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Transport election promises are much smaller this time round in Victoria, but the quality control is no better

An election campaign can sometimes feel like Groundhog Day, but this Victorian election is genuinely different. While the major parties are still making plenty of transport promises, they’ve dialled them way down from the dizzy heights of 2018.

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Vic power commission to go in constitution

A re-elected Labor government would enshrine a re-booted State Electricity Commission into the Victorian constitution, Premier Daniel Andrews has promised.

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Rape case against Victorian police officer collapses in blow to force’s new family violence unit

Prosecutors said there was not a reasonable chance of conviction in case, brought by taskforce hailed as Australian-first

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‘We are safe’: Matthew Guy seeks a reset in final days of Victorian election campaign

Opposition leader launches ‘real solutions plan’ to the Liberal party faithful after days of controversy

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Strong winds to continue in NSW as Victoria experiences ‘wintry blast’

Bureau of Meteorology says blustery conditions caused by ‘very strong pressure gradient’

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Strong winds rip through NSW, Victoria

Damaging winds have ripped through Australia's southeast, causing thousands to lose power and hundreds of trees to fall.

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Victorian Liberals embarrassed by extremists within: how does this keep happening?

By rights, Victorians marking their ballot papers in the 2022 election this week should be casting judgment on the unprecedented emergency powers enforced during the COVID-19 crisis, while also evaluating the health, education and economic policies put forward in Australia’s second-most-populous state.

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Nats candidate on sex charge found dead

A Nationals candidate due in court on sexual assault allegations and running for the seat of Narracan has died, days out from the Victorian election.

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Victorian Nationals candidate who died days before election was facing sexual assault charges

Election for Narracan declared ‘failed’ after Shaun Gilchrist died on weekend with National party now facing questions over his preselection

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Ferocious storms lash Victoria, destroying crops and damaging houses and businesses

A severe weather warning remains in place for much of the state and the Bureau of Meteorology is reporting that elevated and coastal areas are most likely to experience peak wind gusts.

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Matthew Guy says Melbourne was the world's most locked-down city. Is that correct?

The Victorian Opposition says Melbourne has "the dubious distinction" of being locked up longer than any other city during the pandemic, but such comparisons are far from straightforward.

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Nationals candidate for regional seat of Narracan found dead

Shaun Gilchrist was contesting Narracan in Victoria's east, covering the regional centres of Drouin and Warragul and smaller rural towns in north-west Gippsland.

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As Victorians head to the polls, will voters punish the major parties?

There are now just five days until the last day of voting in the Victorian state election.

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Wait for new Vic female premier drags on

Middle-aged white men lead Victoria's major parties as a decades-long wait goes on for an answer to Joan Kirner, the state's first and only female premier.

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Victorian gas project under threat

A Victorian gas project touted as a solution to energy shortfalls in the east coast market, could have a public loan blocked, under a push by the Greens.

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Candidate on sex offence charge found dead

A Nationals candidate due in court on sexual assault allegations and running for the seat of Narracan has died, days out from the Victorian election.

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Election-night upset remains a possibility as Victorians head to the polls

As Saturday’s state election inches nearer, that is now suggesting a more complicated election than earlier polling suggested.

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Daniel Andrews rejects ‘Americanisation’ of politics after MP’s controversial speech

MP Catherine Cumming under police investigation over speech at a protest in which she called for Victoria’s premier to be turned into ‘red mist’

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Victorian wild weather hits music festivals, more extreme wind and rain on the way

Wild winds and rain are expected to continue in Victoria, after the weather on Saturday night forced the mid-performance cancellation of a Melbourne music festival and left dozens of people bogged at another event near Geelong.

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Recreational off-road group turn hand to helping Landcare in Victoria

A group that is part off-road driving club, part cross-country clean-up team is helping bush communities with jobs that need heavy-duty support.

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Tree hunter Alistair Watt nurtures rare plants in his garden in Victoria's Otway Ranges

Some of the world's rarest trees are growing in this man's backyard. They could survive for thousands of years. He must decide what to do with them next.

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Daniel Andrews's legacy could be immortalised in bronze, but there's a tightening Victorian election to win first

Victoria's Labor premier is fighting for a third term in office after an extraordinary four years that saw him become one of the most recognisable — and controversial — faces in Australia. Will he be able to pull it off?

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‘It’s not tokenism’: why these young candidates are contesting the Victorian election

They face questions about their experience but these would-be MPs are adamant they’re seeking proper representation

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Victorian Liberal leader dumps candidate linked to conservative church a week out from state election

Matthew Guy announces Renee Heath will not sit in party room following newspaper investigation into City Builders Church

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Victoria on teal tsunami watch in election

The federal political landscape was reshaped by a teal wave and the Victorian election will be the first real test of whether the states are on notice as well.

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