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He has to thank them, they are the reason he is premier. He is owned by the CFMEU, the ANMF and the UFU and that is how he became leader of the labor party.Ridley said:
Victoria has decided to pick him rather than the bloke owned by the property developers
Says it all. The Libs can't even hold Brighton. Running a Liberal Party hack. They lost Brighton to the ALP, who were running a student. Braaahhton. Lost Hawthorn too. Lots of dumb people in those areas booting out the party that's held sway for 4+ decades going on forever. Not enough African gangs in Brighton, clearly the problem.jb03 said:
Great day for Victoria. We have said no to fear mongering politics. Let that be a lesson to the Liberals nationally
I'll catch up with the rest of the comments in this thread later, but felt i had to respond to this.
I have to say i feel exactly the opposite. It was great to see him make menton of how progressive Victoria is and the importance of the union movement.
And looking towards the future, I'd like like to see him be more bold with his huge majority by stepping it up in social progressive policies.
We now get to look forward new anti wage theft laws and industrial manslaughter. Free dental for kids is also fantastic.
But the big ticket item for me is to get us on a quicker road to decriminalising drugs. Many countries have already legalised pot. Its happening way to slowly here.
Ridley said:
I'll catch up with the rest of the comments in this thread later, but felt i had to respond to this.
I have to say i feel exactly the opposite. It was great to see him make menton of how progressive Victoria is and the importance of the union movement.
And looking towards the future, I'd like like to see him be more bold with his huge majority by stepping it up in social progressive policies.
We now get to look forward new anti wage theft laws and industrial manslaughter. Free dental for kids is also fantastic.
But the big ticket item for me is to get us on a quicker road to decriminalising drugs. Many countries have already legalised pot. Its happening way to slowly here.
Interesting to see how much this ALP landslide affects ScoMo in May next year......and Shorten still worries me...
Ian4 said:
As I said the union movement serves a purpose and it’s important that employees are treated fairly. But it too often goes way over the top. Some of the conditions that Andrews has endorsed and allowed Setka and his mates to control are beyond the pale. Unions don’t pay employees; employers do.
I’m old enough to remember rust belt Victoria in the Cain and Kirner years. Trams striking and clogging city roads for days. Unemployment through the roof. Lay offs and redundancies everywhere.
I actually think Andrews is doing okay. I just hope he is strong enough to resist the overtures of union militancy now he has a big mandate. Remain moderate and balanced.
tigersnake said:
Of course it exposed bad ethics and criminal behaviour. And those in charge should be punished.
But there’s plenty of law breakers every day lodging falsified tax returns and such. I’d imagine 90% of PRE posters have broken the law and ripped off their fellow taxpayers. And probably done it for years too. Actually 90% is probably conservative.
spook said:
Amazing the Vics voted ALP when they were getting bashed by the blacks everytime the left the house. How dumb can people be?
