The drunken behaviour of Liberal MPs Tim Smith and David Davis will be at the centre of a new Labor attack advertisement targeting Opposition Leader Matthew Guy.
The Victorian opposition’s flagship election policy of slashing Melbourne public transport fares to $2 a day is estimated by the state’s transport department to cost twice as much as the Coalition claimed.
In May’s federal poll for this area,the Greens’ vote fell by 15 percentage points. The party’s young cycle-riding candidate hopes he can avoid a similar fate.
With less than a fortnight to go before pre-polling opens,parties are jostling to secure your loyalty and your vote.
The Information Commissioner said it had received a record number of complaints about FOI decision delays from police over the past year and that the government had also made “no progress” in improving information sharing.
Labor MP John Kennedy claims a $20,000-a-year motor vehicle allowance from the Victorian parliament,despite not owning a car or ever having had a driver’s licence.
After decades of lagging infrastructure,four weeks out from the state election Melton residents are being pummelled with promises for roads,a hospital and a TAFE.
The Labor chair of a parliamentary subcommittee told auditors reviewing Victoria’s integrity agencies to remove any references to the Andrews government underfunding or under-resourcing the state’s anti-corruption body.
Treasurer Tim Pallas describes cost overruns on existing capital works as “relatively modest”,but has highlighted risks for new projects.
The federal infrastructure adviser has urged the Albanese and Victorian governments to consider delaying the $13 billion Melbourne Airport Rail project over concerns about potential cost blow-outs and low patronage in its first decade of operation.
Liberal candidate for Richmond Lucas Moon has been threatened with enforcement action by the Greens-majority Yarra City Council for campaigning without a council permit.