14+ hour, 13+ min ago   (51+ words) AFR Amber-Jade Sanderson was a matter of hours away from becoming Western Australia’s 31st premier. Within a day of Labor firebrand Mark McGowan’s shock resignation in May 2023, Sanderson won the critical support of the state’s dominant left union to replace him....

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (48+ words) AFR If passed, a constitutional challenge to the Victorian Labor government’s proposed work-from-home laws is all but guaranteed. But some legal experts say the more radical situation may be if the government wins its constitutional argument....

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (97+ words) AFR Victorian Labor has suffered a big setback to its plan to enshrine the right to work from home for most employees in law before the next election, after the opposition and crossbench MPs combined to send the legislation to…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (90+ words) AFR Before voting on this Bill, members of the Upper House ask whether it makes the state a more attractive place to do business, to invest time, and to invest money Only in Victoria. It is a sentiment I am…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (105+ words) afr.com Due diligence of candidates hasn’t historically been the party’s strong suit. One Nation is taking a novel approach to its “tough on crime” election stance in Victoria. This week, its state leader Warren Pickering got up and outlined…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (100+ words) AFR The Minns government’s own analysis has found that traffic will increase in Sydney’s eastern suburbs when 9400 new homes are built around a revived Woollahra railway station, despite being part of a state strategy that aims to get people off…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (91+ words) AFR Victorian workers who have already negotiated flexible working arrangements will not be able to tap into Labor’s new work-from-home laws, and the threshold for businesses rejecting their employees’ requests will be lowered, under changes adopted by Premier Ben Carroll....

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (126+ words) AFR We can’t trust a government whose decision-making is like an underground stream – we know it’s there because of the outcome, but damned if we know its course. Over the last decade in Victoria, it seems that the ends really…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (108+ words) AFR One Nation’s Victorian leader, Warren Pickering, says he dabbled in drugs in his 20s, experimented with an open relationship and lost his licence for drink-driving but has turned his life around after joining the army and is proud of the…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (92+ words) AFR Desperate times call for expensive measures, such as a $100,000-plus cheque for political strategy advice. Nothing strikes panic in Sydney’s premier postcodes like the prospect of a mid-rise apartment block. The stress was real in Double Bay and Woollahra…...