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.
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Troeth to Libs: more women equals more talent
Victorian Liberal Senator Judith Troeth used to be against party quotas for female MPs but now says they are an effective way of equalising the gender divide, arguing more women in parliament means a larger talent pool.
Welcome to election year politics: Vic Libs jump on the spin wagon
Welcome to an election year: this week Bailleiu’s Libs have zoned in on Victorian schools as the battleground in the propaganda war.
Who wants to be a Liberal MP?
If you ever wanted to be a Liberal MP, this is probably a good time to be putting your hand up, says Charles Richardson. The Victorian Liberal Party still has a lot of “help wanted” signs up around the state.
Big Ted steps into the race debate
Victoria’s opposition leader Ted Baillieu has accused the Brumby government of being “in denial” over violence against Indians in Melbourne. It’s garnered him some headlines, but how will it play with the electorate?
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.
Political snippets: Another one from that Liberal playbook
Some good old fashioned “wasting taxpayer dollars!” outrage at the Oz, the Victorian Liberal Party goes into early election mode, Obama’s brother writes a book, and why green is the new religion.
Baillieu’s Liberals not keen on new blood
The real scandal surrounding Victorian Liberal pre-selections is not in the challenges, it’s in the almost total lack of them.
The battle for Higgins resumes
The Higgins preselection has been an on-again, off-again saga.
Who wants to be a Liberal MP?
It’s time to clear some dead wood from the Victorian Liberal Party, writes Charles Richardson.
Rundle: Robert Doyle’s taxi of fools
Robert Doyle’s taxi scheme is a mad idea, an expression of the fear of the boring suburbanite has for the city, writes Guy Rundle.
Constitutional revolution for the Victorian Liberals
Will giving more voice to ordinary members just hand power to conservative ideologues asks Charles Richardson.
It takes two to make a factional conflict
There’s nothing like an election defeat to bring party disunity into the open. Hence Stateline in Victoria led on Friday night with a trenchant attack by Senator Judith Troeth on her opponents in the state’s Liberal Party, the controlling Kroger-Costello group, writes Charles Richardson.
