Ministers, bureaucrats undeserving of senior posts
If they didn’t know, and with ample time to prepare, why didn’t any of these bureaucrats and ministers find out who made the quarantine security decision?
Victoria Politics
‘A platoon of Sgt Schultzes’
Readers have their say on amnesia at the hotels inquiry, Joe Hockey’s Pelosi prophecy, and the Coalition cooking with gas.
Tight-lipped politicians and bureaucrats destroy faith in public office
Cynicism will explode with the quarantine inquiry, along with widespread economic misery.
Lockdown to ease but not by much
Daniel Andrews has confirmed Sunday’s relaxation of coronavirus restrictions will go further than previously outlined in his reopening roadmap.
Who else will stand against Andrews’ bill?
We know what happens when good men and women do nothing. Thankfully, there are Victorians willing to take a stand for democracy.
Premier’s terrifying Orwellian turn
New laws set down for Victoria are an attack on civil liberties and unlike anything ever seen in Australia.
Last Post: Farewell to a legal giant and Daniel Andrews’ Iron Curtain
Plus a suggested question for the next Newspoll.
Andrews ‘struts and frets his hour upon the stage’
The social compact between government and citizens has been broken in Victoria.
We face a plague of Creons
Annastacia Palaszczuk and Daniel Andrews are exhibiting all the cynicism of Sophocles’s legendary tyrant.
For Daniel Andrews, everything changed on September 6
The moment at which the Victorian Premier found himself on a steep decline can be traced back to one fateful press conference.
Trump gets his own franking credits issue
The Democrats have handed Donald Trump a political gift and it’s one Dan Andrews is also rushing to embrace.
Dangers of absolute power
Readers raise fears of abuse of democratic processes in Victoria under Daniel Andrews’s draconian lockdown laws
Democracy out in Big Brother state
People in N Korea and most of China have more rights and freedoms than those living under Victoria’s draconian rule.
Why AFL star turned on Andrews
Until last Monday, Luke Darcy would have been the last name to strike fear into the hearts of seasoned politicians.
Low-key Andrews is suddenly exposed
The Victorian Premier is a brilliant backroom operator, but the crisis has laid bare his failings. The power of his message should not be underestimated. It is sophisticated and manipulative.
Andrews told to redo Covid modelling
World-leading scientists linked to the modelling Daniel Andrews used to lock down Melbourne say the research has been misrepresented.
Dan finally makes contact with new plan
After telling us his ‘world leading’ contact tracing team was all over this, Victoria’s Premier discovers digital flip and pivot.
Journalist gets a ban from Mrs Dan
Melbourne has gone full Mean Girls. Catherine Andrews is staunchly standing by her man … on social media.
Andrews on turning track as Morrison spins
Daniel Andrews is finally acting after Victoria’s response falls short
Dan Andrews’s roadmap looks like a punishing trip
Andrews need have looked no further than NSW to realise that these targets are both unnecessarily conservative and naive.
PM ‘clearly beyond frustration’ with Andrews
The PM is making the case that the Victorian Premier has no idea how to manage the crisis, and is fixated on managing the spin.
Knives out for lockdown as eateries starve
Melbourne’s top chefs are calling Premier Daniel Andrews’ roadmap out of lockdown a “death sentence”.
Failure is not an option for Andrews
The Andrews measures are even tougher than many expected. The business reaction has been blistering. And the political consequences will be lasting.
Victorians are staring into an economic abyss
Manageable suppression is Daniel Andrews’s plan of attack, and it will be reflected in Sunday’s announcement.
Burnside signs up to ‘Dan’s the Man’ club
Julian Burnside’s endorsement of Dan Andrews as Australia’s leading politician suggest he’s looking at a new political direction.
‘Dandrews’ jacket sales soar
As the Victorian Premier fronts up to his 60th media appearance, what does The North Face think of its new ‘ambassador’?
Farmers the losers in China’s tit-for-tat diplomacy
Working with China is getting more challenging and we need to find a way to do it successfully.
Saving old lives just to ruin young ones
Every day, Daniel Andrews sends proforma condolences to the families of people who have died in their 80s and 90s. But what about the harm to our children?
Virginia Trioli’s Great Berate
Like school days of old when a student was hauled before the headmaster, the Vic Opposition leader gets one huge serve.
The clock is ticking for Labor’s can-do man
The disastrous hotel quarantine program is behind the nation’s second wave and the fallout will haunt Daniel Andrews.
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