The Greens would need to rely on the support of the Liberal Party to retain the crucial seat of Melbourne at the next federal election, according to internal Labor Party polling obtained by Crikey.
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Doyle breaks up the Occupy Melbourne party in the city square
Victoria Police have acted on Lord Mayor Robert Doyle’s demands to evict members of Occupy Melbourne from their indefinite camp in City Square, calling in the force’s shield-wielding riot squad to disperse the tent city.
Political snippets: Understating unemployment?
A survey result by the Bureau published this morning suggests that the participation rate significantly understates the number of Australians who could be enticed into the workforce if jobs were available
From manicured hedges to Asian massage parlours
In this post-GFC world, rumours abound that South Yarra has fallen from its once untarnished reputation as one of Melbourne’s most exclusive inner suburbs. KR went exploring amongst the BMWs and abandoned shop fronts.
language Why Melburnians speak funny
A curious transformation is happening to Victoria’s vowels, and it’s not going unnoticed. For a while now, many Victorians have been confusing “el” sounds with “al” sounds, so that celery sounds like salary, pellet like palate and telly like tally, explains Crikey’s Fully Sic. language blog.
This Charming Town: An outsider looking in
There’s often a lot you don’t appreciate about a city until you see it from a tourist’s perspective and, being Perth born and bred, I imagine that applies to Melbourne too, says Cat Wall as she takes a stroll through Australia’s culture capital.
Bandt says a vote for the Greens is not a vote for Abbott
Greens lower house hope Adam Bandt has rejected Julia Gillard’s claims that a vote for the Greens in Melbourne is effectively a vote for Tony Abbott, telling Crikey he would work hand in glove with the ALP if elected tomorrow.
Battle for Melbourne: Labor scrambling for union cash in Greens fight
Labor candidate for Melbourne Cath Bowtell is scrambling for trade union cash in a bid to blunt renegade support for Greens candidate Adam Bandt, as the battle for control of the electorate enters its final days.
Maloney’s Marginalia: Marvellous Melbourne
For 106 years, the seat of Melbourne has been Labor. But the old working class suburbs are now desirable inner-urban locales, the progressive middle-class is worried about climate change and the rank-and-file have withered on the vine, writes Shane Maloney.
Knock knock, Greens’ calling: Door knocking in Melbourne
In the first of a two-part guide into the battle for left-wing supremacy in the federal seat of Melbourne, Andrew Crook looks inside Adam Bandt’s bid to dislodge Labor from its safe seat and goes door knocking with the Greens.
Battle for Melbourne: Greens buoyed by retirement of Lindsay Tanner
The Greens’ candidate for the federal seat of Melbourne, Adam Bandt, has claimed the retirement of popular local member Lindsay Tanner has made the battle for control of the electorate more interesting.”
Lindsay Tanner resigns
A remarkable 24 hours in federal politics has continued with Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner announcing he will not contest the next election, writes Bernard Keane.
Giles sounded out as Tanner replacement
ALP sources say Victorian Socialist Left faction secretary Andrew Giles has been sounded out by the for the vacant state seat of Melbourne, writes Andrew Crook.
Antony Green: Can the Greens oust Lindsay Tanner?
There’s been a surge of support for the Greens, but is it enough for them to win the hotly-contested seat of Melbourne? Antony Green examines the polling data.
Daily Proposition: Experience the glitz and ear-shattering glamour of F1
Melburnians haven’t taken to the colour, the cash, the guttural roar of the F1 Grand Prix. But in global sport it doesn’t get much more exciting than the multizillion dollar F1 circus. So get along. You might even enjoy it.
Video of the Day: How to be a Melburnian
To combat the problems of violence against Indian students in Melbourne, Hungry Beast examines a local prep school helping Indian students assimilate, with classes in thinly veiled racism and hating bad coffee.
Datapig: the worst places to park. Oh, and Melbourne’s a bargain
Australia boasts three of the top seven most expensive cities in the world to park your car. Lucky for Victorians, their capital is rated a mere 27 on the list.
BBC: Melbourne is still Australia’s “most successfully multi-racial city”
Melbourne’s self-declared reputation as “one of the world’s most harmonious and culturally diverse communities” has taken a blow with the recent killing of Indian student Nitin Garg — but the vilification is unfair and unfounded, says the Beeb.
The Liberal Party disaster brewing in our cities
As Labor becomes stronger in the cities, Coalition policy and leadership in the future will become more focused and designed with regional interests in mind, notes Possum Comitatus.
Is Melbourne a racist city?
Why is it that all the latest racist attacks against Indian students are occurring in Melbourne, when other cities like Brisbane also have large numbers of Indian students studying there? asks Mark Bahnisch.
Sydney/Melbourne by plane or bust: Airbus vision kills the fast train
The notion of a Very Fast Train for the Melbourne-Sydney corridor has been shot down by new plans from Airbus to fly Very Large Planes between the two cities, because the entire cost, and risk, is funded by the privately owned airlines and airports.
Guy Rundle: We don’t need new fast trains, Albo, we need new cities
When it comes to infrastructure, what we need first and foremost are not new rail lines. Not even fast rail lines. What we need are new cities.
Melbourne: a city of books or bogans?
Melbourne, the European capital of Australia, a recognised City of Literature, known for its coffee and elegance. Right? Wrong, says Tony Martin. Melbourne is a city of bogans, not books.
Shucks: Tarantino “thrilled” — thanks to Crikey
Crikey’s story from last week on Quentin Tarantino’s lost records has had a happy ending.
