Kennett: Victorians should know who holds our record debt
Victorians simply don’t know which organisations, or countries, hold our state debt. We have a right to know this basic information about billions borrowed in our name.
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Kennett: Why budget housing pledge promises to be a hoax
The Commonwealth government announcement that it will spend $11.3bn to address the nation’s housing crisis is good in principle, but if federal and Victorian leaders can’t tell us how it will be implemented it remains a cruel hoax.
Kennett: Budget a moral, social and economic failure
This year’s budget has to be seen as a deliberate failure by the Allan government to address the cost to Victorians of rising debt. It’s a rats and mice budget, where the rat just got much bigger.
Kennett: Dan’s legacy of damage looms over Victoria’s D-Day
Daniel Andrews has set Victoria on a bleak course from which there will be no turning back for decades. But on budget day we are entitled to a sign – some hope – that the Allan government is serious about governing responsibly.
Kennett: Never been less incentive to do the right thing in Victoria
Between higher taxes and our failing services, there’s never been less motivation to work hard in Victoria — and we can thank the gross mismanagement of the Andrews/Allan governments.
Kennett: Our crime rate is a sign of an increasingly sick society
After every event involving loss of life or damage to property, we hear our leaders say this must stop. But nothing is done to address root causes.
Kennett: AFL needs courage like Mali’s
The leadership the SA Premier displayed over Gather Round is sorely needed in the AFL’s drugs policy, writes Jeff Kennett.
Kennett: Time for the AFL to get real on its drug code
It’s not good enough that the AFL says its current drug policy is working — the league must heal itself or one day the courts will do it instead.
Kennett: Why we should scrap state funerals and honour our heroes instead
It’s too late for the Victorian community to let Les Twentyman know how indebted we are to him for his work with challenged youth and it’s time we honour our unsung heroes while they are alive.
Kennett: Nurses, teachers deserted as Labor keeps failing Victoria
For decades, Victoria’s teachers and nurses have rallied against conservative governments but never have they been so belittled and devalued than by the Andrews/Allan government.
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