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Victorian Speaker Maree Edwards quits politics, leaving Labor to defend both Bendigo seats without incumbents

The double retirement means Labor will go to the election without either of the two long-serving MPs who have dominated state politics in the regional city for years.

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124 bottles of rare wine and Ferrari boat seized as $2.5m crime-linked assets forfeited

The property owners, a 44-year-old Queensland man and his 43-year-old de-facto partner, had transferred property into the names of family members

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One Nation leads primary vote as Labor falls to 27%, with petrol prices, inflation and rate fears deepening pressure

The Coalition has retained only about 53 per cent of its 2025 support, with approximately 39 per cent of its defectors moving to One Nation.