Archive for January, 2009
NO VACANCY: Labor moderate Jennifer Huppert to be appointed to Victorian upper house
The ALP national executive is expected to fill the vacancy left by Evan Thornley’s bizarre resignation with a highly accomplished lawyer with a life-long commitment to moderate Labor values.
YES WE CAN: Danby diplomacy opens doors for Australia
Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has encouraged President Barack Obama to visit Australia, possibly after he visits Indonesia this year.
UNION NEWS: AWU Victorian officials re-elected unopposed while NUW proceeds with plan to abolish state branches
The AWU leadership is re-elected unopposed. The national office of the NUW is waging war on what it sees as small and inefficient state branches. There’s power in a union.
DISBELIEVERS: Atheists abundant in Dandenong Ranges
A Victorian town is the only one in the nation where non-believers outnumber those professing faith in God.
REVOLTING: Fabians throw down cardigans and pipes in anger over Thornley
The revulsion over Evan Thornley’s use and abuse of political office is spreading to the Fabian Society which has been bankrolled by the corpulent millionaire for a few years. People are resigning in protest prompted by their disgust over his …
NASTY: Laura Smyth’s self-promotion catches up with her
A Socialist Lefty has claimed Evan Thornley’s vacancy. Many people think that’s a bit of a joke given her inability to play nicely with others.
YUM: Greens party kill "endangered" crayfish while on seafood diet
The Greens party were so keen to stop workers logging that they illegally removed a freshwater crayfish they believed was a rare and endangered species and in the process killed the poor critter.
MEETINGS: Left to discuss preselection stability deal
The Victorian Socialist Left is meeting this Sunday to discuss recent developments including the Left-Right peace deal that has prompted great disturbance within the NUW and SDA.…
UNSURPRISING: Labor’s imploding “star” cuts Party off without a penny
Evan Thornley has cut his fundraising ties with the ALP. Party critics say he is Labor’s rat with a shiny gold tooth.
THE OFFICE: Parliamentary offices cause complaint
There are some Victorian state MP’s who complain from time to time about their office accommodations. It’s the price you pay for being in a splendid old building. Or nasty-ass Chookshed as the case may be. In the US Capitol, …
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