The Latest Breaking News from Ben Carroll

Election miracle or is it Labor 'saving the furniture'?

Still trailing in the polls, a new Labor premier is confronting an election challenge comparable in some ways to the one Scott Morrison overcame in 2019.

AAP · Sep 18

Labor seats get more than 90% of funding distributed under controversial multimillion-dollar grants program

Guardian Australia analysis adds to concerns over the federal scheme, which is to be the subject of a Senate inquiry

The Guardian - AU · Sep 16

‘Anywhere, anytime’: Victoria police and PSOs to get random stop and search powers after Labor backflip

Premier Ben Carroll adopts Coalition’s stance on Jack’s Law, which gives police and PSOs power to randomly search people for knives with metal detectors

The Guardian - AU · Sep 16

Labor struggles to turn election tide under new premier

A new premier has been unable to lift support for Victorian Labor or his personal standing, with a poll showing voters are fretting about state debt.

AAP · Sep 15

Motorcyclist’s death reignites debate over potholes on Victoria’s ‘deteriorating’ roads

Motorcycle club president Peter ‘Tiki’ Mason, 71, crashed and died on the Western Highway at Trawalla, west of Ballarat, on Sunday

The Guardian - AU · Sep 14

More police on beat as state tackles crime crisis

Growing crime concerns have become the centrepiece of one state's election campaign with both parties pledging to increase police numbers.

AAP · Sep 13

Labor has had 12 years to fix Victorian roads. Turning to ‘pothole populism’ now may be too late

Potholed roads are ‘devastating political advertising’ for the Victorian government – but Ben Carroll has made them the focus of his campaign

The Guardian - AU · Sep 12

Sore heads as Aussie NFL fans go into party overtime

Aussie NFL fans have kicked on after hosting a season match for the first time, with a sea of red and blue jerseys taking over Melbourne pubs.

AAP · Sep 11

Blame game as work from home shapes as vote changer

Labor and the coalition are pointing fingers at each other for Australian-first work from home laws derailing before a much-anticipated state election.

AAP · Sep 11

Work from home laws dead in the water after shock vote

A state parliament won't be recalled to pass landmark work from home laws before the election after the coalition teamed up with minor parties to hit pause.

AAP · Sep 10