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RED TED HAS RUN HIS RACE: Victoria’s alternative Premier thinks we’re racist

Victorian Liberal leader Ted Baillieu has managed to turn his biggest potential vote-winner of law and order into a momentous snafu. Baillieu's claims that Victoria is being over-run by racists who roam the state terrorising minorities has already prompted concern from senior Liberals who are worried about his judgment.

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REPUDIATED: Liberal party’s most prominent Indian says Ted is wrong on race

Ted Baillieu's most serious mistake as Liberal party leader continues to play out. Now the most prominent Liberal party member of Indian descent has publicly contradicted Baillieu's claims that Indian students are being singled out for violence on racial grounds in Australia. Can Baillieu's leadership endure this disgraceful episode?

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IT GETS WORSE: Ted Baillieu demands silence from Bernie Finn on Governor de Kretser’s climate activism

Liberal party members are still reeling from Ted Baillieu's bizarre assertions that racists were set to destroy Victorian society. "Only Ted Baillieu could find a way of stuffing up law & order for us," one exasperated patriot told VEXNEWS. And while there are Liberals ready to step up and fight Brumby on all fronts, Ted Baillieu keeps getting it wrong.

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UNACCOUNTABLE: Ashby perjury case bungled by Victoria’s $400K Ombudsman

Victorian Ombudsman George Brouwer has been shamed by a decision of the Supreme Court to throw out charges against a former top cop.

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BOO HOO: Greg Sheridan backs Indian claims Melbourne is a seething mass of race-hate

The Australian's highly regarded foreign editor has stirred controversy by agreeing with controversial claims from the Indian media about cosmopolitian Melbourne.

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