Youth allowance battle continues
Thousands of students have been left in limbo while the political debate surrounding youth allowance continues.
View ArticleLey still up-beat about border cancer centre
The Liberal Member for Farrer, Sussan Ley, says she is still hopeful her party will fund a border cancer centre, despite it not being included in its health policy announced yesterday.
View ArticleCoalition split over cattle grazing in national parks
The new Victorian Coalition Government appears to be split over whether to return cattle grazing to the Barmah Forest and Gunbower National Park. Nationals MP for Rodney, Paul Weller admits he has a...
View ArticleTime for change on workplace bullying
As the state government promises to lock up workplace bullies, local victims expose the underbelly of the office.
View ArticleSurprised, not surprised
Locals in the Goulburn Murray comment on the sudden resignation of Victorian Premier Ted Ballieu.
View ArticleIndi campaigning on in earnest
The Labor candidate for the federal seat of Indi hopes to convince local voters that the ALP offers the best hope of continuing economic strength and new social justice policies.
View ArticleSchool demands rules on election signs
The Wodonga Senior Secondary College is calling for guidelines to govern the use of schools as polling booths after an incident on the eve of the federal election.
View ArticleSPC Ardmona: Sharman Stone says orchardists committing suicide, reveals...
Federal Liberal backbencher Sharman Stone is increasing pressure on her Coalition colleagues over a decision not to give taxpayer support to the troubled fruit processor SPC Ardmona, stating in an...
View ArticleNationals mum on possibility of Liberal challenge in Euroa
The Victorian Nationals have declined to say whether they will face a challenge from a Liberal candidate in the seat of Euroa in this year's state election.
View ArticleNationals' Euroa candidate enlists support amid Liberal challenge
The Nationals' candidate for Euroa, Stephanie Ryan, is urging the party's supporters to start actively campaigning now that the Liberals will run a candidate against her.
View ArticleVictoria election: Liberals defy wishes of Nationals to announce Euroa candidate
The Victorian Liberal Party have defied their National party colleagues by confirming they will contest the seat of Euroa, in north-eastern Victoria, in the upcoming November election.
View ArticleUncertainty remains over Echuca Moama bridge
Locals are again concerned the decades-long fight to get a second river crossing over the Murray, linking Echuca and Moama, might be stalled... again.
View ArticleIndi Liberal Party preselection draws third candidate anaesthetist Andrew...
A Melbourne-based anaesthetist has joined the competition for Liberal Party preselection in the federal seat of Indi in north-east Victoria.
View ArticleSophie Mirabella confirms she will seek Liberal preselection for Indi
Former federal Liberal frontbencher Sophie Mirabella ends months of speculation by announcing she will seek preselection in her old Victorian seat of Indi.
View ArticleLiberals head to Benalla to preselect candidate for federal seat of Indi
Liberal Party members will convene in Benalla, in north-east Victoria, on Sunday, to select a candidate for the hotly-contested federal seat of Indi.
View ArticleMurray MP Sharman Stone rules herself out as potential candidate for...
The federal Liberal Member for Murray, Sharman Stone, has decided she will not accept the Speaker's role if it was offered to her.
View ArticleMurray Liberal MP Sharman Stone won't be following Ian Macfarlane in...
The federal Member for Murray says she will not be following the lead of a colleague and defecting to the National party.
View ArticleSharman Stone: Liberal MP for Murray retires from politics after 20 years
The long-standing Liberal member for Murray announces she will not contest her seat in the next election, saying it is the right time to pass on the torch.
View ArticleMurray preselection attracts at least at least four Liberal candidates
The Liberal Party's preselection nominations period for the federal seat of Murray have closed about a week after sitting MP Sharman Stone announced her intention to retire.
View ArticleGoulburn Valley's Duncan McGauchie wins Liberal preselection for Murray
Goulburn Valley Liberal Party identity Duncan McGauchie has been chosen by the party to contest the federal seat of Murray, left vacant by veteran MP Sharman Stone.
View ArticleLiberal MP for Murray Sharman Stone farewells Federal Parliament after 20 years
An emotional Sharman Stone has farewelled Federal Parliament, saying many of the challenges she faced 20 years ago remain.
View ArticleVictorian Labor's big win has federal MPs sifting through the entrails, with...
A swathe of state electorates recorded massive swings to the Labor Party yesterday, which if replicated at a federal election could cause the Government headaches.
View ArticleVictorian election result shows Liberal Party faces uphill battle to win back...
The Liberal Party must endure a period of bloodletting before trying to come up with some policies that resonate with Victorians, who mostly reside in the centre of the political spectrum, writes...
View ArticleCoalition makes on-farm pre-election pledge of cheap loans and water market...
Fair water trading and cheap on-farm loans are at the centre of a Coalition pre-election promise to boost Australia's agriculture sector.
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