Confusion deepens Victorian mess
Daniel Andrews must stop his one-man band. Delegation is vital to good government, and has never been more urgent.
Victoria Politics
Nation in turmoil over one failed policy
If genomic testing shows the current outbreak is linked to the quarantine system, Daniel Andrews is in for a very ugly period.
Andrews has laws, why not use them?
Victorian is failing at influencing community behaviour. We should slap tough penalties, even jail, on virus law breakers.
Panic-buying back as confusion sets in
Melbourne’s new restrictions have led to a return to panic buying and confusion over the wording of regulations.
It’s Andrews’ own fault if he’s struggling
The arrogance of Andrews and his team has led to preventable deaths, destruction of businesses and billions more in debt.
Attack-dog Albanese leashed to Andrews
The terrible toll of deaths in Melbourne aged-care homes has broken the boundaries of dubious claims to bipartisanship.
Melbourne’s Covid crisis is spiralling dangerously
Why doesn’t the Premier just bite the bullet and take us to stage four restrictions?
Andrews must wake up or stand down
Daniel Andrews is a superb politician, but the qualities that make him great do not translate to effective crisis management.
United in fight with coronavirus
Now is not the time for recriminations over the handling of COVID-19 restrictions, the country must unite to fight this foe
Andrews’ hardest day, until the next one
Daniel Andrews looks drained. As cases and deaths rise, the question is: are we at the beginning, middle or end of this crisis?
Shuttering society long term is just not viable
Protecting the vulnerable is vital, but the rest of us should go back to work
Andrews lack of COVID oversight
Dan Andrews should take responsibility for the Victorian government’s failings over new outbreaks of coronavirus
Code red for Daniel Andrews
In normal circumstances, the Premier might already have walked. But just as the virus can be unpredictable, so is the state of mind of Victorians.
Towering inferno of despair … for all
The cruel repercussions of Daniel Andrews’s ‘look what you made me do’ politics now stretch far beyond Melbourne’s housing towers.
‘Never known such anger at leaders’
Readers have their say on Daniel Andrews’ epic fail, Adam Bandt’s fishy missives, and trumping Joe Biden.
Historic path to segregation shame
Victoria’s housing commission lockdown, with families cowering in units surrounded by police, has echoes of social distancing’s past.
Victoria pays for collapse of democracy
If quarantine mismanagement is to blame, then it’s the most damaging state government failure in modern Australian history.
Plenty of blame to go around
But first we must unite to fight this new outbreak
Three Victorian ministers must go
Daniel Andrews’s gang-of-eight cabinet has mismanaged the pandemic. But three of them stand out and should lose their jobs.
Missteps on road to lockdown
Biggest mistake was the security guard fiasco.
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