Adrian Black

Jul 19, 2024 | sconeadvocate.com.au | Adrian Black

Federal Labor has cut ties with the embattled CFMEU amid allegations of criminality. Photo: Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOSA former federal minister has defended Labor's history with the CFMEU, amid allegations of bribery, bullying and organised crime links within the union. Subscribe now for unlimited access.

Jun 3, 2024 | bendigoadvertiser.com.au | Adrian Black |Jenny Denton

Househunters in Bendigo are facing scammers preying on them. Picture suppliedBendigo has a "complete mismatch" between soaring housing prices and stagnant incomes as more Victorians find themselves sleeping rough in towns and bushland. Subscribe now for unlimited access. House prices in the city jumped by around 56 per cent in the five years to 2021, while average incomes lifted only 22 per cent, the council's strategic planning manager Anthony Petherbridge said.

May 3, 2024 | bluemountainsgazette.com.au | Adrian Black

There are fears Victoria's agricultural potential is being hampered by an ad-hoc planning framework. (HANDOUT/CAROLINE DUNCAN PHOTOGRAPHY)Victoria's food supply is being undermined by increasing land use competition, fractured planning decisions and a lack of an overarching strategy to develop and feed the state, an inquiry has been told.

Apr 26, 2024 | bendigoadvertiser.com.au | Adrian Black

A weaker Australian dollar is affecting petrol prices at the moment, an analyst says. (Flavio Brancaleone/AAP PHOTOS)Australians are paying more than ever at the fuel bowser as a weak Australian dollar collides with rising crude prices, new data shows. The average price of 91 octane unleaded has soared to 217.92 cents per litre in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, according to Compare the Market data, breaking the $2.17 record set last September.

Apr 16, 2024 | thewest.com.au | Adrian Black

The ashes of a mysterious digger have been laid to rest after a nationwide search failed to uncover any living relatives. Former Australian Army serviceman Private William Halliday was given a small military service in Yarragon in southeast Victoria on Tuesday. The ceremony comes after the discovery in 2023 of an unmarked cremation box and a folder of dusty photos in a garage sparked a search for the former soldier's family.