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Annika SmethurstThe Daily Telegraph |
Picking a winner in the Melbourne Cup is a mug’s game, but it doesn’t stop us having a punt. Whether it’s a tip from a bloke who knows someone...
It’s an astonishing act of political cowardice. The Victorian Labor Party has ruled out running a byelection candidate in Prahran, where it has...
It was late 1988 when current affairs magazine, The Bulletin, ran its famous cover story, featuring then federal opposition leader, John Howard....
While the world’s gaze is fixed on the consequences of Donald Trump’s return to the White House, closer to home Victorian MPs are reeling from...
There was some rare good news on the economic front this week when fresh data showed we are winning the battle against inflation, with...
Jacinta Allan’s first year as premier was characterised by backflips – the wash-up from the cancelled Commonwealth Games, a second safe injecting...
In an unlikely twist, John Pesutto’s strongest critics may have saved the Liberal leader from political oblivion. At the start of the week,...
It’s been an unsparing 14 days for John Pesutto but as the defamation case brought against him comes to an end, his message is clear. “We were...
Kim was double-crossed by John. John can’t stand Katherine. Louise wanted Moira gone, as did Matthew. Brad and Richard were in disbelief. And...
If the Brits had Wagatha Christie and the Yanks had the Depp-Heard defamation case, then Spring Street’s answer to a (minor) celebrity trial has...
It’s long been considered a cardinal sin for politicians to break commitments to the electorate. And not only because it hands the opposition an...
“Our only hope now is that Iran invades Israel, and only then might this saga stay out of the papers,” one Liberal MP quipped this week. The saga,...
“Over budget, over time, under benefits, over and over again” – it’s a phenomenon that Bent Flyvbjerg, professor at the University of...
Let’s be blunt here. The government’s decision to back out of its promise to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 was a political one....
When polling is released – particularly bad results – MPs are encouraged to parrot the line that the “the only poll that matters is on election...