CHEAP THREATS: Casey council poison aimed at VEXNEWS

The sleazy south-east Melbourne political operatives Bob and Janet Halsall – not satisfied with their Casey council poisoning the homes of a thousand Brookland Greens residents with a dodgy municipal landfill – are spreading their poison further afield.

WACKO: Councillor’s violent rampage in council chambers

VEXNEWS can reveal a Victorian local councillor and Greens party member David Ellis has been accused of physically attacking Manningham mayor Charles Pick.

UNAPPEALING: Moreland council fever burns up three Labor councillors

Three ALP councillors ratted a Labor council caucus, a small spark that could engulf Victoria’s Rebel Right faction and cut short at least two promising political careers. There’s a push to save the councillors but it will run into strong objection from those who think there should be quasi-judicial processes operating within political parties that are free from political interference.

PAIR OF ACES: Hume Councillor Ann Potter poked by Sunbury rival Jack Medcraft

In a lovely Victorian town called Sunbury, a fight between two municipal warriors has got the locals talking. Now one is accusing the other of ducking crucial council meetings to play the pokies. The councillor accused says she has been dealing with a serious family illness and has been juggling municipal and family responsibilities at a time of incredible stress and anxiety. Let’s get ready to rumble.

SILLY: Brisbane councillor Jane Prentice threatens VEXNEWS

Brisbane Liberal councillor Jane Prentice was recently worried at some silly comments that appeared on VEXNEWS under the not-particularly-identifying ‘Jane P.’

We were a little confused what this person was going on about when she rang as she didn’t…

CEREMONY WARS: Hume councillor’s prayer boycott saddens Christians

Sunbury conservative councillor Jack Ogilvie is regarded as a good bloke. But his long-running boycott of the commencement prayer at council meetings is attracting critics who say it’s a symptom of his political alliance with Labor’s Socialist Left. A good sport, he answered VEXNEWS impertinent questions on the issue.

FOOLISH: Brumby under fire for leaving pedophiles with more legal rights than local councillors and workers

The Brumby government has been accused of leaving pedophiles and murderers more legal rights than local councillors and their staff.

RISKY BUSINESS: Government supports film festival featuring porn, torture, rape and risky HIV behaviours

A state-sponsored film festival in Melbourne intends to exhibit films well outside the community standard. No doubt the controversy will boost their sales but is it undermining community support for public funding of the arts?

ANGRY SAM THE WOMAN-HATER: Nasty Casey bully boy Aziz targets women, prompting female councillor to quit

A beastly local councillor in outer-suburban Melbourne, Sam Aziz, is being accused of brutalising female council colleagues, prompting one female Casey Councillor to quit in disgust.

BUGGERS: Racist ginger group SunRRA’s shadowy surveillance operations exposed

A racist ginger group operating in Melbourne’s western suburbs is being investigated by Police over its use of surveillance devices against Brimbank councillors, officials and political rivals. SunRRA’s president Darlene Reilly has refused to co-operate with investigators and if charged and convicted with offences under the Surveillance Devices Act could go to jail for two years.