The strain at the top of the Baillieu Government’s fledgling media operation is beginning to show with veteran former Channel Nine political reporter David Broadbent — a former roommate of Jeff Kennett — drafted in to refine the message emanating from Liberal HQ.
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Allens Arthur Robinson in bitter Baillieu boardroom brawl
One of Australia’s biggest commercial law firms has been dragged into a bitter boardroom spat between the family of Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu and fast-growing software firm Aconex.
Life on the railroad: caught between state screw-ups and federal follies
More than six months after the ill-fated Brumby government rattled dozens of Footscray residents and business-owners by forgetting to tell them about a plan to bulldoze their properties to make way for the new Regional Rail Link, homeowners here are facing more uncertainty. Local resident Pat McGrath explains.
Baillieu government to probe VMIA’s ‘culture of fear’
The Baillieu Government will flex its muscle in dealing with a “culture of fear” that has engulfed the troubled Victorian Managed Insurance Authority, following a raft of bullying complaints and an exodus of eight senior staff in the last two months.
Not much of a contest in Broadmeadows
Australia’s first election for the year will be a rather sedate affair.
Big Ted and the climate change blame game
No single event can ever be shown to be “caused” by a long-term trend: not because the evidence isn’t there, but because the question is unanswerable in principle. Causation just doesn’t work like that.
What went wrong for John Brumby? Nick Reece has the back rooms talking
When outgoing Victorian ALP state secretary Nick Reece took to the podium at the Melbourne Press Club yesterday to explain his campaign failure, but didn’t actually admit to any mistakes, the ripples of discontent could be heard across the party’s disillusioned and dwindling membership.
Richardson: big Ted takes a dangerous prize
For better or worse, Victoria’s new government has the chance to do what it wants.
Political snippets: Ted’s still firing on law and order
It is clearly hard to get out of that election mode when posturing about tough on law and order is seen by politicians as a pre-requisite for success.
Richardson: a Korean lesson for Ted Baillieu
The law-and-order policies Ted Baillieu has promised to implement, risk tilting the balance of the criminal justice system towards vengeance.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Ted Baillieu, crime and punishment
Crikey readers have their say.
Richardson: Victoria’s losers need to come to terms
The Liberals were able to make the Greens into a winning issue precisely because they did not feel threatened by them — they could treat it as a matter of pure symbolism. Labor cannot. But it is yet to find much of an alternative.
Bowe: for Victorian Labor, it was a case of ‘on ya cycle’
Depending on your perspective, the big swing against Labor in Victoria on Saturday was either highly portentous or highly predictable.
Why Brumby lost (hint: it wasn’t the election ads)
This talk of a “sweep against Labor” is ridiculous, says Ian McAuley. Victorian Labor didn’t lose the recent election because of a failed media campaign or awkward election strategies. It lost because of years of flawed policies.
The Baillieu era begins
Crikey media wrap: It’s the first day on the job for new Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu and the first day for a new Victorian government after 11 years of an ALP government. What lies ahead for the Big Ted?
The Vic election bomb: commandos raid, documents shred, recriminations begin
There was no bigger symbol of John Brumby’s imminent demise than the scene outside Melbourne’s Treasury Place this morning as hundreds of soon-to-be-sacked staffers huddled nervously as their boss’ private office was raided by anti-terrorism commandos. Andrew Crook reports on the day after the night before.
Victorians heed the NSW and Qld experience, reject a fourth-term govt
Rather than let the rot set in as it did in NSW and Queensland, Victorian voters have opted for a continuation of the same sort of government under new leadership.
Political snippets: Baillieu’s lower-case administration
If Ted Baillieu does appoint the recently retired federal MP Petro Georgiou as his chief of staff we can be sure that this will be a small “l” administration.
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After the election blast
Two days after the Victorian election and the outcome still remains unclear. William Bowe offers his thoughts on the Greens debacle, how Labor lost it and where to from here.
Baillieu set to seize power in Victoria: poll
The Liberal Party is set to deny John Brumby his first election victory and seize power in Victoria, according to a Morgan Poll conducted exclusively for Crikey.
Crikey Says: The state election that really matters
Does it matter who wins tomorrow’s Victorian state election? Does it matter which party wins any state election?
The fight for Melbourne
The latest polling for inner city Melbourne. Plus, a fascinating look at how voters respond “worm-style” to Victorian election ads, with Liberal voters reacting far more positively about their own side’s advertising than Labor was about theirs, says William Bowe.
Political snippets: Fine-tooth Combet reveals no mention of Cancun
We certainly cannot be accusing Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Greg Combet of making a big deal about next week’s Cancun Conference on climate change.
Vic election: 5 days to go
Victorians head to the ballot box this weekend to decide whether to oust Labor or maintain the Brumby government. With five days to go, William Bowe provides a snapshot of recent happenings.
