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VICTORIA
Keep up-to-date with the latest stories from Melbourne to Mildura and right across the entire state


Common(wealth) Knowledge #120: Eleventh-hour Pesutto loan prevents Hawthorn by-election
A rarely-seen bankruptcy clause nearly cost John Pesutto his seat, but it isn't the only form of disqualification.


Common(wealth) Knowledge #105: 'Bradlow + Bock' duo eye off Senate run
Australia’s first job-sharing electoral candidates will contest the 2025 Senate election.


Projects delayed and subsidies axed: the ins-and-outs of the 2024 Victorian State Budget
Treasurer Tim Pallas unveiled his 10th state budget on Tuesday afternoon in parliament The Victorian government has delayed the Melbourne...


Common(wealth) Knowledge #94: Samantha Murphy murder case to proceed with trial by jury
Patrick Stephenson will face a jury trial over the alleged murder of Samantha Murphy.


Common(wealth) Knowledge #93: Police drop charges against former NZYQ detainee
The basis for police charging a former migration detainee with sexual assault was racial profiling.


Liberals propose abolishing Bill Shorten's seat as part of electoral boundary reviews
EXCLUSIVE: The party is also suggesting significant changes to Melbourne and Macnamara.


Greens 'trans rift' back on the agenda as party searches for new Victorian senator
All but one candidate confirmed in a survey obtained by 6 News that they agreed "trans women are women and trans men are men".


Common(wealth) Knowledge #74: High Court overturns Victorian tax on electric vehicles
The High Court paves the way for a federal fuel excise for electric vehicles.


Father of alleged George Pell victim of given green light to sue Catholic Church
The Victorian Court of Appeal has allowed a lawsuit against the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne to proceed.


Is it Pesuttover? Liberals worried about Warrandyte by-election despite holding seat for 35 years
The state by-election in Victoria is being held on August 26.


Common(wealth) Knowledge #62: Andrews government flags local government reform in Victoria
Australia’s federalist system will allow Victoria to limit local governments after IBAC corruption report.


Victorian Greens seek to amend constitution to prevent thermal coal mining
The hurdles for amending a state constitution make a Greens bill, introduced in May, unlikely to pass.


Heston Russell disbands his Australian Values Party
As his case against the ABC heads to trial, Heston Russell has disbanded his political party.


'Lots' of Liberals worried the party will lose Victorian state by-election
Voters will head to the polls in Warrandyte later this year after the resignation of incumbent Ryan Smith.


Moira Deeming expelled by Victorian Liberal MPs amid potential for defamation lawsuit
Deeming has sat as an Independent Liberal since last month.


Common(wealth) Knowledge #37: The right to protest versus public health
What a new judgment from a Victorian court means.


Common(wealth) Knowledge #36: What is a First Minister?
Cooperative federalism in post-COVID lockdown Australia.
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