Sumeyya Ilanbey

Hundreds of illegal fireworks were set off across Victoria and NSW injuring revellers overnight and more than 50 people were arrested, but police, who were on high alert following the Bondi terrorist attack, commended crowds for largely incident-free New ... See more

Weeks after United States President Donald Trump unveiled the “liberation day” tariffs that led to a global market crash, the Victorian Treasury warned in the 2025-26 budget the trade war was the biggest risk to the domestic economy and that it could cost... See more

Ten days after Joan Kirner succeeded John Cain as Victorian premier, she finalised the deal that would remove the financial albatross hanging around taxpayers’ necks by selling the State Bank of Victoria. And now, for the first time in the state’s history... See more

NSW Premier Chris Minns has urged the public to ring in the new year in the heart of Sydney and not cave in to terrorists who want to alter the way people live in “our beautiful city”, as he assured the community that heavily armed police would be on the ... See more

The ranks of Victoria’s public service executives grew again in 2025 despite promises by the Allan government to slash the top-heavy bureaucracy as part of a major budget rescue plan to stave off a further credit rating downgrade. Data published by the Vi... See more