The Victorian government’s decision to reject a second Melbourne injecting room earlier this year provoked a polarised public debate, but one voice was largely missing in the media coverage.
To rightfully claim the minute’s silence meant more than virtue signalling, the AFL must remove the boys’ club barriers that still pervade football.
The new premier has a great deal of experience in politics, but inherits the premiership with the state facing a series of major economic problems.
Daniel Andrews’ decision to resign will cause potential challenges for the state Labor Party, and opportunities for the Opposition to become more electorally competitive.
Politicians have cynically used metaphor to imply meaning through language.
Can legislated obligations improve the way governments consider climate change in their decision-making?
What legal sanctions might be applicable now that Victoria Police has reopened its investigation into Melbourne’s Adass Israel School board and the alleged role it played in assisting former principal and convicted paedophile Malka Leifer to flee Australia?
No one can say Australian sport is worse off without tobacco ads. We can protect a new generation of young sports fans from harm by following other nations’ leads and phasing out gambling ads.
The Andrews government has made a decent first step to reduce Victoria’s mountain of debt by $30 billion over the next decade.
The Victorian Heart Hospital, which opened in February, brings researchers to where the patients are, and already there’s a real buzz about the place.
Australia’s professional sports players aren’t covered by the same injury rules as other workers – unlike in New Zealand.
Victoria’s newly-elected parliament will have a mandate to address growing concerns of integrity and transparency. Here’s what it could do immediately.
The Andrews government has signalled a major shakeup of Victoria’s energy sector. But is it enough to bring the state’s energy prices down and reduce emissions?
If the 2018 election, which produced the so-called “Danslide”, was a disaster for the Liberals, this election amounts to a catastrophe.
About 10% of Australian women experience early menopause before the age of 45, yet it's an aspect of women's health to which state and federal governments pay little more than lip service.
Love him or hate him – and there are plenty in each camp – Daniel Andrews has become one of the most significant state premiers in modern history. This month, he may win yet another term.
There’s an expectation the “teals” will provide further challenges to the established parties in the Victorian election. But there are some key differences from May’s federal election.
The hardest thing for an ageing government is to remake itself. Can Daniel Andrews’ government pull it off following the recent resignation of five cabinet ministers?
How do Australians like to talk about alcohol in 2022? Do they get on the turps, or just have a few sherbets? Have a bevvie or a cold one or a cleanser?
How do we enable people to make evidence-based, health and life-protecting choices in a pandemic?
There are three main differences between IBAC and ICAC, the Victorian and NSW bodies set up to combat government corruption.
Does it matter that NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has stopped having daily media briefings?
Victoria’s Labor Party flipped and flopped in its support of Melbourne’s first medically supervised injecting room, depending on what was politically expedient and popular at the time.
We have the means, but how do you convince people to follow public health advice such as lockdowns?
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