Fuel reduction burning remains something of a contentious issue in Victoria, but that hasn’t deterred the state’s Department of Sustainability and Environment, writes Lionel Elmore.
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Theophanous no match for Vic police offensive
Theo Theophanous, the Victorian government MP who has been charged with r-pe, has been busy using the media to defend himself against his accuser, but he may regret the strategy, writes Greg Barnes.
Forget Henson, politicians are partial to playground trawling too
How does Ms Pike justify her practice, and that of her colleagues in parliaments right across Australia, eagerly rushing off to schools, particularly at election time, so they can be photographed with unsuspecting kids who can’t vote? asks Greg Barns.
Abortion in Catholic hospitals: what would Jesus do?
What would Jesus do…if he was the CEO of a catholic hospital confronted with the proposed new abortion laws currently before the Victorian Parliament?
The Government must pay Cranbourne residents
There will certainly be class actions arising out of the methane gas leaks in Cranbourne, an outer suburb of Melbourne. At the moment, 230 homeowners have been advised to relocate and up to a thousand may be affected, writes Peter Faris.
The Crikey Ethicist: The politics of tragedy
The idea of tragedy has been exiled from our political culture, writes John Armstrong.
Video: Open season on black swans in Victoria:
Video footage following up on the plight of black swans and how the DSE is responding.
40 black swans shot. ABC wants more
When Bairnsdale locals found out that 40 black swans had been shot in a DSE authorised cull, the contacted ABC’s Stateline with the story. That’s when it got interesting, writes Lionel Elmore.
Vic staffers code of conduct: be nice to your MP
As of today, electorate office staff of Victorian MPs will be bound by a new code of conduct signed off by Victorian Speaker Jenny Lindell and Council President Robert Smith, writes Bernard Keane.
Let Zarah Garde-Wilson practise law again
Once someone walks free from court, most people would assume that they could get on with their lives. Not so the flamboyant Ms Garde-Wilson, writes Greg Barns.
Kossman witch-hunt a study in procedural unfairness
Melbourne emergency medicine specialist Thomas Kossman has become a national figure because he has been subjected to what looks disturbingly like a witch hunt, writes Greg Barns.
Gippsland: a by-election for the undertaking
The campaign for the Federal seat of Gippsland is off and running at a funereal pace, which is apt, writes an anonymous Gippsland innsider.
Lunch with a leading Malcolmtent
Malcolm Turnbull fronts the National Press Club today. Bernard Keane will be wondering, chicken or beef?
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.
The Baillieu blog: with friends like these …
Some choices moments from that Baillieu blog. Compiled by Thomas Hunter.
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.
AFL tribute match an ode to boredom
It was billed as the match of the century, but like the Big V versus the Dream Team was a fizzer, writes Francis Leach.
Baillieu hate bloggers a symptom of Liberal disease
Ted Ballieu has sacked the two staffers exposed as the authors of He Who Stands For Nothing, the hate site attacking him, . But the incident points to a deeper structural problem within the Liberal Party.
Spin the winner in Victoria amid net debt confusion
Stephen Mayne reads between the lines of yesterday’s Victorian budget.
Will big spending John Brumby do a Keating?
Crikey might finally be back in the Federal budget lock-up next week but strange information gate-keepers remain in place in Victoria. Stephen Mayne reports.
Australia revealed: Issues management
As we pull into the final week of the campaign, it’s time to take a look at where various issues might be biting.
Where will rate rises bite most?
Who wins from the rates rise? Who loses? It mightn’t be quite as obvious as we’re lead to believe, writes Christian Kerr.
Australia revealed: Kevin Rudd, Cup favourite
We’ve dug into Roy Morgan data to pull out the 25 seats with the highest percentage of electors who watch the Melbourne Cup, writes Christian Kerr.
One Day, Three Polls
Please polling gods, let it not be like this for the next 6 weeks. After one day of the election campaign we have three polls. If this keeps up, we’ll have 126 of the buggers during the campaign – more than even the most avid pollyjunkie could bear.
