Premier Jacinta Allan and Treasurer Jaclyn Symes (left) have announced an independent review into the Victorian Public Service.

Bloated and out of control,Victoria’s spending puts thousands of jobs on the line

Can anyone explain what Development Victoria does differently to Developer Victoria,Economic Growth Victoria,Engage Victoria,Launch Victoria and Breakthrough Victoria? If so,you get a prize.

  • Chip Le Grand

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan at a school in January.

On this occasion,Victorian voters have little cause for complaint

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has tipped $14.45 billion in additional funding into a state that will be crucial to the election outcome.

  • Chip Le Grand
Breakthrough Victoria

State-backed fund faces chop after pumping millions into failed medical company

The state’s $2 billion venture capital play Breakthrough Victoria is under mounting pressure to convince the Allan government it isn’t broken.

  • Chip Le Grand
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan on Tuesday blamed Acting Chief Commissioner Rick Nugent for giving her incorrect information relating to a police investigation into the construction sector.

In spruiking Operation Hawk,the premier made a goose of the government

This episode reflects an extraordinary absence of curiosity within government about what Victoria Police have been doing since the first Building Bad stories.

  • Chip Le Grand
Jacinta Allan speaking on Monday.

Premier’s ‘new’ Operation Hawk union crackdown already exists,say police

A police investigation into organised crime on Big Build sites announced on Monday by the Victorian Premier has actually been running since July.

  • Kieran Rooney,Chip Le Grand andRachel Eddie
Urgency and clarity:Jacinta Allan explains the imperative for her proposed changes to bail laws.

Why Jacinta Allan is pushing for laws that will lock up more kids

A Labor government,led by a woman of the Left,is legislating with the explicit intention of putting more young recidivist home invaders and car thieves behind bars.

  • Chip Le Grand
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Max Verstappen drives into pit lane at Albert Park,

Albert Park’s pit lane redevelopment delayed by two years

The deadline for a world-class garage and expanded corporate facilities at the Albert Park circuit has been pushed back to 2028.

  • Sam McClure andChip Le Grand
Police Minister Anthony Carbines,Premier Jacinta Allan and Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny announce changes to Victoria’s bail laws.

Allan’s cartoonishly titled bail bill reveals the depths of bad government

These changes to the law have been cobbled together with reckless haste.

  • Chip Le Grand
Premier Jacinta Allan.

Victorian bail overhaul to treat accused children like adults in serious cases

Community safety will become the “overarching principle” in bail decisions,says Premier Jacinta Allan,in response to youth crime surge.

  • Kieran Rooney andChip Le Grand
The Afghan Islamic Centre’s Rokhan Akbar at the Afghan Bazaar on Thomas Street in Dandenong on Monday.

Tensions flare over bazaar name change,threatening to shut down council meeting

The City of Dandenong has called in police amid a volatile dispute in the Afghan community over a push to change the name of a shopping strip.

  • Chip Le Grand