Victoria’s student housing pipeline has surpassed NSW, but most projects are still at the approval stage, according to a Property Council report which expressed concerns the state’s land taxes are slowing development.
In its largest ever investment, the federal government’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation has pledged $2.8 billion for the Marinus Link project to build a second underwater cable between Victoria and Tasmania.
Victorian Liberal deputy leader Sam Groth and his wife, Brittany, have launched the first privacy suit of its kind over two Herald Sun articles that speculated about whether their relationship began when Brittany was underage.
Former senator Linda Reynolds has won $315,000 in damages in her defamation case against ex-staffer Brittany Higgins over social media posts that allegedly implied she mishandled rape allegations against Bruce Lehrmann.
A class action on behalf of nearly 150 NSW Liberal Party members who claim party officials failed to lodge their nomination forms ahead of the 2024 local government elections is seeking leave to file a third mended statement of claim.
The federal government has agreed to cover almost half of the costs for building and upgrading 2032 Olympic Games venues after striking a deal with the Queensland government.
A judge has dismissed a bid by a group of labour hire companies to disqualify former Labor MP now Fair Work Commission deputy president Terri Butler from same job, same pay cases for apprehended bias.
The High Court has halved a $40,000 fine received by former Liberal MP Andrew Laming over three Facebook posts that breached electoral rules, finding the penalty should reflect the number of publications rather than the number of views.
An appeals court has rejected a bid by NSW MP and convicted rapist Gareth Ward to block state parliament from expelling him until any appeals against his conviction are determined.
The Victorian premier has vowed to introduce legislation to give public and private sector employees who can reasonably do their job from home the right to work from home for at least two days a week.