Comments on: SWOOP: Kennett backs ex-Hawthorn tall for Burwood state seat

By: Burwood lives in Hawthorn Electorate where he is closer to the police

Burwood lives in Hawthorn Electorate where he is closer to the police — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:09:24 +0000

No wonder Burwood sleeps comfortably at night, he lives 20% closer to the camberwell police station than the poor old Ashburton police station.

The Burwood electorate needs a member who will put their needs before his political parties.

By: John Roskam

John Roskam — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:03:43 +0000

I would nominate for Burwood but it isn’t safe enough for me. I need a really safe seat in case people start to work me out. Also, it is a state seat and I am federal material or so I have been telling the media.

By: Hawthorn Bob lives closer to Camberwell police station than Ashburton police Station

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:31:36 +0000

Did you know that Hawthorn Bob lives 20% closer to Camberwell Police Station than he does to Ashburton Police station?

By: Not Burwood Bob, it is Hawthorn Bob

Not Burwood Bob, it is Hawthorn Bob — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:30:02 +0000

The member for Burwood lives in the Hawthorn Electorate, he shall hence forth be known as Hawthorn Bob

By: Dark Horse

Dark Horse — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:16:06 +0000

If there is a swing on, any candidate can win burwood.

I’d like to see Madden go for essendon and lose!

By: C-Train

C-Train — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:34:20 +0000

Incorect.

Hopefully I’m similarly incorrect in suspecting Kelly O’Dwyer’s involvement on this page.

By: Anon

Anon — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:19:59 +0000

So Graham, you go by the name of C-Train now do you?

By: C-Train

C-Train — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:50:33 +0000

OK, so having had a read through these candidate’s CVs (thanks Andy!):

Lawrence’s is terrible. Talks about combining his religious views with undefined “Liberal values” and the need to “tackle these issues head on”, yet never does so. How on earth does he reconcile his need for Liberal freedoms with his Catholic views on abortion and stem cell research?

He’s been a member of the Party for 2 months, yet has “always been a supporter of Liberal values” (so why not join? I’m sure as an AFL footballer, you’d be on decent enough coin to fork over a year’s party dues, that until recently were tax deductible anyway?) To put this in perspective, he hasn’t been in the Party long enough to vote for himself at the preselection.

The references are terrible. Kennett’s seems obliged by his role as Hawthorn president, and says very little about his abilities or what he can bring to the party. Allan Jeans is able to inform us that he was a great footballer and not much else. Terrible choice, and all things considered, far from the favourite.

David Solley is an inoffensive one, but hardly an impressive one. Far too much emphasis on his Melb Uni union days….16 years ago. What has he done since? Very little it seems, but at least has been in the party for longer than two minutes.

By default, that leaves Graham Watt as the candidate of choice for mine, and as such, at the risk of bagging the party, will be fairly light in my criticisms of him. From what I understand, Graham not only has the backing of Petro, but Josh Frydenberg as well (Watt being on the Kooyong executive would probably do a bit to help this). That in itself is a monumental effort in diplomacy and should be applauded.

Whilst Rudd-esque in his narrative, it is consistent, and does enough to confirm that he’s the closest to the grass-roots candidate of the bunch, which is generally what I hear from most patriots as being what is required to have a chance against Bob.

By: Senator X

Senator X — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:47:57 +0000

If Lawrence is the Tedista candidate he has my support. I must support my new faction.

By: SSS

SSS — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:59:50 +0000

Kennett!

By: weally?

weally? — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:46:17 +0000

Any news on Bradfield?

By: This is a real reference

This is a real reference — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:38:38 +0000

Everyone here knows Jeff. He is hardly a person who can be pushed around or forced into doing something that he doesn’t want to do.
Had he not wanted to give a reference to Lawrence, he wouldn’t have given him one, plain and simple.
The fact is, he did give a reference, and he meant it.

By: no kroger?

no kroger? — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:07:06 +0000

how come there are no staffers in the field?

By: My part in Burwood Bobs down fall

My part in Burwood Bobs down fall — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:47:44 +0000

There is only one candidate that my mate Burwood is worried about and that is the Watt! Watt is young, with a young family,lives in the Labor heart of the electorate and is known in Monash, Whitehorse and Boroondara. He has been giving Burwood absolute curry over many local issues, not the least the loss of 10 police at Asburton.

Burwood is considering his options as soon as he knows who the libs preselect. Word is if it is Watt he may play the retirement card and not face the next election, this is one of the reasons that Burwood was preselected unopposed, because even labor hopes he retires before the election!

By: when a reference is not a reference

when a reference is not a reference — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:39:44 +0000

the Kennet reference letter is very much the letter you give when you don’t want to give one. I have never seen such a bland, non- comittal letter of support for a candidate before.

By: DJ Mitchy Fife

DJ Mitchy Fife — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:52:39 +0000

Any candidate of Jeffrey’s has my 100% support, now that I’m part of Team Jeff.

By: Adrian Jackson

Adrian Jackson — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:07:25 +0000

Nice reference and Kennett would not provide a reference for a dickhead. He would have to be an improvement on ex-sportsman Dustman Madden or ex Toorak resident Thirsty Marshall (the baby in parliament).

By: Poseidon Burke

Poseidon Burke — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:07:26 +0000

I dont care where he is from but rather what he can offer.

Its just ridiculous for any party to limit its choices of candidates to people who live in the area. The gene pool is to weak at 30,00 or so members nationally to begin with.

By: Broad church supporter

Broad church supporter — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:59:18 +0000

Burwood takes in large chunks of public housing, especially Chadstone and Jordanville. The Libs, regardless of who the candidate is, have absolutely no hope. Just ask Andrew Rule what it was like door knocking in those areas on behalf of Di back in 2002.

By: Anonski

Anonski — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:59:48 +0000

“Some locals are not laughing about the Hawthorn play though, feeling that Kennett might be trying to strong-arm them by imposing an outsider who lives in Fitzroy.”

This is false. The man has lived in Burwood since about 88.

By: Josh Glenoban

Josh Glenoban — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:57:58 +0000

I was there when the hawks won in 91 out at Waverley, spent most of the game playing with a balloon.

To this day it’s the best and only GF i’ve ever seen.

By: Hawthorn fan

Hawthorn fan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:54:31 +0000

Besides this year, Essendon hadn’t beaten Hawthorn since 20005, would hardly call that “the club that so often loses to Essendon it is a laughing matter”. You are our bitches Landeryou, you only did us this year because we were fielding our u/12s.

As for Lawrence he is a big time bible basher.

By: Faithful

Faithful — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:16:01 +0000

Who’s the catholic?

By: Burwood bob's pride

Burwood bob's pride — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:13:43 +0000

I’m going to beat that field in a canter

By: Higgo

Higgo — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:05:19 +0000

He’s also POSSIBLY a young man with a large family.

Glowing words.

By: Get it right

Get it right — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:04:05 +0000

Lawrence lives in Burwood and has done so for the best part of 20 years. He works in Fitzroy.