Melbourne will not get a second injecting room while Allan is premier

Melbourne will not get a second injecting room while Allan is premier

Premier Jacinta Allan has drawn a line under the debate about a second injecting room in Melbourne by going against an expert report to say it will never be built.

  • byRachel Eddie,Kieran Rooney andCara Waters

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Dozens of school upgrades could miss out in budget ‘bloodbath’

Dozens of school upgrades could miss out in budget ‘bloodbath’

Labor committed $850 million to upgrade at least 89 schools in 2022,but more than half failed to secure funding to put shovels in the ground in last year’s state budget.

  • byRachel Eddie andAnnika Smethurst
The bonus encouraging Melbourne developers to build offices – during a housing crisis
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The bonus encouraging Melbourne developers to build offices – during a housing crisis

Parkland,affordable housing and commercial office spaces earn developers bonuses to build in Melbourne’s CBD. The code was meant to be reviewed but it hasn’t been touched.

  • byRachel Eddie
Labor members could lose right to pick premier after Andrews exit chaos

Labor members could lose right to pick premier after Andrews exit chaos

Party members and MPs currently have a 50-50 say in deciding the Labor leader. But a proposed change to party rules would cut the membership’s voting rights.

  • byKieran Rooney andRachel Eddie
Hack attack sparked months of delays for firefighters

Hack attack sparked months of delays for firefighters

A 2022 cyberattack that hobbled the fire service’s dispatch system delayed crews rushing to burning buildings and forced them to use a manual back-up scheme for eight months.

  • byRachel Eddie
Yoorrook hits back after government rejects ‘crucial’ Indigenous reforms

Yoorrook hits back after government rejects ‘crucial’ Indigenous reforms

The Allan government has sought more time to address major reforms requested by the Yoorrook Justice Commission to child protection,justice and police oversight.

  • byKieran Rooney andRachel Eddie
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The documents Labor won’t hand over and how it gets away with it

The documents Labor won’t hand over and how it gets away with it

Parliament’s efforts to have the report into a second injecting room made public have come to nothing,as integrity experts voice concern over a culture where the rules aren’t respected.

  • byRachel Eddie
Watchdog calls for overhaul of ‘outdated’ freedom of information

Watchdog calls for overhaul of ‘outdated’ freedom of information

More people in Victoria rely on the arduous freedom of information regime to access records than in any other jurisdiction in the country,with increasing delays and redactions prompting calls for an overhaul.

  • byRachel Eddie andRoyce Millar
Under-fire building watchdog stripped of entire board
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Under-fire building watchdog stripped of entire board

The Allan government has removed the board of the Victorian Building Authority after failures to oversee building insurance and claims of a toxic workplace.

  • byKieran Rooney andRachel Eddie
‘Waste of taxpayer money’:How the Commonwealth Games was won – and lost

‘Waste of taxpayer money’:How the Commonwealth Games was won – and lost

Bureaucrats gave the government the green light to host the Games despite significant and unresolved concerns and a business case that overstated the benefits,the auditor-general has found.

  • byRachel Eddie andKieran Rooney
‘Backwards and archaic’:Victoria ditches plans to give children presumption of bail

‘Backwards and archaic’:Victoria ditches plans to give children presumption of bail

The government has been accused of betraying Aboriginal youths and walking away from its commitments after dropping the plans.

  • byRachel Eddie