Big Build graft claims put Allan’s inflation defence under fire
An integrity expert has called Premier Jacinta Allan's 'inflationary pressures' explanation for Big Build cost blowouts 'nonsense' amid fresh allegations…
Read More »Big Build Misconduct: Why a Royal Commission May Be Unavoidable
Allegations of organised crime, extortion and fraud on Victorian government construction sites keep mounting — and critics say existing oversight…
Read More »Sixty years on, Curtis’s abuse trial is dead before it starts
A Victorian Supreme Court case brought by a Ballarat man alleging childhood abuse by a Christian Brother has been halted…
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Policing in Victoria
Conducted energy devices in Victoria: how Tasers were rolled out statewide
Conducted energy devices — the electro-muscular weapons most people still call Tasers — went from a specialist tool carried by…
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Public Safety
The 2017 Essendon DFO plane crash: what the investigation found
On the morning of 21 February 2017, a light aircraft came down at the rear of the Direct Factory Outlets…
Read More » Gippsland teacher gets fresh sentence for school abuse crimes
A former PE teacher already serving Australia's longest child sexual abuse sentence has received an additional term for alleged crimes…
Read More »Allan Won’t Say What CFMEU Rot Has Cost Victorians
Premier Jacinta Allan has declined repeated opportunities to tell Victorians how much CFMEU-linked corruption may have added to the state's…
Read More »Towards Zero Under Scrutiny: What the Auditor-General Found
A VAGO performance audit has put Victoria's flagship road-safety strategy under the microscope. Here is what was measured, what fell…
Read More »Dying Further From Home: Why Regional Roads Kill at Twice the Rate
Regional Victorians die on roads at roughly double the rate of Melbourne residents. Tom Whitford examines the engineering, distance, and…
Read More »Beyond the CCO: Victoria’s full toolkit of intermediate sentences
Community correction orders get most of the headlines, but Victorian courts have a far broader range of intermediate sanctions available…
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