The Moira Deeming case against Opposition Leader John Pesutto may cause some short-term pain but it will help the Liberal Party spot those who aren’t working as a team and have lost the desire to govern.
If Labor wants any chance at the next election, they must replace Jacinta Allan with someone who can quickly change policy direction, as the hefty cost of their mismanagement becomes more clear.
Labor is too beholden to the rivers of gold that pour from the trade union movement into its coffers to stop the CFMEU rot that is eating away at Victoria.
The CFMEU has been dictating the terms to the state government for years. The union’s influence over the Andrews/Allan government must now be fully exposed.
Any review into the CFMEU will have no credibility if Labor-aligned legal firms or judges are appointed.
The recent elections in India, France and the UK have revealed big lessons for Australia — there are massive headwinds facing us and we cannot afford to have another minority government.
There must be consequences when a person acts against a law or policy, so if the state and the AFL are not going to be serious about illicit drug use rules, then get rid of them.
In Peter Dutton we might at last have a political leader who has a vision, and the confidence to execute that vision, while putting the public interest before his own.
Appeasing the CFMEU in Victoria has now got us to the point where hospitals are closing, schools do not have enough teachers, and our emergency services are losing members in droves.
Granting Daniel Andrews Australia’s highest civilian award is another example of the former premier’s mantra – it is no longer about integrity or what you do or achieve, it’s what you can get away with.
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