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.
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Vic Labor confronts the post-Brumby
world
The Victorian Labor Party is preparing for a smooth and uncontroversial leadership transition, with the party’s Socialist Left faction now in a commanding position to install health minister Daniel Andrews after it lost just one MP on Saturday night.
Labor’s Greens obsession on show over preference deals
The more Labor tells voters that Greens and Liberals are in bed together, the fewer qualms Greens voters in the suburbs will feel about giving preferences to the Liberals.
Polls: Baillieu chasing down Brumby
Victorian Opposition leader Ted Baillieu has finally received some good news in the form of the latest Nielsen poll, which might finally see voters start taking the Vic Liberals seriously.
Thornley’s Better Place may be last year’s business model
Better Place can take solace from the fact local CEO Evan Thornley has plenty of experience in making millions from unsuccessful ventures, writes Adam Schwab.
AGL’s abandoned wind farm — the story behind the story
Locals rejoiced yesterday when AGL withdrew plans for a controversial wind farm in Dollar, in Victoria’s south east. The company said it was a commercial decision, but there is another story to be told here, one about the power of citizens to repel dubious development, writes Lionel Elmore.
