Wednesday’s opening hearing was short and technical. But the commission signalled it is willing to act fast and extend its inquiry to the very top.
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A royal commission on the CFMEU scandal would be helpful. But it would be better for the Victorian government to endorse reforms to its anti-corruption agency.
Dingo culling is allowed in Victoria’s east until 2028, raising questions over how we balance the needs of humans and animals.
The births, deaths and marriages registry holds our stories and our histories. It’s important it continues to be managed by government on our behalf.
Women are disproportionately affected by pain in terms of how common it is and sensitivity, but also in how their pain is viewed, treated, and even researched.
Victoria’s decision this week to reject a ban on duck hunting is a shot to the heart for proud Yuin man Jack Pascoe, son of Bruce Pascoe. The black duck Yumburra is a Yuin tribal totem.
The thinking behind the state government’s ambitious housing plan is simple - build more homes and they’ll be more affordable.
A shrinking pool of host cities, high costs, and cultural questions about the monarchy: why the Commonwealth Games are under threat.
Now begins a long and difficult process to recover vast areas of forest after more than 50 years of destructive logging.
Victorian Labor has had ample time to reform upper house voting - its failure to do so is a blight on democracy in the state.
Despite sending Victorians into their fourth lockdown, the Andrews government retains a healthy lead in polling and is favoured to win the next election.
The Victorian Government recently released their Climate Change Strategy and committed to halving greenhouse emissions by 2030. Don’t applaud this just yet, there’s much more to do.
A Victorian government proposal to build a clinical information system for every Victorian, with no opt-out, has merits, but the many risks to privacy must be addressed.
The decision recognises that water rights are critical for Indigenous people to restore customs, protect their culture, become economically independent and heal Country.
Victoria’s $800 million energy efficiency plan promises to lower power bills, make homes more comfortable and help meet our climate goals. It’s high time other states picked this low-hanging fruit.
Justice Jennifer Coate’s first report into the bungled hotel quarantine in Victoria maps out how processes can be changed to make sure it never happens again.
After the Directions Tree was cut down last week, Australian academics - both Indigenous and non-Indigenous - have come together in ‘sorrow and anger’.
The deteriorating Western Grassland Reserve in Victoria represents a failure of imagination. When the grasslands are steeped with history and culture, imagine its potential.
The public housing hard lockdown is the product of a punitive public housing system whose residents have been neglected for decades.
Researchers have uncovered what appears to be widespread logging of steep slopes in Victoria, which has the potential to damage critical water supplies.
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