The Victorian Branch of the ALP’s branch-stacking inquiry has been branded a failure by a leading party member who helped set it up, because the same people who benefit from branch stacking wrote the report.
Victorian ALP
Dunkley dust up: ALP destabilised by Shorten-Conroy split
A fresh factional war has broken out inside the Victorian ALP after Federal MP Bill Shorten and Senator Stephen Conroy came close to backing rival preselection candidates at a fiery meeting last night.
It’s browns versus greens in Brumby’s ALP
The ALP’s internal war over the environment is gathering pace, with two recent decisions in Victoria revealing the deep fissures that exist between “browns” and “greens”.
Dark horse emerges in ALP state secretary race
An adviser working for the Australian Communications and Media Authority has emerged as a compromise candidate in the race for the position of Victorian ALP State Secretary.
Brumby’s ALP in turmoil as rats run rampant
The Victorian Branch of the ALP has descended into high farce after Stephen Newnham retained his state secretary position at last night’s meeting of the state administrative committee.
Branch stacking brouhaha: Victorian ALP factions fight it out
Senior members of the Victorian ALP’s Left faction have accused John Brumby’s ruling Right faction of rank hypocrisy over branch stacking.
Race Mathews lets fly at “tragic” stacked ALP
Leading ALP elder statesman, Race Matthews, has increased pressure on Victorian Premier John Brumby to appoint a membership czar to clean out stacked branches.
We may not have seen the end of the Theophanous case
There are a number of intriguing possibilities of how the Theophanous saga will play itself out. Will he get sent to trial? Will he sue for damages? More importantly, what further action will Jeremy Rapke, Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions take?
Brumby’s big call on the Honourable Member for Ivanhoe
John Brumby’s right faction of the Victorian ALP faces a difficult decison tonight when it decides whether the prolong the career of the Member for Ivanhoe Craig Langdon.
Pre-conference pandemonium in Brumby’s ALP
An angry showdown is looming over Victorian Premier John Brumby’s promise to “clean up” the ALP, after key proposals to reform party membership were rejected by his factional allies.
Hakki Suleyman snuggles up at ALP Head Office
Yesterday’s damning eyewitness account of in-the-flesh flouting of Victorian ALP party rules was overseen by sacked Justin Madden staffer Hakki Suleyman, writes Andrew Crook.
Watching the ALP stacks come in: the membership rorts go on
Extensive and apparently systemic rorting of ALP membership rules in Victoria has continued despite the Brimbank scandal.
The Brimbank scourge that spans Victoria
John Brumby’s decision to sideline notorious numbers man George Seitz will have little impact in faction-ridden Victoria.
The Victorian Opposition and FOI bungling
When it comes to using that inveterate tool of opposition parties — freedom of information laws — the Vic Libs are still on training wheels it seems, writes Greg Barns.
Political donations: Gems aplenty in the annual deluge
There are literally dozens of fascinating stories in today’s deluge of political donations figures for the 2006-07 financial year, writes Stephen Mayne.
Government Senate support up: Morgan Poll
Coalition support in the Senate rose two points during November to 35.5%, according to polling by Roy Morgan Research. The Labor vote dropped two points to 44.5% in the same period, writes Christian Kerr.
