
Rachel Eddie
City Reporter at The Age
State political reporter @theage. Tweets mine. 📧 [email protected] / open DMs
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2 weeks ago |
theage.com.au | Kieran Rooney |Rachel Eddie
Cape Paterson Residents and Ratepayers Association spokesman John Coulter said the decision was a big win for the community. The group had argued against the development at planning panels for the better part of a decade. The group was sometimes accused of having a not-in-my-backyard mentality, Coulter said, but he noted that existing development of 240 homes on the western side of town was already adding to traffic concerns and pressure on unsealed roads.
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theage.com.au | Kieran Rooney |Rachel Eddie
‘Money can be replaced’: Kennett urges Liberal Party to pay up and save John PesuttoBy Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie June 2, 2025 — 6.33pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Former Liberal premier Jeff Kennett has implored his party leadership to pay up and cover John Pesutto’s $2.3 million legal bill as the timeline on his potential bankruptcy closes to three weeks.
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theage.com.au | Kieran Rooney |Rachel Eddie
By Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie June 1, 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. Technology outages are still forcing Fire Rescue Victoria to turn to pen, paper and pagers for hours at a time, 2½ years after a cyberattack damaged the emergency service systems.
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smh.com.au | Rachel Eddie
By Rachel EddieUpdated May 30, 2025 — 7.30pmfirst published at 4.37pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Opposition Leader Brad Battin has admitted internal tensions have riven his party room as his predecessor, John Pesutto, missed a deadline to pay $2.3 million in legal costs he owes colleague Moira Deeming after her successful defamation case.
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theage.com.au | Rachel Eddie
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Opposition Leader Brad Battin has acknowledged tensions in his party room as former leader John Pesutto prepares to be served bankruptcy proceedings by Liberal colleague Moira Deeming.
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This is haunting from Jacinta Allan's June 13 appearance at PAEC when she boasted about Victoria's "tremendous progress" for the now-cancelled Commonwealth Games, a day before lawyers were called in. https://t.co/aT0gLzfKLc https://t.co/73Va77up9g

Daniel Andrews changed how Melbourne voted over his nine years as premier. From taking office in 2014 to the 'Danslide', see how he turned Victoria's electoral map into a sea of red. https://t.co/QCySJ5USse via @theage

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