RED TED: Baillieu’s demise and Napthine’s rise shows that VEXNEWS is wise, reckon Tweeps

Red Ted’s reign dead. Chavez gone. Dodgy censorship bid struck down. It’s all happening. And as some Tweeters pointed out, in relation to the rise of Napthine, VEXNEWS tipped this. We’re not so sure about all that, but we’ll take all the praise we can. Click for the latest carnage on Spring Street.

ADMIN FURY: Liberal party director Damien Mantach could be next to be boned over Tristan Weston

Tony Nutt will be boned as Premier’s chief-of-staff by new Premier Denis Napthine, most Liberal insiders believe. If not he’ll be certainly visiting the problems of the dying days of the Baillieu show upon his own. Party sources tell VEXNEWS that party director Damien Mantach faces a very hostile meeting tonight of their Administrative Committee. Some think he’ll be sacked too.

NT government in crisis while spinners at home tossing Greek salad #ntpol

The NT government is having more leadership turmoil although not everyone has got the memo:

A government spokesman told AAP he had not heard any reports of number counting going on for the leadership.

“To the very best of my …

“I’M A BLOODY AXE MURDERER”: Baillieu’s chief-of-staff complains about VEXNEWS on secret audio recordings

Tony Nutt, Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu’s Chief of Staff, reckons VEXNEWS has presented him as a “bloody axe murderer.” That’s not quite right but the fact that our publication looms so large in private political discussions among all parties is a powerful acknowledgement of what VEXNEWS has achieved in breaking the news that shakes the nation.

TOUGH TERRITORY: In politics, winning can be just the start of trouble

For all but the best, in politics, you can go from hero to zero at light-speed. Most Australian governments are in serious political trouble despite our economy – for now – seen by outsiders as a shining beacon of prosperity in a financial-crisis recovering world.

Bob Ellis on Labor’s NSW Right #auspol

While incorrectly ascribing former NSW minister Ian Macdonald to the NSW Right, Bob Ellis does make a good argument about the moral panic surrounding them and NSW Labor generally at the moment.

He writes:

The New South Wales Right gave …

There’s every chance the MP accused of child porn offences will get off on a technicality #saparli

After getting his committal for trial quashed by the SA Supreme Court, there’s every chance the state MP accused of child porn offences will be acquitted on complex legal grounds that reveal fatal flaws in South Australian law.:…

WHAT A WICKED WEB THEY FORGE: The Age shamed over use of forged email in smear on MP

The Age has embarrassed itself beyond all normal measure by relying on a forged email to smear a Victorian Liberal MP.

Queensland politicians crack wise in roller-coaster 2012 #qldpol

It’s been a wild ride in Sunshine State politics this year, with the Clive-Palmer-backed LNP government elected with a huge mandate for change, implementing lots of changes and ending the year without Clive Palmer and with a couple of MPs …

HELL HATH NO FURY: Adele Carles dobs in ex-lover Troy Buswell for drunkenly “dry-humping” Perth millionaire

Just in time for Christmas, the ex Greensparty MP Adele Carles who shagged WA Liberal minister Troy Buswell – in a most unlikely coupling – is starting to blab about the dirty deets of their indecent liaison to Perth political scribes. Hilarity has ensued.