Hair we are: Dan ready to return?
Daniel Andrews had a home haircut on Saturday night, the latest sign that the Victorian Premier is planning to return to work soon.
Victoria Politics
Merlino defends hotel’s dirty linen drop
Hotel storing medical waste and dirty linen from positive Covid cases in a basement accessed by 450 apartment residents is ‘following strict protocol’.
Eeyore Pallas looks on the bright side
A positive Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas realises his pessimism in November has served him well.
The unstoppable Andrews rumour mill
A bewildering array of rumours and conspiracy theories have circulated since sketchy details emerged of the Premier’s fall.
Inside Dan’s secret China deal
One of Daniel Andrews’ senior lieutenants declared: ‘We need to get some positive stories up about the BRI! Find some!’
‘Peta for Premier’ gathers momentum
The big talking among high-powered guests at Peta Credlin’s secret 50th bash will be whether she should be running Victoria.
Tracing reboot didn’t start until lockdown ended
Key elements of Victoria’s outdated tracing system’s digital upgrade didn’t start until October 26, the end of the state’s 111-day lockdown.
Let’s get back to the fearless, can-do Aussie spirit
Locking us up, locking fellow Australians out, is not who we are.
‘Lockdown Dan’ loses TV big bucks
Daniel Andrews’s approach to locking down Victoria may be good for the polls but it’s losing him some big-name TV shows.
Tapping into the psyche of the nation
Reading Henry Ergas every Friday is like stumbling across a library in an industrial wasteland.
Andrews trumps Triggs’ award
I thought nothing would surpass Liberty Victoria awarding Gillian Triggs the Voltaire award for freedom of speech in 2017.
Lockdowns not a long-term Covid solution
Daniel Andrews and Mark McGowan both rely on unnecessary border restrictions to inspire fear not cheer in the electorate
Victorian contact tracers had it in hand
Amid the layers of justification Dan Andrews sought to weave for the five-day lockdown, it was Brett Sutton who cut through the spin.
Risk aversion comes with a heavy cost to the state
The 800 deaths caused by Victoria’s hotel quarantine failure have scarred the ability of Daniel Andrews to make decisions on how to deal with further outbreaks.
Antisocial decision ‘cost regions millions’
Swan Hill councillor Stuart King would like a cheque from Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, an even $2.5m to $3m to capture the cost of the snap five-day lockdown.
Enough failure and misdirection: Andrews should go
In the name of all Victorians, go — before your destruction of our way of life and the economy is complete.
State paralysed as Premier panics
Premier Daniel Andrews’ rhetoric as he announced Victoria’s third COVID-19 lockdown in a year was as unconvincing as it was exaggerated.
Fix quarantine, protect rights, revive work
Why are we not having quarantine hotel workers stay on site for rotations of a month, then isolate for 14 days before knock-off?
Quarantine, Covid, vaccinations and fairness
The simple fact is that the virus doesn’t like fresh air and open spaces. Give returned travellers rooms with balconies and open windows and other open spaces.
Libs fishing for ideas to oust Andrews
Victorian Liberal and National MPs have gathered for day two of their conference, where they hope to devise a plan to unsettle Daniel Andrews’ position of power.
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