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Victorian budget
The multibillion-dollar blow primed to hit Victorian taxpayers and the budget
Government agencies will fork out $15 billion a year for insurance claims by 2028, a 36 per cent surge that threatens to rock the state’s already struggling finances.
- by Kieran Rooney
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Criminalising cannabis: How Australia’s war on weed hurts the poor
Most cannabis possession arrests happen in Victoria’s poorest suburbs and towns. A new approach is needed, says the Penington Institute.
- by Clay Lucas
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Regulation
Cutting Victoria’s red tape could save up to $1.6 billion a year
An internal state government review found Victoria has the second-highest number of business licences and permits in the nation.
- by Kieran Rooney
The Age photos of the week, July 20, 2024
The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age.
Premier defends Victoria’s CFMEU inquiry and says investigator will have access to senior MPs
Jacinta Allan has vowed the government-appointed investigator will be able to speak to ministers – including herself – about claims against the CFMEU.
- by Broede Carmody
‘You dill!’: The words too potty-mouthed for parliament. And the ones that aren’t
Inside the walls of the Victorian parliament, there are strict rules on what politicians can wear and what they can say. So much so that there’s even a list of vocabulary deemed “unparliamentary”.
- by Broede Carmody
State government review of troubled construction sector to report back within six weeks
Victoria’s independent review into the construction sector will provide an interim report by late August and a final report by the end of November.
- by Broede Carmody
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Building Bad
More than 20 CFMEU officials stood down after organised crime allegations
Union officials and delegates have been called into meetings this week and stood down after damning revelations about the CFMEU and links to organised crime.
- by Kieran Rooney, Rachel Eddie, Sumeyya Ilanbey and Angus Thompson
‘She’d steal her grandma’s false teeth’: Notorious conwoman jailed after three decades of fraud
Athena Razos, one of many names she used, has defrauded and stolen from law firms, major banks, her first husband and friends over three decades.
- by Melissa Cunningham and Cameron Houston
Opinion
Political leadership
Jacinta Allan is failing to cut through. The denials are making it worse
The state Labor government has been under weeks of sustained political pressure. But it won’t turn around the slump in support with this defensive manner.
- by Annika Smethurst
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City life
Melburnians want airport rail and more buses before the Suburban Rail Loop, survey says
A new survey has found which infrastructure projects residents want for Melbourne, and it’s not what the Allan government is prioritising.
- by Cara Waters