Rachel Eddie is a Victorian state political reporter for the ABC, previously at The Age. Contact her on [email protected] , [email protected] , or via Signal @RachelEddie.99.
Victorian Labor has announced a new plan to slash emergency wait times at a dozen hospitals, following a flurry of opposition promises in the health space.
Internal drama within the Victorian Liberals will be an unwanted distraction for leader Jess Wilson just four weeks before early voting opens.
With voting in Victoria's election just weeks away, questions are being asked about whether the state campaign will look and feel different in the wake of the attack on federal MP Helen Haines.
Topic: State and Territory Elections
Opposition leader Jess Wilson says the party replaced Grant Hutchinson, its candidate for the east Melbourne seat of Croydon, after new information emerged about civil legal action he is involved in.
Topic: State and Territory Parliament
The government says the cost of its machete bin amnesty program came in at $6.55 million and collected more than 12,000 weapons.
Topic: State and Territory Government
Victorian Labor will not announce its candidates for the upper house until a month before the state election, as poor polling has the party prepared for major electoral losses.
Topic: State and Territory Parliament
Victorian Labor has promised to expand police search powers to combat knife crime in the state, despite warnings it will not reduce violent offending.
One Nation leader Warren Pickering's story of redemption took Victorian politics into new territory this week.
Former Liberal MP Moira Deeming will contest the November election with Family First, having been cast out of her former party in July.
Topic: State and Territory Parliament
Independent advice to help the Victorian government prioritise spending on infrastructure will be axed under the latest pivot from Premier Ben Carroll.
Premier Ben Carroll refused to say when he became aware of the 1 per cent charge on transport fares, which came into effect in January 2025.
The Victorian Auditor-General's Office has found the state government never revealed a new levy on public transport fares from the start of 2025.
Underground station interchanges and "complex pedestrian bridges" are among the things to go, according to the state government.
The Victorian state election is less than 100 days away. With One Nation's popularity riding high, how might the Coalition wrest power from Labor?
Ben Carroll vows to create seven free walk-in dental clinics in metropolitan Melbourne and three in regional Victoria if he wins the November election.
Topic: State and Territory Government
Anti-corruption barrister Geoffrey Watson, who estimated a $15 billion taxpayer bill due to wastage on Big Build sites, has praised the terms of reference for a royal commission announced by the government.
Former South Australian Supreme Court chief justice Christopher Kourakis will head the royal commission into corruption in the state's construction sector.
Insiders at Victoria's only mental healthcare provider for the criminal justice system is inefficient with government funding and struggles with a junior workforce that is burning out, according to a leaked report.
Topic: Court Ordered Mental Health Treatment
Roshena Campbell has been chosen to replace Moira Deeming on the Liberal ticket at the upcoming state election.
Topic: State and Territory Parliament
IBAC's Operation Richmond found former premier Daniel Andrews, his senior ministers and public servants breached codes of conduct during protracted negotiations over a firefighters' wage deal in 2016.
The IBAC report into a bitter pay dispute between the Victorian government and firefighters during the Andrews era found United Firefighters Union boss Peter Marshall had privileged access to government figures, but stopped short of any finding of corrupt conduct.
Victoria's new premier has filled one of the three vacancies in cabinet left by the departure of Jacinta Allan and two of her allies.
New Victorian Premier Ben Carroll is expected to announce his new-look ministry on Monday, with a handful of Labor MPs now jostling for promotions following the resignation of Jacinta Allan.
Staff at a youth mental health clinic in Sunshine have been told to work off-site, after four masked men attempted to assault patients at the centre in Melbourne's west last week.
Health Minister Harriet Shing and Energy Minister Lily D'Ambrosio have announced they will step down from cabinet.
