Gas shortfalls could force businesses offshore

Gas shortfalls could force businesses offshore

Business leaders are threatening the government that gas insecurity might force them to quit Victoria.

  • byKieran Rooney,Broede Carmody andAnnika Smethurst

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‘Supply gap’:Labor was warned last year Victoria will run out of gas
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‘Supply gap’:Labor was warned last year Victoria will run out of gas

The energy department warned a plan to switch Victorian homes and businesses to electricity instead of gas will not happen fast enough to make up for predicted gas shortages.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
Melbourne Uni students agree to end building occupation

Melbourne Uni students agree to end building occupation

Organiser Dana Alshaer said the students would disband the protest once the university committed to disclose its ties to weapons companies on Thursday morning.

  • bySherryn Groch
Labor dumps GP payroll tax after poll shows primary vote slump

Labor dumps GP payroll tax after poll shows primary vote slump

Bulk-billing GPs will be exempt from payroll tax and other doctors will be spared the impost for a year after health clinics threatened to shame the government over its “tax on health”.

  • byBroede Carmody,Rachel Eddie andAnnika Smethurst
Jacinta Allan is slowly marching Labor off a cliff of Daniel Andrews’ making

Jacinta Allan is slowly marching Labor off a cliff of Daniel Andrews’ making

Though the state election is still two years away,a damning poll for Labor doesn’t paint a pretty picture for the Allan government.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
Labor’s popularity plunges as voters demand government tackle debt

Labor’s popularity plunges as voters demand government tackle debt

Support for Jacinta Allan’s government has dropped to a primary vote of 28 per cent,sliding from 42 per cent under Daniel Andrews’ leadership about a year ago.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
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Victoria’s nurses and midwives reject new pay offer in shock decision

Victoria’s nurses and midwives reject new pay offer in shock decision

About 3000 union members attended Monday’s meeting,where they vented their anger and rejected the pay deal with the Allan government.

  • byJewel Topsfield
Labor’s secret $75.7b war chest raises budget transparency fears

Labor’s secret $75.7b war chest raises budget transparency fears

The Allan government has squirrelled away billions of dollars for future policy announcements while Victoria lags in deficit.

  • byJosh Gordon
Melbourne Airport accused of greed,protecting parking revenue in rail link stoush

Melbourne Airport accused of greed,protecting parking revenue in rail link stoush

The state government expects the airport rail line will be delayed by four years because of a stalemate with airport operators.

  • byRachel Eddie
Pro-Palestine protesters crash Labor state conference

Pro-Palestine protesters crash Labor state conference

About 200 pro-Palestine protesters chanted slogans as they lashed the Labor Party and the prime minister for their stance on Gaza.

  • byRachel Eddie andAshleigh McMillan
Beneath the city:Inside Victoria’s largest,most expensive road

Beneath the city:Inside Victoria’s largest,most expensive road

Deep underneath our north-eastern suburbs,two mega-machines are embarking on an ambitious project to shape Melbourne’s future.

  • byClay Lucas