Jess Wilson on paying down debt

The Victorian opposition leader tells Melbourne Assembly the Coalition will deliver a better city and state by reducing debt.

Thousands of Victorian students will sit the VCE English exam on Tuesday, among them triplets Savio, Saviya and Simon.

The appointment of a new chair of the Melbourne Market Authority board may have been the catalyst for an almighty upheaval of the board.

Readers discuss gendered violence after the alleged attack against politician Helen Haines.

Premier Ben Carroll and Opposition Leader Jess Wilson have both refused ahead of the state election to commit to new lobbying laws, despite a string of scandals.

Deirdre Wilkes paid a Finks bikie associate to extort millions of dollars from her brothers, but had an unlikely ally in court.

Farmers and residents hate them, but a construction sector hungry for building materials is increasing applications for more and bigger quarries.

In my suburb, rare orange-bellied parrots get more attention than real estate developers – and the locals love it that way.

In my suburb, rare orange-bellied parrots get more attention than real estate developers – and the locals love it that way.

In my suburb, rare orange-bellied parrots get more attention than real estate developers – and the locals love it that way.

In my suburb, rare orange-bellied parrots get more attention than real estate developers – and the locals love it that way.

In my suburb, rare orange-bellied parrots get more attention than real estate developers – and the locals love it that way.

In a 30-minute-long phone call with Stacey Warnecke, free birth advocate Emily Lal described childbirth as “the death of the maiden” and “birth of the woman”.

In a 30-minute-long phone call with Stacey Warnecke, free birth advocate Emily Lal described childbirth as “the death of the maiden” and “birth of the woman”.

The threatening act comes as the firefighters union begins a campaign urging voters to put Labor last, as a dispute over staffing requirements continues.

The threatening act comes as the firefighters union begins a campaign urging voters to put Labor last, as a dispute over staffing requirements continues.

The word “RAT” was etched into the gold metal casing. Even more chilling was a message on the other side.

The threatening act comes as the firefighters union begins a campaign urging voters to put Labor last, as a dispute over staffing requirements continues.

The seismic shake-up in Melbourne radio continues as KIIS FM finally erases the last vestiges of its crass and corrosive Kyle Sandilands experiment.

Readers discuss mental health and the cost when it goes untreated.

A network of sessional kindergartens are warning the state’s minimum free kinder hours won’t work for some families, and will struggle to implement them without more funding.

The opposition leader also said on Sunday that a Coalition government would introduce “move on” laws and require protesters to obtain permits to hold demonstrations.

Victorians face below-average spring temperatures and alpine snow flurries before conditions improve ahead of Melbourne Cup Day.

While parts of the state are bracing for thunderstorm asthma, the alps are expecting snow, and Phillip Island’s final GP was cancelled due to the bad weather.

While parts of the state are bracing for thunderstorm asthma, the alps are expecting snow, and Phillip Island’s final GP has been delayed.

As a teenage soldier, Harry Lane helped the Union Army win America’s Civil War. His ancestors have just been reunited with a life story they’d previously known little about.

Leaked texts reveal how John Setka raged, survived and stayed at the top of the CFMEU through a domestic violence scandal, with unwavering support from his gangland friend and some Labor insiders.

Small-scale street parties will now cost close to $1000 in this inner-north council, after regulations were changed earlier this year.

Psychiatrists warn gaps in Victoria’s mental healthcare are allowing preventable tragedies in the wake of the attack on MP Helen Haines, including a recent quintupling of homicides by people with psychosis.

Andrea Leek felt like an “imposter” after upstaging some of racing’s biggest names when Cosmic Crusader won a historic edition of the $6 million Cox Plate in front of 34,617 racegoers at Flemington.