The latest Victorian state Newspoll finds the decade-old Labor government going from strength to strength. Labor’s two-party lead is at 57-43. Is this the end for Ted Bailleu? asks William Bowe.
Ted Baillieu
The way forward for the NSW and Victorian Liberals
Tom Elliott has a seven-point plan to deliver Liberal ascendancy in NSW and Victoria, including a focus on water and the three Rs. Hey, it couldn’t hurt.
Australia’s most unpopular political leader
Who’s most on the nose with voters? NSW Premier Nathan Rees? Victorian Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu or Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbull? Possum Comitatus tells who’s winning the race to the bottom.
Baillieu’s Liberals not keen on new blood
The real scandal surrounding Victorian Liberal pre-selections is not in the challenges, it’s in the almost total lack of them.
ALP councillors who are MP staffers: a Crikey list
The parlous state of Labor-controlled councils in Victoria suggests John Brumby’s mob is more than capable of imploding on its own.
Who is the minister some bits of Fairfax refuse to name?
It seems different arms of the Fairfax Media empire are more circumspect than others when it comes to outing Victorian state government ministers, writes Andrew Crook.
Constitutional revolution for the Victorian Liberals
Will giving more voice to ordinary members just hand power to conservative ideologues asks Charles Richardson.
The blog wars: New emails send Vic Libs running scared
One of the original sackees in the Lib blogs scandal has kept more or less every email he has ever received during his time in the party, and has enough ammunition to scare plenty of people, reports Bernard Keane.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people’s political coverage. Richard Farmer writes.
The Baillieu blog: with friends like these …
Some choices moments from that Baillieu blog. Compiled by Thomas Hunter.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Someone should pretty quickly get some Liberal eyes back on the ball.
Baillieu just “collateral damage” as sniping goes intra-factional
Liberal party insiders say the leak which linked two staffers to the Ted Ballieu hate blog was was part of an internal party war, writes Bernard Keane.
In the Territory, a coup takes two
The Northern Territory’s Country Liberal Party has divided down the middle. That’s two all. Our Man In Darwin reports.
Who’d want to be a state Liberal leader?
It was barely noticed amid the death throes of the Howard government, but 11 October last year was a significant anniversary: ten years since the Liberal Party last won a state election. Rarely has a major political party endured such a run of failures, writes Charles Richardson.
Liberals afraid to stand for anything
Desperate times, desperate measures. As the Liberal Party struggles to come to terms with last month’s election loss, its Queensland division is yet again pursuing that often-raised and often-failed tactic of a merger with the Nationals, writes Charles Richardson.
