Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu yesterday announced it was scrapping the former Brumby government’s climate change target of reducing carbon emissions by 20% by 2020. And he’s not the only premier dismantling climate change programs, writes Amber Jamieson.
After a three-year debate, Manningham City Council in Melbourne’s affluent eastern suburbs tonight will finally have a public vote on whether to introduce double rates on the municipality’s seven pokies venues.
You’ve got hand it to General Motors, the makers of Holden. Its success in garnering taxpayer dollars is breathtaking, writes Kath Walters, editor of LeadingCompany.
In 1901 Melbourne and Sydney had around 500,000 people but Sydney pulled ahead, initially capturing the new technology of aviation. Now Melbourne is fighting back, writes Alan Davies.
The latest Newspoll confirms that Ted Baillieu's government is travelling less than ideal given its youth. The Coalition leads 51-49 two-party preferred, writes William Bowe.
Crikey media wrap: Floods in NSW and Victoria continue to threaten homes, with thousands of people evacuated from Wagga Wagga overnight after concerns that levees may break today and inundate the town.
Victorian nurses and midwives on Facebook have taken to using code names to discuss protests after the Bailleu government demanded that all comments on the Australian Nursing Federation's Facebook page that "organise, advise or assist" industrial action must be deleted.
Albert Park MP Martin Foley has made a forceful intervention in the Victorian Parliament's debate over Twitter use in the chamber, calling on MPs to take "the high road of creative engagement and prevent low road of grubby censorship".
The State Library of Victoria offers a beautiful architectural environment in which to work, but it's a noisy, cluttered quagmire that falls short of the national standard, writes NAJ Taylor.
It seems appropriate during the ALP leadership squabble that one of those hung parliament initiatives that sealed Julia Gillard's prime ministership, a new think tank dedicated to regional issues is set to launch next week.
