Richard Willingham
Victoria poised to announce snap lockdown as virus cluster spikes
The Victorian government will announce a lockdown on Thursday to try to curb the state’s growing coronavirus outbreak, with senior government sources...
Victoria to resume international flights on April 8, consider home quarantine
International flights to Melbourne will resume after Easter, following major reviews of the state’s beleaguered hotel quarantine system, with airflow out of...
Victorian hotel quarantine inquiry report unable to determine who made private security decision
The final report from the inquiry into Victoria’s botched hotel quarantine program has been unable to determine who commissioned the use of...
Hotel inquiry fails to determine who decided on private security
The final report from the inquiry into Victoria’s botched hotel quarantine program has been unable to determine who commissioned the use of...
Health Minister appears to have misled hotel quarantine inquiry
Victoria’s Health Minister Jenny Mikakos appears to have misled the inquiry into the botched hotel quarantine program after claiming the first she...
Victorian Liberals confront their own branch stacking scandal
The Victorian Liberal Party is probing potential branch stacking in its ranks, in the wake of state director Sam McQuestin finding membership...
Call for overhaul of regulation governing use of police body cameras in Victoria
New laws are needed to govern the use of police body-worn cameras amid growing concerns about the potential for the misuse of...
Crown Casino whistleblower alleges gambling giant skirting money-laundering laws
In a private room in Melbourne’s Crown Casino, a man wearing tracksuit pants and runners approaches a counter with a rectangular blue...
Melbourne water prices up, thanks to biggest order of desalinated water
Households and businesses will help pay for Victoria’s largest desalination order, with authorities concerned about water levels in the long term. The...
No Labor MPs to be charged over red shirts Victorian election rort
No current Victorian Labor MPs are being charged over the misuse of parliamentary staff in the so-called red shirts rort, police have...