Victorian deputy opposition leader Rob Hulls has defied his own faction in its search for a deputy chief of staff to Daniel Andrews, slapping down Labor Unity’s first pick for the prized gig and forcing a drawn-out interview process.
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Failed Labor MP Nathan Murphy in sordid housesitting shame
An exclusive $500-a-head fundraiser for failed Victorian Labor MP Nathan Murphy could end up in the courts after a borrowed apartment used for the shindig was trashed, male and female underwear was dumped on the floor and a $700 coat went missing from the premises.
McGuire Supreme Court challenge could expose Broady branch stacks
This morning’s backing by CFMEU overlord Bill Oliver of a Supreme Court challenge to block the ALP National Executive’s parachuting of Frank McGuire into John Brumby’s seat of Broadmeadows is almost certain to founder and will instead shine a light on the electorate’s notorious history of branch stacking, party insiders say.
Hulls and Donnellan to mull over Vic ALP deputy role
Despite some satisfaction in Victorian ALP Left circles, Saturday’s result has refocused the right’s attention on its divided status, with one peacemaker reporting that the “language change had been extraordinary” and that the state branch was now bracing for a “monumental sh-tfight”.
Galaxy: 50-50 in Victoria
The latest Galaxy poll has the primary vote for Labor in Victoria at 36 percent and the Coalition on 44, leveling out at 50-50, writes William Bowe.
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.
Greens smear nails coffin on Labor’s inner-city MPs
A storm has erupted inside the Victorian ALP on the question of election tactics, after a hamfisted intervention from dumped party secretary Stephen Newnham almost certainly ended Bronwyn Pike’s political career.
Victorian ALP slides in behind Brumby’s man
When the Victorian press pack decides to focus on what did or didn’t happen five years ago between consenting adults in an Adelaide golf club car park, you know it’s been a quiet weekend in state politics.
Victorian ALP facing fresh dissent on branch stacking
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.
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.
