Kieran Rooney

Analysis of dozens of annual reports dumped in parliament on Thursday found some of Melbourne’s busiest hospitals failed to meet their target for available cash.

An inquiry has called for an expansion of the school breakfast program and a “minister for food” to help tackle rising costs.

Victorian Coalition MPs fear they’ve been hung out to dry after their federal colleagues called for the $35 billion project to be axed.

Former Labor senator Fatima Payman has joined forces with CFMEU rebels fighting the union being put into administration, prompting the government to demand she rule out taking money from embattled construction figures.

The delay to the offshore hub at the Port of Hastings could force turbines to be assembled interstate and puts Victoria at risk of missing legislated targets to replace coal-fired power.

In a probe of the state’s last financial year, the auditor-general has warned prolonged operating losses and ongoing cash deficits are not financially sustainable.