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Jeff Kennett was premier of Victoria from 1992 to 1999, served two stints as Hawthorn Football Club president and was the founding chairman of Beyond Blue.

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Kennett: Wilson leads the way as Libs back in women leaders

Four women now lead Liberal Party branches across Australia, but it’s in Victoria where Jess Wilson has the best chance to turf out toxic Labor.

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Kennett: We’ve become a ‘flabby’ society – real leaders need to step up

If the “Four Freedoms” outlined by Roosevelt and Churchill during World War II are relevant today, Victoria has a lot of work to do — and it needs leadership from our politicians and community to get there.

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Kennett: Time to politically exterminate sinking Labor ship

The Labor Party is in free fall, led by an increasingly erratic Premier desperately grasping at straws as she slowly sinks below the waterline, taking the government and our entire state with her.

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Kennett: The Lib queen has arrived. Labor knows its time is up

The King is dead, long live the Queen. New Liberal leader Jess Wilson might be the reason why many people now have a reason to vote out the worst government in Victoria’s history.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - November 7, 2025: Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley holds a doorstop press conference after attending a Liberal Network Event at the Hyatt Hotel in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Why dismissing the opposition is foolish and premature

There has been a pile-on by many in the media recently writing negatively about Sussan Ley but if the Libs stay focused on the biggest issue — the economy, stupid — they can still excite Australians enough to win the next election.

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Kennett: Major events only shining light in our broke, divided state

With another great racing season almost over, can you imagine Victoria without our major events? It would be a very miserable place thanks to Labor’s total and deliberate mismanagement of our affairs.

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Kennett: Our state is going to the dogs and humans don’t matter

Even our pets know Victoria is deteriorating faster than a fish can swim or a bird fly, as Labor premiers continue to abuse the trust that people expect of them – all without a care in the world.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA- NewsWire Photos MAY 22, 2025: Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan and Deputy Premier and Minister for Education Ben Carroll make an announcement at Glendal Primary School in Nottingham. Picture: NewsWire/ David Crosling

Kennett: The Allan govt crisis that is far worse than crime

This Labor-allowed crime wave is one thing, but there’s another gross government mismanagement that will have a greater impact on Victoria, and we, the citizens, will pay the price, writes Jeff Kennett.

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NCA 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION Labor BUS. DAY 10 07/04/2025 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the campaign trail In VIC. Sunshine Train Station funding announcement in the electorate of Fraser. Event attended by: Premier of Victoria - Jacinta Allan Member for Fraser - Daniel Mulino State Member - Natalie Suleyman Picture: Jason Edwards / NewsWire

Kennett: Once the Lucky Country, Australia is now stupid, selfish and complacent

Australia was once described as the Lucky Country but we have allowed ourselves to become increasingly uncompetitive through subsidies, greed and weak governments and nowhere more so than in Victoria.

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Kennett: Hastie should take note, solo soldiers don’t win wars

The successes of seasoned coaches Chris Fagan and Craig Bellamy prove that experience and performance are what matters. But no one soldier has ever won a war, and MP Andrew Hastie and his supporters should take note.

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