Kennett: Being soft on crime has not produced a safer society
Victoria needs a very different approach to the leadership of our emergency services and the way the government treats offenders.
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Kennett: Our kids’ education is too valuable to be left to Labor
Our public school system is under huge pressure for staff, while the payroll tax for non-government schools is causing pain all round. Something is seriously wrong in the administration of education in Victoria.
Kennett: Labor has no plan to fix health mess it created
Victoria’s health system is under increasing stress and most public hospitals are running at a financial loss, putting abnormal pressures on hospital administrators.
Kennett: No new events in 10 years is sad
There have been no new annual events added to Victoria’s event calendar in the last 10 years. Relying on what we have achieved in the past is no recipe for the future.
Kennett: Victorians living through incompetence on a historic level
You would need to leaf way back through the history books to find a government that has been as economically damaging as that of Andrews/Allan.
Kennett: Only a bad government builds until it goes broke
Infrastructure projects must be built as you can afford them, while balancing the other obligations of running the state. Victoria has got that mix badly wrong.
Kennett: We’re heading to bankruptcy
What the Andrews/Allan government have committed the state to is criminal. Victoria is heading to bankruptcy and we the public will pay for the government’s deliberate and gross incompetence.
Kennett: Where we need to invest to boost Victoria’s growth and reputation
The Allan government’s failure to act on Victoria’s growing debt is making a bad situation worse for our community, businesses and reputation. Here’s how simple investments could give the state a lift.
Kennett: US election shows blue collar voters are rejecting the left
The US election was about the economy — people want employment and to improve their living standards through their efforts. The tone-deaf Allan government should be taking notice.
Kennett: Aspirational CFMEU members turning against Labor
The men and women working on construction sites around Melbourne have probably been Labor voters all their lives, but they are talking differently now.
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