‘Borrowed time’:Liberals give O’Brien ultimatum for May leadership spill
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‘Borrowed time’:Liberals give O’Brien ultimatum for May leadership spill

In an escalation of internal feuding,a group of Victorian Liberals believe they have the numbers to defeat Opposition Leader Michael O’Brien and have set a timetable for a move against him.

  • byAnnika Smethurst andPaul Sakkal

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2021 is shaping up to be a challenge for Victoria's opposition,while social media platforms may face a reckoning.

  • byJon Faine
Wounded,impotent but Liberals could still reinvent themselves

Wounded,impotent but Liberals could still reinvent themselves

The party must resolve a problem that has dogged it for most of this century:its reason for being and its sense of purpose.

  • byShaun Carney
Andrews support strong,but Liberal leader floundering:poll
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Andrews support strong,but Liberal leader floundering:poll

Only 15 per cent of those polled approved of Opposition Leader Michael O'Brien's performance during the pandemic.

  • byJewel Topsfield
Liberal voters reject opposition playing pandemic politics,poll finds
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Liberal voters reject opposition playing pandemic politics,poll finds

Ipsos poll commissioned by'The Age'and Nine News shows many Victorians believe the opposition should have tried harder to offer constructive criticism.

  • byJewel Topsfield andSean Goodwin
Victorian opposition should be wary of repeating mistakes

Victorian opposition should be wary of repeating mistakes

Michael O’Brien must convince us that he would do a better job running the joint,instead of just pointing out all the scar tissue on the Premier and his team.

  • byJon Faine
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Auditor-General to scrutinise Victoria's mammoth coronavirus borrowing

Auditor-General to scrutinise Victoria's mammoth coronavirus borrowing

The Andrews government has used $2.5 billion of the debt facility it set up in April.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey
Quarantine inquiry chief slaps down Liberal leader's bid to join hearings

Quarantine inquiry chief slaps down Liberal leader's bid to join hearings

Jennifer Coate has rejected Opposition Leader Michael O’Brien's application as a challenge to her independence.

  • byChip Le Grand
Calls for corruption probe into union job for MP's son

Calls for corruption probe into union job for MP's son

Opposition emergency services spokesman Nick Wakeling wrote to the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission on Thursday night calling for an investigation.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey,Noel Towell andNick McKenzie
Liberals want more heads to roll in wake of Somyurek sacking

Liberals want more heads to roll in wake of Somyurek sacking

Opposition Leader Michael O’Brien wants two other ministers to go and scoffs at Daniel Andrews’ claim he was in the dark on Adem Somyurek’s branch stacking.

  • byNoel Towell
O'Brien's hot shoe shuffle keeps him one step ahead of his critics

O'Brien's hot shoe shuffle keeps him one step ahead of his critics

Liberal leader is slowly but surely tightening his grip.

  • byNoel Towell