Chip Le Grand
Chip Le Grand leads our state politics reporting team. He previously served as the paper’s chief reporter and is a journalist of 30 years’ experience.
Attorney-general considers overhaul of secrecy laws used by high-profile defendants
With almost one in three suppression orders last year granted on safety grounds, the man who introduced the Open Courts Act has said this was never the intention.
- Chip Le Grand, Erin Pearson and Daniella White
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Kilkenny urged to axe privacy protections for high-profile Victorians
“It is very, very difficult to distinguish legitimate cases and cases where they are just trying it on,” one legal expert said.
- Chip Le Grand and Erin Pearson
- Opinion
- Victorian Parliament
Allan’s WFH laws look like genius. They only take us closer to the cliff’s edge
If you asked AI to devise a policy that would be widely popular, cost the budget nothing and wedge the Victorian opposition, it would probably come up with legislated work from home.
- Chip Le Grand
Labor open to High Court challenge over work from home laws
If the legislation passes unamended, the legislation will come into effect nearly three months before the state election.
- Chip Le Grand
‘It’s wrong’: Former judge says mental health suppression orders threaten court system
Victoria’s Attorney-General says the state is working to balance transparency and fairness in the courts, while a former judge says mental health suppression orders are the system’s biggest worry.
- Cassandra Morgan and Chip Le Grand
As One Nation rises, Muslim leader expresses faith in Victorian voters
In the immediate aftermath of Bondi, Sheikh Moustapha Sarakibi was part of an extraordinary gathering around Jacinta Allan’s cabinet table.
- Chip Le Grand
Labor rules out work from home exemption for small business
The state government is expected to make further announcements on its working from home plans as it spoils for an election-year fight with business groups.
- Chip Le Grand
Case closed: Growing hostility between media, judiciary impacting open justice
Court reporters have gone from being an indispensable part of an open justice system to the enemy of judges, a report has found, and it’s a serious problem for transparency.
- Chip Le Grand
Burgertory founder’s anti-Zionist protest chant incited hatred against Jews
By leading a chant of “All Zionists are terrorists”, Melbourne Palestinian activist Hash Tayeh incited hatred against Jews among his fellow protesters, VCAT has found.
- Chip Le Grand
- Opinion
- Political leadership
The rise of One Nation is all about ‘middle-finger voters’
Deep thinkers in the Victorian Labor and Liberal parties are grappling with how to inoculate our politics against the hatred of One Nation.
- Chip Le Grand