Why Daniel Andrews needs to listen to the people
Readers argue the easing of restrictions don’t go far enough to help reduce the suffering of Victorian residents
Letters
Last Post, October 20
Flying Kiwis bound for Victoria, Meburnians granted a holiday for the AFL and Wallabies have some work to do
Our US consulate out of touch
No sympathy from our international officials, Labor’s mixed messages and all hail netball’s victorious Vixens
ICAC a star chamber without the safeguards of the common law
There is no good case for a federal corruption commission. It could achieve nothing that could not be achieved via a royal commission or inquiry.
Trump supporters more likely to turn out and vote
The opinion polls were wrong last time and they might be again. People will vote for their own intesests.
Last Post: Keeping it real: Gladys, Dan, Donald and Annastacia
Who would you rather have a heartbeat away from the Red Button? Trump or Biden?
Don’t tinker around the edges of lockdown, Premier
Victorians have had enough and restrictions must be lifted.
Last Post: The parallel worlds of Dan, Peta, Daryl and Gladys
But seriously, folks, taking a Premier out for $20 schnitzel and chips — that’s the travesty.
Support for Gladys shows few among us have not had a lapse of judgment
ICAC has caused acute embarrassment for the NSW Premier without any basis for believing she had broken the law.
Last Post: Love and other catastrophes: Gladys, Daryl and Dan
If politicians who fail in the way of the NSW Premier had to resign we would be faced with a flood of by-elections.
Gladys has plenty of credit in the good character ‘bank’
She is not the first, nor will she be the last, politician to make a poor choice in her personal life.
Calls for lockdown to end without adequate tracing would trigger third wave
Federal government needs to intervene to upscale the systems in Victoria.
Last Post: Don’t go, Gladys … but if you have to we could use you in Victoria?
Yes, she picked the wrong guy to love. That’s never happened before, has it?
Heart can rule head in love but at work Gladys is a highly capable leader
Gladys Berejiklian is a good Premier and it would be madness for her to step aside at this point in time.
Families falling apart under Vic’s long lockdown
A huge spike in the number of couples ending their marriages in Victoria means the social ramifications of the lockdown could last decades.
Gladys belittled by ICAC and deserves more respect
The NSW Premier has been by far the most competent NSW Premier of our time and it behoves us to recognise and treasure her dedication to her job.
Last Post: Gladys shouldn’t be condemned for a romantic mistake
The NSW Premier has seen us through two major crises and needs to stay in place.
Premier, the people of Victoria are at breaking point
A fixation on zero cases is distorting the strategy for COVID in Victoria.
Net closing in on Andrews over quarantine program
The resignation of Daniel Andrews’s chief of staff means the Victorian Premier’s may face day of reckoning over Covid
Last Post, October 13
Daniel Andrews in the line of fire, as are Joe Biden and Meghan Markle over concerns about the cut and thrust of political life
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