Chip Le Grand

The first treaty with our First Peoples came after a long debate and even longer wait.

Any politician attuned to the public mood should understand Melbourne has had a gutful, but our premier seems unable to even identify the problem.

The premier was scheduled to appear at a major social services event on Monday morning. Instead, she held a press conference to spruik a new train station.

Having helped broker a deal to keep John Pesutto out of bankruptcy, Liberal leader Brad Battin should return him to his frontbench.

Premier Jacinta Allan has declared boosting international education the top priority of her China strategy unveiled on a trip to Beijing.

Treaty is not a policy or a debate. In Victoria, it is here. Rueben Berg, who helped negotiate it, says what matters now is making it work.

Victoria’s treaty will give First Peoples’ representatives an occasional seat in cabinet and declare noncompliant laws which don’t further their interests.

The neo-Nazis were armed with pipes, poles and tree branches and appeared to target women at Camp Sovereignty on Sunday, Indigenous activists said.

The casino has been given a further two years to implement a royal commission recommendation to mandate carded play across all gaming.

Anti-pokies campaigners have dumped their support for a trial of carded-play technology after the government ditched its commitment to include mandatory loss limits.