Comments on: WEEKEND AT TEDDIES: Testy Ted tries to trump thrusting, thriving Krogerites to prop up factionally loyal ‘Tedwood’

By: Knockles a casualty of Party Futures refor

Knockles a casualty of Party Futures refor — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:04:31 +0000

Delegates at Corangamite were whispering about Knockles strong involvement with the Party Futures reforms .

He was always going to go close, but close association with party HQ killed his chances.

By: anon

anon — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:55:38 +0000

Actually Sarah Henderson will be taking on the melted cheese in Corrangamite!

By: Anonymouse

Anonymouse — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:47:41 +0000

Rubbish … Knockles was the winner.

By: newsflash

newsflash — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:45:45 +0000

simon price has won corangamite preselection …

By: Anonski

Anonski — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:46:58 +0000

Shame for Joshy that Age journos Michelle Grattan and Melissa Fyffe are not delegates to Kooyong.

This is why Joshy will lose and lose badly. He spends all his time convincing left-wing journos that vote for the ALP or the Greens why he will be a great MP.

Joshy, Pesutto will do you slowly.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:58:00 +0000

What has josh ever done for the party? He is a shameless self promoter!

By: Corangamite

Corangamite — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:54:01 +0000

Patriots??? What’s happening in Corangamite …. Is there a result yet?

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:57:19 +0000

Time to get rid of deadwood Fyfe. Is anyone decent running for Evelyn?

By: Kew Watcher

Kew Watcher — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:33:10 +0000

monday week, nomination forms for KOD will be submitted at 104 … let the changing of the guard take place

By: Anonski

Anonski — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:05:06 +0000

Pesutto is about 100 votes ahead of Joshy.

By: Anon

Anon — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:10:49 +0000

Who won Liberal Party preselection for Corangamite?

By: KOD

KOD — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 07:51:45 +0000

Why is everyone always questioning my integrity?

By: Anonski

Anonski — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:20:39 +0000

If Kelly’s bid for Kew is contingent on Joshy winning Kooyong then Macca is very safe.

By: Anonthki

Anonthki — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:37:30 +0000

It ith true. Jothy hath a terrible lithp.

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:55:20 +0000

Of course any challenge in Kew will be based on the old system of delegates from branches assuming Mcintosh doesn’t resign.

Under the delegate system around 80% of the people who vote would have made their mind up prior to the day of the pre-selection as it’s mainly the active (read factional) people who are voted by their branches to be delegates at pre-selections. (although there is rarely a vote)

In pre-selections where you have a plebiscite such as Kooyong, probably about 40% of the room would have made their mind up prior to the pre-selection. These would consist of the majority of State Council delegates, about 10% of the vote and about 250 of the 600 odd local voters.

The reason of course why we still have the old system was a trade off deal to get Ted’s support for the party reforms last year. Essentially Ted agreed to back the reforms if plebiscites did not apply in this round of pre-selections in order to protect sitting members who are more likely to be re-elected under the old system than the new system.

Interesting times.

By: Kew Watcher

Kew Watcher — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:07:07 +0000

Tense times in Kew … if JF wins next Saturday, then the Krogerites are ready to press the button on Monday, and Kelly will submit her application form. She already has the ten signatures needed – and Helen Kroger and Peter Costello have both agreed to be her reference. Ted has written a reference for Andrew McIntosh, but will it be enough. His faction will be very demoralised on Sunday morning, and wont have the energy to put up another fight. The Kroger steamroll of Kooyong will the be practically complete.

By: Anonski

Anonski — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:00:48 +0000

Thpeshial Counsel??? That must be you Honeypot …. I can’t believe you lisp even when you write … how embarassment

By: Inga

Inga — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:53:13 +0000

I will give my vote to anyone who can spare a tasty treat…or some parliamentary trout for my parliamentary fish tank.

By: Johnny Pesutto of Tedwood - Thpeshial Counsel

Johnny Pesutto of Tedwood - Thpeshial Counsel — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:01:00 +0000

I’ve been slurping up to Ted and Petro for so long, pehaps Ted will give me his seat after I lose Kooyong? That will require salting around like an old ham for a bit longer…

By: Berwick Resident

Berwick Resident — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:14:09 +0000

I have just confirmed that our local champion Lorraine Wreford has again missed out on pre-selection for the glorious Liberal party for the next state election. Why is this party so backward thinking into not scooping up such a talent as Lorraine. She is the only decent councillor at the City of Casey

By: Inga

Inga — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:12:35 +0000

I still haven’t received my invitation to the cake shop

By: D-Squared

D-Squared — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:02:16 +0000

There is something wrong in Victoria, ie, my ex-mate, Rat Dog Riva.

By: Anon Annonski

Anon Annonski — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:21:48 +0000

David Davis is the Vic Libs best performer but his achilles heel is his complete addiction to internal party plotting. If the day ever comes when there is not for him to involve himself in he’ll have to resort to a bit of auto-plotting.
This wins him enemies, friends and a vast army of bemused observers who wonder what could possibly possess him to spend one milisecond worrying about the numbskull Kim Wells.

By: Foxy Ross

Foxy Ross — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:19:49 +0000

I will run for all 23 seats.

By: Dark Horse

Dark Horse — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:33:00 +0000

Who really cares.

We should be focusing on branch stacking of the ALP. That is hilarious!

By: Honeypot

Honeypot — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:43:29 +0000

McPerton was made a Trade Commissioner and Director of the TAC.

Fatty Doyle was a Director of Melbourne Health.

What about me?

By: Astounded of Melbourne

Astounded of Melbourne — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:41:23 +0000

Yesterday a notice about various federal preselections was loud & proud on the Victorian Liberal Party home page. As of a minute ago it is gone. Is this to forestall inconvenient questions about why there is no notice on the home page about the state preselections so stealthily snuck into the Age?

In this age of instant communication, it would have been the work of a mere moment to put a notice on the web and send all members in these seats an email letting them know the process had started. Why are we relying on archaic media nobody reads, and, to add insult to injury, putting the ad in the house organ of the Labor Party?

By: Oiled-up Olly

Oiled-up Olly — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:55:35 +0000

This just in: Phil Honeywood praying for Ted to be Premier, aching to be given a head position, sick of bumming around town, wishes he never jerked the party around by tossing in the towel, realises early retirement was a cock-up, not sure if he’s still got what it takes – maybe the Party will offer him something to suck it and see.

By: Anonski

Anonski — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:53:25 +0000

Ollie is not now, and has never been, a patriot.

He is, was, and always will be, an absolute disgrace.

By: Anonski

Anonski — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:48:37 +0000

RDR must go.