Sumeyya Ilanbey

The administrator of the trouble-plagued CFMEU has nominated three directors to the $94 billion superannuation fund Cbus.

The $87 billion fund has written to the ASX 300 companies it invests in to commit to ensuring 40 per cent of its staff are women.

The organisation designed to support Australia’s franchising industry has burnt through staff, cash and its reputation. There are now serious questions about its future.

I messaged a long-serving former Labor MP to ask what the theme of this column should be and what would best encapsulate my three years covering state politics. “The death of accountability in politics,” they immediately responded.

After 16 years in parliament, Warrandyte MP Ryan Smith says he has become increasingly uncomfortable with the “negative tone” of politics.

A scheme to have paramedics instead of police act as first responders to triple zero calls for mental health from September 1 has been deferred for an unspecified time.

A former policy adviser says she was uncomfortable with the culture in the party office and plans to take claims about her treatment to Victoria’s human rights watchdog.

Leading economists and credit agencies say while Treasurer Tim Pallas took steps in the budget to begin repairing the state’s finances, Victoria’s debt burden will not “decline meaningfully” soon.

Up to 4000 public sector jobs will be axed over the next year as the state government seeks to top up the state’s finances.

Greg Mirabella’s scathing assessment at the party’s state council meeting drew applause from the floor, a day after some Liberal members booed and heckled Opposition Leader John Pesutto over rebel MP Moira Deeming’s expulsion.