2022 state election live blog
Update, 10.25pm: And with that, it’s Good Night from the Express team. Thank you very much for joining us on our live coverage.
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AGL fined over fire risks
Loy Yang mine operator AGL has been fined $50,000 by the safe work regulator after workers were put at risk from a fire sparked...
SEC to be enshrined in the Constitution
The Labor government would enshrine a re-invigorated State Electricity Commission into the Victorian Constitution if re-elected on Saturday, Premier Dan Andrews announced in Yallourn...
VEC declares Narracan election “failed”
The Victorian Electoral Commission has declared the election for the Narracan District “has failed” as a result of the death of Nationals Party candidate...
Nationals’ Narracan candidate dies
The Nationals candidate for Narracan Shaun Gilchrist died last night.
The Nationals state director has written to the Victorian Electoral Commission to advise of the...
Opal flags Maryvale stand-downs
Up to 200 Maryvale mill jobs could be in jeopardy as Opal Australian Paper has stated it is not ruling out standing down workers...
Major parties promise Morwell office jobs
Both major parties were in the Latrobe Valley today promising to establish new government departments and local bureaucrat jobs, pending the outcome of next...
FedUni strike action escalates
Strike action is escalating at all Federation University campuses with National Tertiary Education Union members planning to down tools tomorrow.
Union members - including those...
AGL shareholders support climate plan
AGL shareholders endorsed the company’s Climate Transition Action Plan which doubles-down on previously set dates to exit thermal coal by 2036.
AGL had urged shareholders...
AGL shareholders support new Cannon-Brookes’ board
AGL investors a staged boardroom shakeup this morning when shareholders voted-in four new independent board directors backed by by tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes.
Mr Cannon-Brooks’...
FedUni business school staff on indefinite strike
Federation University business school staff are on an indefinite strike over concerns about job security amid impending course cuts, restructures and rounds of redundancies.
National...
Pre-polling open
Early voting started today for the 2022 Victorian State election, with two pre-polling stations open in the seat of Morwell.
Voters can now cast their...