Annika Smethurst is the Victorian affairs editor for The Age. She covers a broad range of topics including government and politics, public policy, and societal issues, with a particular focus on elections and legal affairs. Annika’s work has also been featured in prominent publications such as the Brisbane Times, WAtoday, and The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Annika Smethurst focuses on local government and political affairs in Australia, particularly in New South Wales and Sydney. Her articles cover topics such as public service, green energy initiatives, political figures' activities, and legal policy regulation.
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By: Annika Smethurst, Grant McArthur
By: Annika Smethurst
The digital battleground will be central to deciding the state election, and while the opposition leader has fewer followers than Jacinta Allan, she is trying to gain the upper hand.
By: Annika Smethurst, Chris Vedelago
Dr Nick Coatsworth is preparing to call the flourishing illegal tobacco market a “whole of government policy failure” at a senate inquiry into Australia’s tobacco crisis.
By: Annika Smethurst
Add us as a preferred source on Google Dozens of university residential colleges have recorded a sharp drop in sexual harassment, bullying and discrimination after overhauling the way students report bad behaviour.
May 25, 2026 — 5:30am Top Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie billed taxpayers for flights and accommodation to Tasmania before and after her son's wedding in the Tamar Valley.
Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie billed taxpayers for flights and accommodation to Tasmania before and after her son’s wedding in the Tamar Valley.
By: Annika Smethurst
Victorian senator Bridget McKenzie claimed taxpayer-funded flights to Tasmania on the weekend of her son's engagement party, 10 months before she
By: Annika Smethurst
Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie took a work trip to north-west Tasmania on the same weekend that her son celebrated his engagement party in the region.
By: Annika Smethurst, Fiona Byrne
