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The first cabinet meeting of the Andrews government in 2014. (Colour digitally altered)

From ‘no extra cost’ to record debt: The 12-year transformation of Victorian Labor

Eight hundred pages of confidential state cabinet documents reveal how a disciplined new Labor government in 2014 evolved into a “crash through” administration – until it struck the unexpected.

  • Royce Millar

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Premier Jacinta Allan has conceded Victoria is not immune to escalating global pressures but maintains the state is on track to deliver an operating surplus this year.

‘The last thing you want’: Victorian budget, credit rating threatened by Iran war

Cost blowouts are expected on Victoria’s Big Build, according to analysts and ratings agencies, as the global fuel shock triggers widespread economic fallout.

  • Daniella White, Patrick Hatch and Kieran Rooney
Premier Jacinta Allan refused to say how many times she had been warned about criminal behaviour on government building sites.

North East Link builders told government CFMEU was holding up construction

The Spark consortium raised complaints in 2023 about CFMEU obstruction on the $26 billion project, a revelation that puts further pressure on premier Jacinta Allan.

  • Rachel Eddie, Sumeyya Ilanbey, Kieran Rooney and Nick McKenzie
Deputy Premier and Minister for Education Ben Carroll says the government is prepared for teacher walk offs.

Schools set to stay open amid teacher strikes, education minister says

Education Minister Ben Carroll insists Labor can keep Victorian government schools open as principals warn families to brace for closures.

  • Chip Le Grand, Nicole Precel and Noel Towell
Robert Goon, Gary Smith and Bill Stolk from the Ballarat Residents and Ratepayers’ Association at the old saleyards.

The Games were supposed to deliver benefits to the regions. But many are still waiting

After the event was scrapped, Daniel Andrews told the regions the promised infrastructure and housing would still arrive. Empty paddocks tell a different story.

  • Rachel Eddie
Minns and Allen

Biggest winners and losers in $103 billion GST carve-up

Victoria’s GST allocation will be about $1.7 billion more than NSW’s, despite having a smaller population.

  • Matt Wade and James Hall
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A ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

It’s dire in the Strait of Hormuz, so budgets need skill, ambition and care

This year’s federal and Victorian budgets must not repeat the mistakes of past year’s in an increasingly challenging environment.

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Mental Health Minister Ingrid Stitt.

‘Serious step backwards’: Furious response from mental health sector to cost-cutting bill

“This should alarm anyone who cares about transparency, accountability and public trust,” more than a dozen mental health organisations have declared in an open letter.

  • Rachel Eddie
Two regional Victorian hospitals had no cash available to pay their bills at the end of last year, but state authorities maintain patient care was not compromised.

Two regional hospitals ran out of cash to pay bills

The revelations are contained in leaked data from December after health services suddenly stopped reporting how many days of cash they had.

  • Rachel Eddie
Geoffrey Watson SC gives evidence to the Commission of Inquiry into the CFMEU and Misconduct in the Construction Industry.

Key inquiry witness’s fears of retribution eased by Big Build bikie arrest

Walking Queensland’s CFMEU inquiry through his explosive report, corruption buster Geoffrey Watson also detailed underworld links and activity straddling Queensland and Victoria.

  • William Davis and Matt Dennien