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Labor’s first term will be characterised by wrestling with business over wages and climate – a process that will be repeated around the world.

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Sane people trying to fathom the Herald Sun’s bizarre coverage of Victorian Premier Dan Andrews over the past few days might be helped by some insights from the founding of News Limited, the company on which Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation empire has been built and of which the Herald Sun…

Premier says more to come on cost-of-living measures and asks ‘what is the point’ of News Corp story on his 2021 fall

The opposition says it will scrap stamp duty for first-home buyers who purchase property worth less than $1 million if it wins the state election, while Labor says it will introduce a Victorian Veterans Card to help with the cost of living if re-elected.

Tony Burke says voting procedures on agreements have been changed as the government aims to get package through Senate by year’s end

NSW Labor is promising an end to tenants being evicted without reasonable grounds and allowing flexibility in moving rental bonds to ease cost of living.

Liberal and independent candidates are united in accusing the government of neglecting the region and its infrastructure

The Victorian election will be held in three weeks, on November 26. A Newspoll, conducted October 31 to November 3 from a sample of 1,007, gave Labor a 54-46 lead, a two-point gain for the Coalition since the last Victorian Newspoll in late August.

The Victorian premier has issued a blistering statement about "smear and innuendo" surrounding an investigation by the state's anti-corruption watchdog.

Labor has improved Australia’s emissions pledge on the one Scott Morrison took to Glasgow, but observers say it will still have questions to answer