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'Should be nervous': Liberal leader revels in poll win

Despite being dogged by a defamation trial, Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto has inched ahead of Premier Jacinta Allan as preferred state leader.

AAP · Nov 13, 2024

Gas producer slams ideological folly, warns of shortage

A domestic gas producer has warned of rising power bills and energy shortages if significant headwinds, including green tape and activism, go unchallenged.

AAP · Nov 13, 2024

Family calls for change after woman murdered by partner

The family of a murdered woman have welcomed a coroner's recommendations, saying those changes could protect other women from their violent partners.

AAP · Nov 13, 2024

Kinder worker's family mourns 'light of our lives'

The family of Eleanor Bryant, killed as a truck crashed into a kindergarten in Victoria, has paid tribute to the mother-of-two as mourners laid flowers.

AAP · Nov 11, 2024

'No stopping' rail loop as state strikes $1.7b deal

A $1.7 billion deal has been struck to tunnel 10 kilometres of Melbourne's controversial Suburban Rail Loop, raising the ire of the state opposition.

AAP · Nov 10, 2024

State-owned toll body to hit the road amid price rises

An independent tribunal and ombudsman will be established to monitor Sydney's toll road network, with powers to investigate and make binding recommendations.

AAP · Nov 9, 2024

Essendon defender Morcom relishes AFLW-AFL juggle

Essendon defender Alex Morcom juggles life as an AFLW player with her job as the Bombers' AFL operations manager but is thriving.

AAP · Nov 8, 2024

AFLW Bombers want to make their own finals history

Essendon AFLW players are more concerned with securing their first finals victory than thinking about the AFL team's horror play-off fortunes since 2004.

AAP · Nov 7, 2024

Man jailed over $33m money laundering racket

A Chinese national has been jailed for at least two-and-a-half years for trying to conceal bank deposits in a $33 million money laundering operation.

AAP · Nov 7, 2024

Aggressive Fraser-McGurk plans to keep doing it his way

Australian dynamo Jake Fraser-McGurk has no plans to rein in his ultra-aggressive style at the top of the order to keep critics happy.

AAP · Nov 7, 2024