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Jess Wilson, the newly elected leader of Victoria’s Liberal Party, has announced her first major policy initiative: criminalising coercive control in domestic relationships. The announcement surprised some colleagues, given Wilson had previously pledged to shift the party’s focus away from crime. Coercive…

Premier Jacinta Allan has issued her strongest warning yet to Victoria’s judiciary, declaring that courts must hand down longer sentences as part of the government’s sweeping crime crackdown ahead of the 2026 state election. With exactly one year until Victorians head to…

Victoria’s new Liberal leader Jess Wilson has made an emphatic pitch to younger voters, declaring that her top priority is to make home ownership achievable again for a generation that has “given up hope”. Days after seizing control of the fractured Liberal…

New Victorian Liberal leader Jess Wilson has unveiled her first major policy platform, pledging to scrap five significant state taxes in a bid to ease the mounting financial pressure on households and businesses during Victoria’s cost-of-living crisis. Speaking on Friday from a…

Just a day after being installed as Victoria’s new Opposition Leader, Jess Wilson has faced her first wave of personal attacks, with a senior Labor minister labelling her “breathtakingly inexperienced.” The criticism marks a turbulent start to her leadership as both sides…

Toppled Victorian Liberal leader Brad Battin has opened up about the leadership change that ended his tenure, revealing both a key mistake and a decision he refuses to regret. Battin, who celebrated the night of his downfall with his team, acknowledged that…

In a dramatic morning at Spring Street, Victorian Liberal MPs have elected Jess Wilson as the new Leader of the Victorian Liberal Party, ending the short tenure of Brad Battin, who was informed late on Monday night that he had lost the…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has avoided directly endorsing Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan’s controversial plan to impose dramatically harsher penalties on young offenders, including the possibility of life sentences for children as young as 14. The two leaders appeared together today in Melbourne…