Victorian Labor's big year

VICTORIAN LABOR'S BIG YEAR

THE GOOD

* Australia's first family violence royal commission under way

* Process begun to legalise medicinal cannabis

* Same-sex adoption rights on the way

* Protest-exclusion zones for abortion clinics passed

THE BAD

* Small Business Minister Adem Somyurek forced to resign over bullying complaint

* Upper house whip Cesar Melhem forced to resign over union corruption claims

* Labor's campaign staffing under police investigation over the use of taxpayer funds for election staff

A BIT OF BOTH

* Melbourne Metro Rail is under way, but no one knows how it will be paid for

* The controversial East West Link axed, but it has so far cost $641 million not to build a road

* Proposed $5.5 billion Western Distributor toll road still up in the air

* $6 billion sale of the Port of Melbourne lease held up in the upper house.