The Morrison government has abandoned plans to build new car parks at five Melbourne railway stations in the latest blow to its problem-plagued 2019 election pledge.

Victoria will snap back out of its five-day lockdown at 11.59pm Wednesday, with crowds to return to the Australian Open, unless positive cases surge on Wednesday morning.

A Victorian Liberal candidate has been exposed as a supporter of a far-right former senator who blamed Muslim immigration for the Christchurch mosque massacre in 2019.

Tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars were distributed from responsible-gambling programs to multicultural community groups with ties to Labor ministers.

Welcome to our rolling coverage of the continuing coronavirus pandemic. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has revealed his road map out of lockdown. It follows protests in Melbourne and Sydney...

Embattled Liberal MP Gladys Liu has failed to declare a $39,675 donation to the Liberal Party’s Victorian division three years ago.

The state’s anti-corruption watchdog has issued an urgent warning that it can no longer investigate all serious allegations of government corruption and police integrity concerns due to the Andrews...

Besieged MP Gladys Liu promised on Chinese social media she would write references for foreign students in return for volunteering on her campaign at this year’s federal election.

The cancellation of Victoria’s Belt and Road agreement will not derail plans for the biggest road project in the state’s history, despite China warning that Scott Morrison’s intervention will hurt...

The boss of the Andrews government’s financing agency was also appointed as an expert adviser to the Chinese Communist Party’s controversial Belt and Road infrastructure initiative.

At least $2.1bn has been stripped from Australia’s problem-plagued aged-care system over the past four years as a result of controversial funding changes by the Coalition.

Independent challengers are on track to knock off senior Liberals Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Tim Wilson, according to shock new polling that shows the federal government is more successfully...

Labor’s Senate leader Penny Wong says she apologised to Kimberley Kitching for a hurtful slur about the fact that she did not have children.

The Delta variant moves rapidly — and so does the political response.

Several departmental sources have this week claimed that a deliberate decision was made by DHHS and its legal advisers not to give certain emails to the inquiry.

Centrelink shopfronts will remain open nationwide and be bolstered by hundreds of new staff in a Labor election commitment to deliver “humane customer service” in government.

Troops were offered to support hotel quarantine in every state in an email sent by a senior federal official just hours after the scheme was agreed by the national cabinet.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has channelled former US president Ronald Reagan in a bid to woo voters with his budget reply.

Another year, another corruption investigation into Daniel Andrews’ government.

Scott Morrison has issued a rallying cry for Australians to avoid surrendering to identity politics, declaring it is undermining our dignity and harming our community.

The self-proclaimed independent candidate taking on Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has regularly posted privately on social media about her love for Labor Party legends, raising fresh questions about her...

Federal Labor MP ­Anthony Byrne has resigned as the deputy chair of the powerful parliamentary intelligence and security committee after a week of controversy over his role in the party’s branch-st...

Of all the crimes you could commit to find yourself before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court, sending text messages to book a manicure is surely the most far-fetched.

China’s new trade sanctions are in breach of its controversial deal with the Andrews Government, according to ­federal Labor and Liberal MPs who are now turning up the heat on Victoria.

The Defence Force COVID-19 task force chief has shot down repeated claims from Daniel Andrews that troops were not offered to help in Victoria’s quarantine hotels.

Supporters of the independent candidate taking on Victorian Liberal MP Tim Wilson face hefty fines for erecting campaign signs at their homes without proper permits.

A child born today will be paying for Australia’s COVID-induced debt bill until they are 31.

The bosses of seven of Australia’s biggest employers are demanding Daniel Andrews let Victorians get back to work.

A federal government MP’s ­frequent trips to seedy neighbourhoods in South East Asia have been scrutinised by police amid concerns he could be ­exposed to blackmail.

The Andrews government is refusing to engage with a Senate committee probing new laws that will allow the commonwealth to rip up Victoria’s Belt and Road deal with China.

Donald Trump’s advisers spent the first day of his presidency trying to convince the world his inauguration audience was the biggest ever.