Political junkies will be interested in this article from The Age and will recognise the significance it holds for the seat of Morwell, which includes Traralgon where I grew up. Several high-profile members of the Traralgon ALP branch have quit the party and one, Lisa Proctor, will stand as an independent and direct preferences to [...]
Barnaby Joyce
I met Queensland Senator Barnaby Joyce this week during his visit to Kalgoorlie. There was a good article in the West Australian today comparing him with Sir Joh, albeit describing him correctly as somewhat more urbane. The National Party has a massive struggle ahead to survive. Although the Liberals don’t like it, Barnaby’s approach is [...]
Crikey
The cutting-edge news web site Crikey is offering a two-week free trial, which I’ve taken up. I used to visit Crikey a lot when Stephen Mayne was writing. He had some excellent sources in the Victorian Liberal and Labor Parties. The site doesn’t have much free content these days, so I’m interested to try out [...]
Student unions
The government’s bid to abolish compulsory student union fees passed through Federal Parliament tonight after the Family First Senator, Steve Fielding, voted with the majority. My opinion was with Nationals Senator, Barnaby Joyce, that non-political fees for student services should be retained. This would have meant ongoing funds for student sporting clubs, arts groups, etc. [...]
Workplace ad blitz wrong
The Federal Government today announced its “workplace reforms”, which it claims will deliver a simpler and fairer industrial relations system. That may be so. I haven’t studied the detail, and frankly it’s of no great interest to me. I object however, to the massive abuse of public funds to promote Liberal Party policy through the [...]
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