Do Chairman Dan’s ‘yes men’ reflect on the authoritarian project they are propping up?
Did Labor MPs really go into public life wanting to be party to such authoritarian laws?
Victoria Politics
Revenge a dish best served on the floor of parliament
This is one of those stories you just couldn’t make up. Much to the horror of former Labor mate Dan Andrews, Adem Somyurek’s power switch has been turned back on.
Victorians don’t trust Dan, and who could blame them?
Sometimes the devil isn’t in the detail, but the big picture. Victorians may not understand the legal intricacies of the Premier’s pandemic bill, but they’ve seen what he’s become.
IBAC must grill Andrews over branch stacking
Allegations Daniel Andrews dismissed concerns about the Red Shirts and was a key player in factional war deserve to be investigated.
Beware the long tail of government overreach
The preposterous sanctions in Daniel Andrews’ Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment Bill are a mere a distraction from the truly sinister aspects of the legislation.
Dan Andrews’ power grab is obscene in any language
The Premier believes he is the father of Victoria. He’s not. He’s the most self-obsessed authoritarian the state has ever had.
‘There will be a day of reckoning for Dan’
Readers have their say on the unbearable lightness of being Victorian and the uncertainties of being Liberal.
The Victorian Premier’s grab for more power is frightening
The most serious aspect of this is that it enables Daniel Andrews to decide if and when the parliament should sit, thus totally destroying democracy in the state.
Albanese gets blue collar warning
Anthony Albanese faces a voter backlash over Daniel Andrews’ ‘disgraceful’ treatment of timber workers, a union leader says.
Novak Djokovic cops a Premier serve
Novak Djokovic’s dream of a record 21st grand slam has copped a serve from Daniel Andrews, who says it’s ‘not too much to ask’ for only double-jabbed stars to play.
States in race to freedom
Life in Australia’s two biggest states is set to return to normal in weeks in a $1bn-a-week economic boost.
The Age axes Leunig after anti-Dan cartoon
Michael Leunig claims he’s been ‘purged’ from The Age’s editorial page, after comparing Dan Andrews’ vaccine mandates to authoritarian China.
No gratitude, no pride, no relief: just quiet seething
As the world’s worst lockdown ‘ends’ (it hasn’t), it’s time Daniel Andrews knew how many of us in Victoria feel as we watch his sickening pivot.
City celebrates as Andrews declares end of lockdowns
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has declared the end of blanket lockdowns in the state as Melbourne rejoiced in newly returned freedom’s after the city’s sixth lockdown lifted.
No quarantine for returning Aussies
Australians will be able to return to the nation’s two largest states from overseas without having to quarantine for the first time in almost 20 months from November 1.
Freedom at last for lockdown city
Melbourne will exit lockdown from midnight on Thursday, marking 262 days of stay-at-home orders as the world’s most locked-down city.
Frydenberg right to intervene over Andrews’ poor handling of Covid
Voters should not forget Victorians have suffered needlessly compared to other states with harsh pandemic measures.
Truth stranger than faction as Albo walks away a winner
Daniel Andrews has intimate knowledge of the way forces behind disgraced Labor MP Anthony Byrne conducted themselves.
Reopening plan on track despite case surge
Victoria’s vaccination rate means case numbers aren’t translating to hospitalisations or deaths at nearly the rate predicted by Burnet Institute modelling.
Dan must be called to IBAC public hearing
IBAC has erred by limiting its inquiries to one section of the Victorian ALP.
Could this be the undoing of Teflon Dan?
Trapped in an unsustainable cycle of fear-based politics, Dan Andrews is misreading the mood. Victorians know the score.
To vax or not? The moral question of our age
There is room for disagreement on where the boundary lies between encouragement and coercion.
Defying Dan: ‘Victoria is way behind’
It’s Melbourne’s dirty little secret. For weeks, maybe even months, people in their millions quietly have been defying Daniel Andrews.
No free ride for unvaccinated: Andrews
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says he has no plans to emulate the NSW government’s road map.
Andrews’ contempt for citizenry might explain loss of trust
Where once mobs scattered when police turned up, in Victoria they stand defiant, such is the loss of respect for the uniform. As their authority falls, police turn to force.
Does Andrews’ ‘ring of steel’ allow a bit of flex just where he feels the political pinch?
The Melbourne areas most affected by Covid are strong Labor electorates, but this virus does not respect politics.
Digital Dan’s ex-social media guru reveals his secrets
The wunderkind behind Australia’s most sophisticated digital political strategy reveals how voters’ phones have become the new front door for Labor campaigners.
Every time you knock our state, it’s a vote for Dan
The loudest voices that try to demonise Victoria will not quell its ascendance. They only will alienate further a growing force.
Who Andrews spoke to on hotel D-Day
A frantic Daniel Andrews made several crucial phone calls on the day hotel quarantine was being formed.
Libs bet he’s not the same old Guy
Matthew Guy portrays himself as a suburban dad, struggling like so many other parents to home-school his three sons.
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