his future as premier

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.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
International student losses set to punch $18 billion hole in economy

International student losses set to punch $18 billion hole in economy

The loss of international students is set to punch an $18 billion hole in the economy,placing state and federal governments under growing pressure to act.

  • byFarrah Tomazin,Royce Millar andAdam Carey
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Dan Andrews'leadership is buckling under its own weight

Dan Andrews'leadership is buckling under its own weight

Whether you consider him resolute or arrogant,the Premier's central role in this crisis has undermined his ability to unite Victorians through the state's next phase.

  • byShaun Carney
'Kick a Vic'mentality gets short shrift from ex-premiers

'Kick a Vic'mentality gets short shrift from ex-premiers

Four former Victorian Premiers from both sides of politics say a"kick a Vic"mentality has reached damaging levels and frustrations should go towards the coronavirus,not Victoria.

  • byMichael Fowler andBenjamin Preiss
Charity boss John Brumby worried about charity fatigue after bushfire donations
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Charity boss John Brumby worried about charity fatigue after bushfire donations

The chief of the Fred Hollows Foundation is concerned that other worthy causes will struggle to attract people's attention in the way the bushfire crisis gripped the world.

  • byLatika Bourke
Could the big build open a hole under Victorian Labor?

Could the big build open a hole under Victorian Labor?

Daniel Andrews was determined to get the state moving - then came the budget blowouts and the legal proceedings.

  • byClay Lucas
In the path of disaster:The big causes of bushfires that most of us are missing

In the path of disaster:The big causes of bushfires that most of us are missing

Bushfires in Australia will continue to get worse as more and more people choose to live in the path of disaster,experts fear.

  • byLiam Mannix,Joshua Whittaker andKatharine Haynes