Clay Lucas

Melbourne

Investigative Journalist at The Age

Investigative journalist @theage. DMs open, [email protected] or Signal +61439828128 My stories here: https://t.co/RYRdkugr45

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Cosmetic crackdown: End looms for speedy Botox scripts, influencer freebies banned

5 days ago | theage.com.au | Clay Lucas |Henrietta Cook

Cosmetic crackdown: End looms for speedy Botox scripts, influencer freebies bannedBy Clay Lucas and Henrietta Cook June 3, 2025 — 6.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Speedy telehealth consultations granting patients access to Botox, lip fillers and other beauty treatments will become “unviable” under a crackdown on Australia’s booming cosmetic injectables industry.
Greens leave: After 15 years, how Bandt and his party won, and lost, in Melbourne

4 weeks ago | theage.com.au | Michael Bachelard |Clay Lucas

By Michael Bachelard and Clay Lucas May 10, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.
Bandt defiant as Greens lose lower house ground

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Clay Lucas |Marissa Calligeros

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Bandt defiant as Greens lose lower house ground

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Clay Lucas |Marissa Calligeros

By Clay Lucas and Marissa Calligeros May 5, 2025 — 6.58pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Greens leader Adam Bandt declared confidence he will keep his party’s leadership and his seat of Melbourne as he defended the Greens’ election campaign even though they look set to be stripped of several seats.
Bandt defiant as Greens lose lower house ground

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Clay Lucas |Marissa Calligeros

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Bandt clings to Melbourne seat as members internally clash on party direction

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Olivia Ireland |Clay Lucas |Bridie Smith

By Olivia Ireland, Clay Lucas and Bridie Smith May 4, 2025 — 5.44pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Greens are blaming the loss of at least two lower house seats on inconsistent and confusing messaging during the campaign, and members are debating whether the party should double down on its emphasis on the war in Gaza.
Victoria hot seats LIVE results: It’s decision day in Kooyong, Bruce, Goldstein and Wills

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Rachael Dexter |Charlotte Grieve |Clay Lucas |Cara Waters

Victoria hot seats LIVE results: Voting under way at polling booths across Melbourne as close race beckons in Kooyong, Bruce, Wills and GoldsteinKey postsHide key postsGo to latestFor the first time in five weeks, Liberal HQ tells me where to find the Bruce candidateFor the first time in this campaign, the Liberal Party told me the whereabouts of its Bruce candidate. Yesterday, I received an email from party HQ informing me Zahid Safi would be at Dandenong Stadium at 8.30am to cast his vote.
Victoria hot seats LIVE results: It’s decision day in Kooyong, Bruce, Goldstein and Wills

1 month ago | theage.com.au | Rachael Dexter |Charlotte Grieve |Clay Lucas |Cara Waters

This blog has become an important part of coverage this election. For a little refresher on why we’ve done it and how we’ve approached it here’s a taste of The Age editor Patrick Elligett’s letter to subscribers from a couple of weeks ago:When usually dreary suburban streets become kaleidoscopes of corflutes and the local train station goes from a silent place of routine into a forum of democratic discussion, I still feel a pang of excitement. Elections are won and lost in places like this.
Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: Cost of living in focus in final week of campaigning

1 month ago | theage.com.au | Cara Waters |Clay Lucas |Charlotte Grieve |Rachael Dexter

In the few short weeks covering Bruce, I’ve spent hundreds of dollars on petrol (not to mention tolls) making the commute from the city each day. Public transport through the electorate is woefully inadequate, so the car remains the key way people get around. This might explain why Liberal candidate Zahid Safi has been leaning so heavily on the party’s promise to cut the fuel excise in half for 12 months, reducing petrol prices by 25 cents a litre.
Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: Federal election 2025 continues; Muslim lobby group rolls out attack ads against Labor

1 month ago | theage.com.au | Rachael Dexter |Charlotte Grieve |Clay Lucas |Cara Waters

Easter Sunday looked a little different at the Dandenong showgrounds this weekend. Children rode camels, and adults raised money to build a new mosque in Narre Warren South as smoke from the charcoal barbeque filled the air. Parked at the entrance was a truck with a banner by lobby group Muslim Votes Matters (MVM) with a red cross across Labor member Julian Hill’s face next to an Israeli flag. “Julian Hill went on a Zionist lobby trip,” the sign reads.

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Articles

Cosmetic crackdown: End looms for speedy Botox scripts, influencer freebies banned

Greens leave: After 15 years, how Bandt and his party won, and lost, in Melbourne

Bandt defiant as Greens lose lower house ground

Bandt defiant as Greens lose lower house ground

Bandt defiant as Greens lose lower house ground

Bandt clings to Melbourne seat as members internally clash on party direction

Victoria hot seats LIVE results: It’s decision day in Kooyong, Bruce, Goldstein and Wills

Victoria hot seats LIVE results: It’s decision day in Kooyong, Bruce, Goldstein and Wills

Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: Cost of living in focus in final week of campaigning

Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: Federal election 2025 continues; Muslim lobby group rolls out attack ads against Labor

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