The buck must stop with the Premier
Responsibility for quarantine management at Victorian hotels should never have been contracted out by Daniel Andrews.
Victoria Politics
Victoria imposes lockdowns with police patrols
Ten postcodes will be locked down, flights into Victoria diverted and an inquiry will probe the hotel quarantine debacle.
How Victoria got it so wrong on COVID-19
Daniel Andrews and his government failed to implement effective COVID restrictions. And the premier can’t blame bad luck.
Andrews’ blitz must work, or else
Australia faces a second wave if Victoria fails to control the ‘public health bushfire.’
Why Victoria has failed to tame COVID
There are serious shortcomings in Victoria which Daniel Andrews and his government will never admit to.
Dan doth protest too much about COVID
The Victorian government and its woke police failed to resist thousands of people illegally gathering in the heart of Melbourne.
Stacking is part of the dark arts
Branch stacking seems particularly ingrained in the Labor Party.
Drive-by political hit a whodunit
Dan Andrews is gambling the Labor Party’s stability on his ability to completely blow up Adem Somyurek and his powerbase.
Hypocrisy unfettered in march of stupidity
Premier Daniel Andrews’s stance was considerably weaker than his NSW counterpart on the prospect of a mass rally. This march should not have gone ahead.
Protests could undo our diligence
Large demonstrations would endanger the whole community.
BRI inimical to China’s competitors
There are cogent reasons for Australia to stand its ground.
Victoria has gone too far
Premier Daniel Andrews is naive when it comes to China.
High-risk reality behind Victoria’s trade yarn
It’s political power that Beijing is building when it underwrites public works for the gullible.
Comrade Dan follows Silk Road
Dependency on China is high-risk for nations and our states. Because while there is a danger in embracing the dragon, for sure, there is equal danger in decoupling from the dance.
Andrews is needlessly hobbling the class of 2020
When it comes to schools being open or not, it’s increasingly obvious Victoria’s Premier is out of step with the national consensus.
Nothing ‘free’ about $1bn-a-year ABC
It seems that Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has formally signed up as a member of the ABC Mutual Admiration Society.
Pell witch-hunters: I don’t believe you
The day Cardinal George Pell was acquitted was the day the Fabians forgot the right to fair trial and went feral.
Non-essential canoodling
If you feel amorous, lash yourself to the futon frame and think of Victoria until it passes.
AFL hoists another feel-good rainbow flag
Don’t mention the letter M within the hearing of a certain former Victorian premier.
Steve Bracks is back — with advice for Albo
The 44th Victorian premier, Steve Bracks, was this week’s surprise guest Labor stalwart, courtesy of Team Albo.
Fitzgibbon faces a thankless task
Labor’s resources spokesman has his work cut out trying to change Daniel Andrews’s mind.
Where have all the leaders gone?
Former Victorian Premier laments political complacency, saying there’s ‘been no vision’ for 20 years.
It is more important to build dams
The Victorian Premier is wrong about not building dams.
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