The Victorian government handed millions of taxpayer dollars to US defence giant SAIC with no justification and no reference to the company's many scandals, write Bernard Keane and Farz Edraki.
The NSW government intends to dump an independent scientific committee that guarded the health of the Snowy River for a hand-picked, government-controlled body.
A high-ranking secretary at Victoria's Department of Education has been mentioned in a local government scandal involving the mismanagement of child sexual assault allegations.
The RACV board election stoush is reaching fever pitch.
The battle between Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese for the Labor Leadership is ratcheting up. David Feeney will lead Shorten's campaign, pitting him against Mark Butler for "Albo".
Freelance writer Mel Campbell is in Greenstown with Adam Bandt, where everyone is donning ponchos, stockpiling lattes and readying themselves for the culture wars to come.
The battle for Indi has turned white hot as Sophie Mirabella pulls out all stops to hold on to her crumbling fiefdom. New campaign material hides the candidate from view.
Out beyond the Labor strongholds, Liberal MP Dan Tehan is hitting the highways to maintain his healthy margin in the Victorian seat Wannon. Crikey went along for the ride.
Journos in Melbourne are spitting chips after they were told to shift from their spiritual home by Denis Napthine's mandarins. It seems paranoid Liberal operatives thought they were being spied on.
Labor has accused the Greens in Victorian of ratting on a national preference deal and deliberately running "open" tickets.
